The agreement will allow the NFIP to share flood risk with private reinsurance companies to help defray the cost of claims from large and unexpected insured events, such as large hurricanes, ultimately strengthening the NFIP’s solvency and lessening the burden on taxpayers, according to background information from Munich Re.
Under the federal government’s Clean Water and Wastewater Fund, Ottawa will contribute fifty per cent of the costs on projects that meet the fund’s requirements. Currently, $49 million has been allocated to water infrastructure projects across the province. Manitoba has been allocated $95 million in funding from the federal government’s total $2 billion in national funding through the fund.
In Dartmouth, the Lake Major Water Treatment plant supplies a number of communities. At present, the elevation of Lake Major has dropped steadily since mid-August. Lake elevation currently sits at half a meter less than it did in 2015, having an elevation of approximately eighteen and a half meters compared to nineteen this time last year.
In 2000, the International Joint Commission (IJC) pointed to policy gaps across government bodies with respect to the Great Lakes. In a statement released this week, the IJC described the progress over the last sixteen years as “for the most part a good new story.”
With a partnership between the federal government and the territorial government of the Yukon, two water infrastructure projects are getting underway: a replacement of the Haines Junction lift station and an upgrade to the sewage lagoon in Faro.
The Canadian Rivers Institute is celebrating 15 years of achievements in aquatic research, in time for World Rivers Day on September 25th. Founded at the…
After Montreal has eliminated plastic bags in 2018, it will take on plastic water bottles, said Mayor Denis Coderre. Mayor Coderre cited the 700 million single-use plastic bottles in Quebec landfills every year as reason for the ban.
The University of Guelph has built thermal energy storage facility that uses cooled water to deliver air conditioning throughout its facilities.
A collective of of water industry groups, utilities, and ENGOs, led (in Canada) by the Municipal Enforcement Sewer Use Group, are banding together to demand a regulation…
Axine Water Technologies, an British Columbia-based low cost, chemical‐free solutions for treating ammonia and toxic organics in industrial wastewater, has closed an $8 million Series B…
Dam Problems The announcement of a $900 million class-action lawsuit against the Ontario government is a part of ongoing efforts of the communities in Ontario’s…
Canada and Saskatchewan have approved an initial list of transit and water infrastructure projects under two new federal infrastructure programs introduced as part of Phase…
Tiny pieces of harmful plastic, called microplastics, are prevalent in many rivers that flow into the Great Lakes, according to a study published todayin the journal…
At a multi-stakeholder roundtable discussion, it was agreed that to improve our flood resiliency, Canadians needed the following conditions to be in place: Canadians understand the risk that overland and urban flood presents to their homes, business and communities
Small communities in Ontario can now benefit from an innovative wastewater collection and treatment system, as well as a unique funding model to implement it.…
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that includes several provisions that would support Great Lakes protection, including the establishment of a Great Lakes Algal…
A new report released by the POLIS Water Sustainability Project identifies the top five water challenges the province of British Columbia will encounter in the…
In response to Minister Carolyn Bennett’s public statement to affirm that, “Access to clean and safe drinking water is a right for all Canadians,” the…
Minister Carolyn Bennett of Indigenous and Northern Affairs issued a statement this week reaffirming her ministry’s commitment to end boil water advisories on reserves in…
The governments of Canada and Ontario have announced a bilateral agreement to invest more than $1.1 billion in combined available under the Clean Water and Wastewater…
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has voiced its opposition of plans to upgrade the City of Portage la Prairie’s wastewater treatment facility in…
The City of Calgary is discussing the issue of fluoride in drinking water once again, now that three city councillors have motioned to re-open the…
This week, the Ontario Legislature Speech from the Throne Speech confirmed that Bill 193 will expire as the Legislature prorogues. The Act establishes a prohibition…
After several years of deliberation and much community debate, the Capital Region District of Victoria has come one step closer to making a decision about…