Saturday, October 11, 2025
National Assessment of Canada’s Wildest Rivers
Canada’s history, culture, and patterns of human development are a reflection of the nation’s rivers. Although Canada once had an abundance of wild, large, and…
News
Enterprise Car Foundation Supports Boreal Wetland Conservation
The Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation, associated with Enterprise car rentals, has announced a $30 million donation to The Nature Conservancy to conserve rivers and regionally important…
Tailings Pond Pollution Controls Are Effective, Feds Argue
The federal government has submitted a statement regarding Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) oversight of tailings ponds in Alberta to the Commission for Environmental…
Pinch Valve Market Predicted to Grow at 5% CAGR to 2021
Market research from Technavio suggests that the global pinch valve market will grow at a rate of 5 per cent CAGR between 2017 and 2021.…
Funding for Community Flood Control in Lac-Saguay, Quebec
Canada and Quebec have invested in a project to improve the safety of public infrastructure in Lac-Saguay Français by refitting a flood control dam. David…
New Facility Classification Model for Water Systems in B.C. & Yukon
British Columbia and Yukon Territory have embarked upon a new classification system for water systems that promises to strengthen the oversight of operational responsibilities, recruitment, training, and…
BC Rural Dividend Program Supports Small-Scale Water Projects
Applications for funding of the fourth intake of the BC Rural Dividend program will be accepted Nov. 15th to Dec. 15th, 2017, Minister of Forests, Lands,…
Floodplain Repair in Kelowna after Higher-Than-Normal Freshet Flows
Higher-than-normal freshet flows in spring 2017 caused changes to Mission Creek in Kelowna, B.C. that require repair and refinement of the floodplain and fish habitat…
Lampman, Sask. to Upgrade Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure
Yesterday, the governments of Canada and Saskatchewan announced funding to upgrade the Town of Lampman’s wastewater treatment infrastructure. The federal and provincial governments are each…
UV PURE Shows 6.4 per cent Q3 Growth in 2017 Over 2016
Clearford Water Systems Inc. today released results for its third quarter (Q3) and nine month (YTD) periods ended September 30th, 2017. Its subsidiary UV Pure, showed…
BluMetric Adds $2 Million to Existing Contracts for Water Infrastructure
BluMetric Environmental Inc. has announced that an Ontario mining client has issued change orders to two of BluMetric’s existing contracts for water infrastructure to a combined increase…
Surrey, B.C. Receives Funding for Coastal Flooding Adaptation Programs
The City of Surrey, British Columbia has received $624,200 for new climate change resilience projects, including coastal flooding adaptation programs to help it become more…
Thunder Bay Joins Climate and Asset Management Network
The City of Thunder Bay, Ontario has been accepted into the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) new Climate and Asset Management Network, which is available…
Artificial Sweeteners in Groundwater Indicate Contamination from Septic Systems
Researchers from the University of Waterloo has found evidence that artificial sweeteners are making their way into rural groundwater through septic system wastewater. The study describes how the researchers tested private,…
Chevron Develops Shale Plays in Alberta
Chevron Canada, a subsidiary of global giant Chevron Corp, has announced that it will begin to develop its first ever Canadian shale play development in the East…
Pure Technologies Water Division Shows Q3 Growth
Pure Technologies Ltd. has announced its financial performance for the quarter ended September 30th, 2017. The company provided the following third quarter overview and nine-month period…
Canadian Guide to Management of Tailings Facilities Aims for Zero Failure
The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has released a revised edition of its A Guide to the Management of Tailings Facilities. The third edition includes significant…
CWN Names Advisory Panel on Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater
The Canadian Water Network has announced the names of the experts who will participate on a new advisory panel tasked with framing and assessing the knowledge, practice, and priorities in…
Government Implements Diversity Measures, Announces New Research Chairs
The government of Canada has moved forward with changes to the way federal granting councils target money through the Canada Research Chairs Program that are…
Nfld. Makes Cost-Sharing on Water Infrastructure Easier for Municipalities
The government of Newfoundland and Labrador has announced that it is ending limit of service agreements for municipalities within the province, providing more cost-sharing opportunities for…
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…
Alta. Oil Extraction Tech Uses No External Water, Receives $10M Grant
Alberta’s Acceleware, developer of the RF XL cleantech that allows for heavy oil and bitumen extraction without any external water added, has received funding from…
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…
$28.8M for Alberta Cleantech
The governments of Canada and Alberta together have announced investments in twelve cleantech projects, including several to improve water in natural resources projects, totalling $28.8…