Friday, May 23, 2025
HELP Clean Water Gets Green Light
The federal review for HELP Clean Water (Huron Elgin London Project) is now complete, giving the green light to start construction. John Baird, Transport and…
Ontario
Sewer Rehabilitation Continues in Hamilton: US$6M
Insituform Technologies, Inc. today announced that it was awarded an additional US$6.0 million in sewer pipe rehabilitation work for the City of Hamilton, Ont. This…
Ont. Communities See Funds for Potable Water Projects
Twenty communities will benefit from grants under the Ontario Potable Water Program (OPWP), announced MP Guy Lauzon today. The total financial support is $3,739,153. The…
Orangeville Endorses Xogen Pilot Project for Sewage Treatment Plant
The Council of the Town of Orangeville last night passed a resolution supporting in principle a proposal from Orangeville-based Xogen Technologies Inc. to pilot and…
ENPAR Awarded Contract for Pilot Ammonia Treatment Plant
Dr. Gene Shelp, president and CEO of ENPAR Technologies Inc. has announced that ENPAR has been awarded a commercial contract for the construction and on-site…
UW to Cut Water Heating Costs with DWHR
RenewABILITY Energy Inc, manufacturer of the Power-Pipe® Drain Water Heat Recovery (DWHR) system, Reid’s Heritage Homes and Union Gas has completed the installation of 250…
ENPAR Nitrate Treatment Technology to Hit Europe
ENPAR Technologies Inc. has announced that it has been granted a European Patent for the electrochemical treatment of water contaminated with nitrogenous compounds including nitrate.…
Guelph Approves New Water Rates
Guelph City Council has approved new rates for pumping and treating Guelph’s water and wastewater. Effective March 1, 2009, the new water rate will be…
Ontario Changes Drinking Water System Regs
As of December 1, 2008, the way the Ontario government regulates small drinking water systems has changed. The government’s responsibility for Small Drinking Water Systems…
Guelph Turns Wastewater Gas into Energy
Recent upgrades to the cogeneration facility at the City of Guelph Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) will allow the city to save money by producing energy…
Toronto Council Approves Bottle Ban
Toronto Council has voted to ban the sale of water in plastic bottles at City Hall and civic centres. This new policy (and two other…
Lake Simcoe Protection Act Passes
Protection for Lake Simcoe took a major step forward with the passage of the Lake Simcoe Protection Act by the Ontario Legislature. The new legislation…
EcoWater Canada Receives Zerofootprint Certificate
EcoWater Canada has received a Certificate of Emissions Compliance from Zerofootprint. This analysis looked at the carbon footprint of the water softeners and Reverse Osmosis…
Cobourg Applies for Water Plant Upgrade
Cobourg council has pushed through a federal grant application for the last $1.3 million in upgrades to the water pollution control plant, reports the Northumberland…
Global Environment 60 Index Launched
KLD Indexes and Jantzi Research, Inc. have announced the introduction of the Global Environment 60sm Index. KLD and Jantzi developed the GE60 to support investment…
HTO Launches at The Blue Barracks
This past Sunday, HTO: Toronto’s Water from Lake Iroquois to Lost Rivers to Low-flow Toilets launched at Historic Fort York’s Blue Barracks with moderator Matthew…
Niagara Tries Chlorine-Free Sewage Treatment
Onita Basu, an Ottawa professor, wants to eliminate chlorine from municipal sewage treatment using an organic replacement called peracetic acid, reports St. Catharines, Ont.’s The…
Water Undervalued: ECO Report
“The Ontario public needs and deserves to be confident that our environmental protection systems are actually doing the job – but there are clearly areas…
Seprotech Announces Expansion
Seprotech Systems Inc., a water and wastewater treatment systems manufacturer, announced at WEFTEC (Water Environment Federation’s Technical Exhibition and Conference) that it will be expanding…
Building a New Walkerton Clean Water Centre
Construction is underway on the new Walkerton Clean Water Centre. The new, energy efficient building will increase the centre’s capacity to conduct training, seminars, information…
Toronto Boosts Water Rates
The City of Toronto might boost water rates by nine per cent on January 1, the fourth straight year of nine per cent-plus fee hikes,…
School Board Seeks Bottled Water Alternatives: Orangeville Citizen
Municipalities aren’t the only bodies considering bottled water bans: now schools are in on the action. The Orangeville Citizen reports that the Upper Grand District…
BIOREM Introduces New Biofiltration Media
BIOREM Inc. announced today a new biofiltration media called XLD, the result of five years of extensive research and development with the support of the…
Federal Party Leaders Plans for Great Lakes Protection
The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (GLSLCI) sent questionnaires to five political parties; four were returned. “Given the national and international importance of…