Saturday, August 29, 2026
City of Brandon, M.B. to Start Water Treatment Facility Upgrades in October 2019
The first phase of a multi-year upgrade of the municipal water treatment facility in the City of Brandon is poised to begin in October 2019,…
Western Canada
Recycling Salty Water Could Help Control Detrimental Microbes in Drill Sites: Study
Recycling salty water produced from hydraulic fracturing may be effective for managing microbes at well sites in Alberta, according to a new study by University…
Foresight Cleantech Creates Partnership with Okanagan College and UBC
The Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre, Okanagan College, and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have established a new partnership to create jobs, create intellectual property,…
USask Water Scientist, John Pomeroy, Awarded Royal Society Medal
John Pomeroy, Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change at the University of Saskatchewan (USask), has been awarded one of Canada’s top honours…
CSRD Takes Stand Against Commercial Water Extraction in Rural Golden
The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) will be developing a policy that does not support the extraction of freshwater for commercial bottled water sales in…
Comox Valley Regional District Awards Contract for Water Treatment System
After years of preparation and planning, the Comox Valley Regional District’s new water treatment system project has officially moved into the construction phase with award…
NuVista Energy Ltd. Responds to Produced Water Leak
NuVista Energy Ltd. is responding to a produced salt water leak on a pipeline in northwest Alberta, 70 kilometres south of Grande Prairie. On the…
Wood Buffalo, A.B. Completes Construction of Water Treatment Plant
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) has completed the construction of a new water treatment plant and upgrades to water infrastructure in Fort Chipewyan.…
Logging Not Major Factor in Peachland, B.C. Water Issues
An investigation found that forest licensees did a good job of minimizing the impacts of logging on drinking water in the Peachland and Trepanier community…
Kelowna Water Utility Launching Water Meter Network Pilot
The Kelowna Water Utility is launching a pilot project to replace aging water meters with new metering equipment that will enable automatic reading. The new…
North Okanagan Receives $24M for Wastewater Recovery Project
A wastewater recovery project in the Regional District of North Okanagan has received $24.3 million in federal and provincial funding. This was one of the…
Two Storms Cause over $130 Million in Insured Damage
Two severe storms caused over $130 million in insured damage, according to Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ). The amount of insured damage is an…
Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant in B.C. Receives Grant Extension
Stephen Fuhr, member of parliament for Kelowna-Lake Country, announced that the City of West Kelowna’s request has been granted for a timeline extension to meet…
B.C. Businesses Helping to Tackle Plastic Pollution in Oceans
Canada’s minister of public services and procurement and accessibility, Carla Qualtrough, announced that two businesses based in British Columbia (B.C.) are each receiving a grant…
Whitecourt, A.B. to Terminate Intermunicipal Water and Wastewater Agreement
Whitecourt Town Council has served Woodlands County with two years notice to terminate the intermunicipal Water and Wastewater Agreement. In March 2013, the Town of…
New Interactive Map Shows Locations for Kamloops’ Underground Utilities Infrastructure
Situations where underground utilities are accidentally damaged, blocked, or covered during construction or yard work can be inconvenient, costly, and even dangerous. To help avoid…
Alberta Supports Regional Stormwater Management
The Government of Alberta provided $7.6 million through the Alberta Community Resilience Program to Rocky View County to support the Cooperative Stormwater Management Initiative and…
Cowichan Valley Regional District Receives Funding for Water Supply Study
A major grant from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Province of British Columbia will enable the Cowichan Valley Regional District to explore the…
New North Okanagan Wastewater Recovery System Receives $24.3 Million Grant
North Okanagan’s Swan Lake area received a major boost with the announcement of a $24.3 million grant from the Investing in Canada infrastructure plan for…
Alberta Funds Regional Stormwater Management Project
Communities in southern Alberta will be better protected from the impacts of severe weather thanks to a regional stormwater management project. “The province has provided…
Water Use Restricted on Koksilah River, B.C. to Protect Fish Populations
The Government of British Columbia (B.C.) is restricting water use by select users on the Koksilah River to protect fish populations, which are under threat…
Salt Spring Island Water Study Receives Support from B.C. Government
The Government of British Columbia (B.C.) is helping Salt Spring Islanders move toward better water service with a $50,000 grant to the Capital Regional District, which…
Columbia Basin Trust Secures $2 Million for LiDAR Mapping Project
The Columbia Basin Trust brought partners together to secure a $2-million project that will collect LiDAR and orthophoto imagery of major water bodies near populated…
Okanagan Indian Band Files Suit Against Federal Government
The Okanagan Indian Band (OKIB) has filed a suit in Federal Court against the Government of Canada over its failure to ensure the safety of…