Climate change and urbanization are expected to threaten groundwater quality around the world, according to a new study from UNSW.
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is...
Water comes from the ground as a by-product of oil production from unconventional reservoirs. During the coming decades, this will theoretically counter the need to...
Drever Agencies Inc. was fined $1,250,000 on February 18, 2020 for an offence under the Fisheries Act. The company pleaded guilty to a charge of depositing...
A new frontier that may increase farmland also poses environmental threats from degraded water quality and increased carbon emissions, according to a new study.
The...
New research helps build the case for harnessing the power of natural infrastructure for large-scale wetland restoration. This approach can help improve water quality...
A group of researchers has developed a new device that can purify and remediate arsenic-contaminated water in a single step.
Using specialized polymer electrodes, the...
It was in 2009 that I first learned about the mercury contamination that affected Grassy Narrows First Nation and Wabaseemoong Independent First Nation. At...
Urban growth boundaries are created by governments in an effort to concentrate urban development—buildings, roads, and the utilities that support them—within a defined area....
The Water Institute announced that Helen Jarvie has joined the University of Waterloo’s Department of Geography and Environmental Management as a full professor.
“The Water Institute...
The City of Winnipeg has released results from its 2019 lead water quality testing program. The testing program was launched in August, following the...
Thirty scrubber-equipped ships dumped nearly 35 million tonnes of washwater effluent off the B.C. coast in 2017, according to a new study commissioned by WWF-Canada.
Scrubbers are...
The Ontario government has announced that it will be clarifying the province's excess soil regulations. The announcement was made by Environment Minister Jeff Yurek...
The Okanagan Basin Water Board is now accepting applications to its Water Conservation and Quality Improvement grant program.
New in 2019, the board approved a...
