Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Minnesota Signs Manitoba’s Lake Friendly Accord
The State of Minnesota will sign Manitoba’s Lake Friendly Accord, according to a January 20 announcement from Minister of Conservation and Water Stewardship Gord Mackintosh…
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Saskatchewan Town Receives Funding for Supply System Upgrades
The Saskatchewan town of Ituna will receive joint federal and provincial funding to help complete upgrades to its water supply infrastructure. The project will include…
What’s Old is New
Tansley Bridge was originally built in 1919 and supported a highway crossing Bronte Creek. In 1948, the highway was realigned following the construction of the…
Ottawa Announces Funding for Environmental Projects in Ontario Watersheds
Tony Clement, MP for Parry Sound-Muskoka, visited Parry Sound on January 16 to announce 32 environmental projects aiming to improve the ecosystem health of the…
North Battleford Announces New Biosolids Management Program
The City of North Battleford, Saskatchewan, announced on January 16 the commission of a biosolids management project incorporating technology developed by Lystek International Inc., a…
DNA Data Shows Asian Carp Approaching Lake Michigan
New data released by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service confirms the imminent threat of Asian carp to the Great Lakes. Sampling data collected…
Ottawa’s Clearford Water Systems Enters Funding Agreement with Swiss Financial Service Provider
Clearford Water Systems Inc., based in the Ottawa suburb of Kanata, and Signina Capital AG of Zurich, Switzerland, announced on January 14 a $100-million funding…
Extended Deadline for Water’s Next 2015 Nominations
Do you know an individual, organization, or technology doing significant, impactful work in the Canadian water industry? If so, Water Canada has good news: the…
Sudbury Council Votes to Freeze Water Rates
A January 6 meeting of Sudbury’s city council resulted in frozen water rates for the city’s residents and businesses. In order to avoid a proposed…
New Wastewater Select Committee Recommended for B.C.’s Capital Regional District
The Capital Regional District (CRD) Core Area Liquid Waste Management committee recommended that the CRD board approve the formation of a wastewater and resource recovery…
Alberta Town Approves Wastewater Plant Upgrade
The Town of Nanton in southern Alberta has announced plans for a new wastewater treatment plant, scheduled to be operational by the end of 2015.…
Big Ticket Water Projects Progressing in Newfoundland and Labrador
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced on December 23 that its Department of Municipal and Intergovernmental Affairs is currently a funding partner for around…
Manitoba Announces Funding for Water Projects in 12 Municipalities
The Government of Manitoba is committing almost $12 million to help improve water and wastewater systems in 12 municipalities in the province’s west region. The…
City of Calgary Water Meter Plan Nearly Complete
The City of Calgary is steadily approaching its goal of converting all municipal water customers to metered billing. All commercial and industrial customers have switched…
Ontario, Canada Sign Great Lakes Agreement
The governments of Canada and Ontario emphasized their commitment to the health of the Great Lakes on December 19 by signing the Canada-Ontario Agreement on…
Interview: Brent Wootton on the Export Opportunity for Ontario’s Water Tech Sector
Ontario’s water technology champion, WaterTAP, is placing a new focus on supporting the province’s water tech companies as they build capacity to export their products…
Water Treatment Plant Upgrades Underway in Sicamous, BC
The $7.9 million Sicamous’ water treatment facility upgrades are underway. Once the upgrades are complete, the facility will not only help protect the water supply,…
Manitoba Announces Flood Season Forecast Report
Manitoba’s Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation Steve Ashton announced on December 16 the release of a 2014 Fall Conditions Report on soil moisture levels at…
B.C. Indian Bands Celebrate Water System Upgrades
The Little Shuswap Lake and Okanagan Indian Bands, both located in British Columbia, celebrated the completion of water system upgrades in their communities on December…
Halifax Aerotech Wastewater Treatment Plant to Receive $21 Million for Upgrades
The Halifax Aerotech wastewater treatment plant is set to receive a $21-million upgrade, to be completed by 2016. The plant services the Halifax Stanfield International…
Timmins Mayor Releases Statement on Controversial Water Pollution Control Plant
The City of Timmins, Ontario’s new water pollution control plant has faced raising cost estimates and resultant public backlash since the project was approved by…
Elevated Arsenic, Manganese Levels Found in Edmonton-Area Wells
Alberta Health Services (AHS) has identified elevated arsenic and manganese levels in several private wells near Edmonton. The manganese levels discovered were in some cases…
British Columbia First Nation Exploring Ocean Thermal Technology for New Town
The Sci’anew (Cheanuh) Beecher Bay Band First Nation in British Columbia will receive $40,000 in funding from the First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund to…
Rights and Reconciliation
This summer, four Alberta First Nations decided to pursue judicial consideration of their right to water. Over the past decade, the issue of unsafe drinking…