Thursday, May 1, 2025
Greater Sudbury Receives $2.3-million Grant For Watershed Studies
The City of Greater Sudbury has received a $2.3 million boost from the province to better protect its vast water resources and preserve the natural…
Ontario
New Online Tool Helps Toronto Residents Track Water Use
Tracking water usage just got easier for Toronto residents. The city has launched MyWaterToronto, an online tool that enables customers to view their water use…
Ontario Government Announces Recipients of Community Environment Fund 2015
The Ontario government today announced six new recipients of the 2015 Community Environment Fund program that will fund watershed and restoration projects across the province. The…
Ontario Public Works Association (OPWA) Awards Two Water Projects
The Ontario Public Works Association (OPWA) held its annual awards event on January 28 to recognize outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations representing the best in the…
Hamilton Watershed Group Seeks $86 Thousand From City Council
The Stewards of the Cootes Watershed group are asking the City of Hamilton for $86 thousand to help carry out their shoreline cleanup and conservation…
Greater Toronto Area Municipalities Band Together To Defend Peel Region’s Fluoride Use
The Mayors of Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon are calling on Region of Peel Council to maintain the fluoride that is currently added to drinking water…
Ontario’s Craft Brewers Get Serious About Sustainable Water Management Solutions
One small but rapidly growing and thriving industry in Ontario is taking steps to reduce its impact on the environment and improve the bottom-line, by…
Ontario Government Releases 2014-15 Chief Drinking Water Inspector’s Annual Report
Ontario’s drinking water remains among the best protected in the world, according to the 2014-15 Chief Drinking Water Inspector’s Annual Report. In the forward message…
Ontario Approves Grand River Watershed Source Protection Plan
Ontario has approved a plan to protect sources of drinking water in the Grand River watershed area in south-central Ontario. The source protection plan, developed by…
Napanee Posts Ontario’s First Standard Road Sign For Drinking Water Protection
The Town of Greater Napanee has posted Ontario’s first new standard road sign to help protect public drinking water sources. It is the first of…
Burlington Mayor Calls Meeting to Discuss Overland Flooding Insurance in Ontario
Experts from the Canadian insurance industry and local municipalities gathered on Friday, November 20, 2015 at a forum hosted by Burlington mayor Rick Goldring to…
York Region Wins Prestigious Award for GIS Urban Management
The Regional Municipality of York’s Enterprise Geographic Information System (GIS) program has won the 2015 Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) Exemplary System in…
Community Groups Advocate for an Ontario “Bluebelt”
Over 100 community groups, including the Oak Ridges Moraine Partnership and Ontario Greenbelt Alliance are calling on the government to expand the protected land around…
Ontario Environment Commissioner Recommends Full-Cost Water Pricing
Today, Ellen Schwartzel, acting environmental commissioner of Ontario, released the Commission’s Annual Report for 2014-2015 entitled, “Small Things Matter.” In it, the commissioner recommended that…
Guelph Reviews Frozen Water Pipe Policy
The City of Guelph has developed a new Frozen Water Pipe Policy after last winter’s emergency that caused 49 main breaks, affected 376 home, and…
Lake Simcoe Protection Act A Success, New Report Shows
Today Ontario released a report that shows that the health of Lake Simcoe is improving. The five-year report is the results of the Ontario government’s decision…
Ontario Clean-Tech Raises Profile at Queen’s Park
On Tuesday October 20, 2015, the Ontario Environment Industry Association (ONEIA) held its Environment Industry Day at the Ontario legislature. Dozens of representatives from clean-tech…
City of Guelph Suffers Costs of Last Year’s Frozen Pipe Emergency
The City of Guelph, Ontario has determined that it will need to dip into reserve funds and scale back on planned projects to cover the…
Leaders and Legacies Awarded by Brock and Niagara Conservation Authority
On September 24th, Canada’s 17th Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. John Turner was part of a ceremony at Brock University to recognize future student and…
Leak Detection Innovation in Walkerton
The average leak in a municipal water system can flow for up to 20 years. When undetected, these leaks can be the source of significant…
WWF-Canada supports targets to reduce algae in Lake Erie
A statement released this week by 14 groups from Canada and the U.S., including World Wildlife Fund Canada, says that cutting phosphorous in Lake Erie…
Great Lakes Grants Available for Local Projects
Ontario is calling on community groups to apply for a Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund grant, in an effort to help protect, restore, and enhance…
Ontario Approves GTHA Water Source Protection Plans
Ontario has approved plans to protect drinking water sources in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area developed by local municipal and community partners. The CTC…
Kawartha Lakes Plans $600,000 Watermain, Sewer Revamp
Kawartha Lakes council members approved Division Street’s $600,000 watermain and sewer infrastructure project in Lindsay, Ontario on August 11. The project includes the replacement of…