Sunday, May 25, 2025
Welland, Ont. Incentivizes Purchase of Real-Time Water Sensors
The City of Welland, Ontario is assisting consumers with water conservation and leak detection by offering a $100 incentive for the purchase of Alert Labs…
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Toronto Staff Recommend 2018 Budget for the City’s Water Utility
On Friday, Toronto city staff recommended to the city’s budget committee the 2018 operating and capital budget for the city’s water utility. “The proposed rate…
Canada-U.S. Partnership to Accelerate Water Technologies Innovation
As neighbours do, two leading water innovation organizations have begun a new partnership to support the uptake of promising new water technologies. Today at the…
Kawartha Lakes, Ont. Eliminates Water Infrastructure Deficit
With the approval of its 2018 Water and Wastewater Capital Budget, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario will no longer have a water infrastructure deficit. City council approved the…
Ontario Environmental Commissioner Reports on Nutrient Pollution
Algal blooms are a frequent and wide-spread problem that is hurting the Ontario economy, threatening human and ecological health, and Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner is demanding that…
Ontario Land Transfer Nearly Completes Rouge National Urban Park
The establishment of North America’s largest urban park has taken a huge leap forward now that the Ontario government has transferred and released its interest in 22.8 square kilometres of lands…
OPG Installs New Spillway & Generator at Ranney Falls
Yesterday, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced the installation of a new water spillway to improve safety and replacement of the smallest generator at its historic…
Chaudière Falls Opens to Public
For the first time in more than 100 years, the historic site of Chaudière Falls has opened to the public. Hydro Ottawa’s Board Chair Jim…
Deep Blue Art Exhibit Opens in Ontario
Fold, crease, repeat, complete! On Thursday, October 12, the Ontario Science Centre unveiled DEEP BLUE, a stunning, collaborative art installation comprised of more than 2000 origami…
Ontario First Nations Receive Funds for Water Infrastructure
Three levels of government joined together today to announce a new $8.8 million investment in water and wastewater infrastructure in First Nations communities across Ontario.…
Belleville Water Superintendent Promoted to General Manager
The City of Belleville has announced that Perry Decola, superintendent of water and wastewater Services for the City of Belleville, has been successful in an…
Noblegen Adds to its Board of Directors
Ontario-based Noblegen Inc. has announced the election of David Abramson and Robert Gillison as directors of the board, effective immediately. The election comes after the…
U of Guelph Wins for Stormwater Design Competition at WEFTEC 2017
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) has announced that students from the University of Guelph and the University of Colorado – Boulder have won the 2017…
Canadian Professor Engages Industry for Drinking Water in India
A University of Windsor engineering professor is leading the way on an industry-academia collaboration that aims to improve drinking water quality in the capital of…
Phosphorus Offsetting Policy to Safeguard Lake Simcoe’s Health
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority has released their Phosphorus Offsetting Policy, which they will adopt as of September 22nd, 2017 to take effect as of…
BluMetric to Treat Mining Wastewater in Northern Quebec
Ottawa-based BluMetric Environmental Inc. has signed a $1.03 million contract with a major global mining company to supply, install, commission, and provide operator training for…
Ottawa Decreases Planned Increase on Stormwater Fee
Ottawa’s City Council received updates on the state of its major water infrastructure systems and the long-term plan to keep them in a state of…
Updated: Mississauga, Ont. Supports Modern Watershed Management via Bill 139
Mississauga’s Planning and Development Committee has expressed their support for Bill 139, Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017, and endorsed city staff’s comments on the…
Phragmite Control Underway in Grand River Watershed
Phragmites are being eliminated at the Taquanyah Conservation Area—west of Cayuga, Ontario—today as part of the Grand River Conservation Authority’s (GRCA) three-year plan to control…
Windsor Sustained $124M in Insured Damage from August Flood
Insurance Bureau of Canada has reported that a significant flooding event in Windsor resulted in more than $124 million in insured damage, according to Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ). From August…
Fenn Report Examines Infrastructure Ontario’s Evaluation Process
With billions of dollars at stake and an Ontario economy in need of productivity-enhancing infrastructure, a new study says that improvements could be made to the evaluation…
Trojan Tech Will Treat Antarctic Ballast Water
London, Ontario’s Trojan Technologies has had their Marinex technology selected by the Dutch company Damen Green Solutions to outfit an Australian research vessel. Damen Green…
Ottawa Council Receives Drinking Water Quality Report
Ottawa continues to produce and deliver some of the highest quality and safest drinking water in the world, according to a report received by the Environment and…
Trillium Foundation Grant for Agricultural Conesrvation Projects
Agricultural producers in Ontario will soon have more opportunities to establish ALUS conservation projects on their farms, thanks to a $695,900 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). Ontario…