Friday, May 23, 2025
$12M for Oxford, Includes Water Infrastructure
Feds announced today that the County of Oxford, Ontario has been approved for more than $12 million in low-cost loans from CMHC’s Municipal Infrastructure Lending…
News
More Great Lakes Funding Dispersed
This morning the federal government announced $410,000 in funding from the Great Lakes Sustainability Fund for four projects to clean up the Detroit River Area…
Managing the Ultimate Asset
“Thirsty cities will not grow,” says Sharon Nunes, VP of IBM’s Big Green Innovations, imparting wisdom she’s come across at the World Council for Sustainable…
Water IT Market to Grow
Water information technology (IT) is a US$530-million market today, with potential to address a US$16.3-billion market in 2020, according a new report from Lux Research.…
Draft NWT Water Stewardship Strategy Released
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada have released the draft Northwest Territories Water Stewardship Strategy. The draft strategy…
ATCO Wins Alberta Contract
Calgary-based ATCO Water announced today it has been selected by the towns of Three Hills and Trochu, Alberta to develop a long-term partnership for the…
CCME Adopts Canada-Wide Vision for Water
Federal, provincial and territorial ministers met in Kingston last week and endorsed a Canada-wide strategic vision for water, which outlines how Canadian Council of Ministers…
Bottled Water Back in the News
This week Ontario NDP MPP Peter Tabuns (Toronto-Danforth) submitted a new Private Members Bill—Bottled Water Spending Act, 2009—to restrict government spending on bottled water. If…
CK Celebrates Canadian Cleantech
Last week, Corporate Knights magazine released its third annual Cleantech 10™ and Next 10 Emerging Cleantech Leaders lists (view the complete report here), which represent…
New Wastewater Law for Charlottetown, Summerside
Mayor Clifford Lee is pleased that the province is honouring its commitment to make it law that all septage collected on Prince Edward Island be…
ENPAR Enters into Asian Joint Venture
Dr. Gene Shelp, president and CEO of Guelph, Ontario-based ENPAR Technologies Inc., has announced that ENPAR has entered into a joint venture with AsiaCo, a…
McCain Revitalizes Wastewater Treatment Facility
A McCain Foods (Canada) plant in Carberry, Manitoba has revitalized a former wastewater lagoon with a wastewater treatment centre and the naturalization of habitat around…
Five Projects for St. Lawrence River Funded
Officials announced today $290,000 in funding from the Great Lakes Sustainability Fund for five projects to clean up the St. Lawrence River (Cornwall) Area of…
Stimulating Biology
Groundwater is one of Canada’s most important resources—approximately 30 per cent of the population relies on it for domestic use, and Environment Canada estimates that…
Award for Eagle Lake Membrane Filtration Facility
The District of West Vancouver’s Eagle Lake Membrane Filtration Facility has won the Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of BC (APEGBC) Environmental Award of…
OPCEA Concerned about FCM Resolution
OPCEA wants FCM to take a step back. In a press release today, the Ontario Pollution Control Equipment Association (OPCEA) stated that it believes both…
EPCOR Signs $100M Deal with Suncor
EPCOR Utilities Inc. will become the primary provider of potable water and domestic wastewater services at Suncor Energy’s oil sands operations under a new deal…
Manitoba Declares War on Phosphorus
Manitoba is implementing new rules for livestock waste management in response to recommendations made by the Clean Environment Commission (CEC) and the auditor general, Conservation…
WWF Releases Rivers at Risk Report
Our friends over at WWF-Canada have released a new report, Canada’s Rivers at Risk: Environmental Flows and Canada’s Freshwater Future (pdf here). The report claims…
More Canadian Companies Look to China
Quebec-based BioSpec Global Solutions Inc., and partner ICBS Ltd. have announced that they’re filing Eurasian patents in anticipation of entry into China. “China is one…
McBride Unveils Second Eco-Friendly Wastewater Phase
McBride, British Columbia’s Eco-Sensitive Solution to Wastewater Treatment project officially unveiled its $2-million second phase yesterday. Phase 2 will add an additional month of retention…
BioteQ Signs Contract for Seasonal Whitehorse Plant
Vancouver-based BioteQ Environmental Technologies, Inc. will design and build a water treatment plant in Whitehorse at the Minto copper mine owned by Minto Explorations Limited.…
BIOREM Awarded B.C. Wastewater Biofiltration Project
Guelph, Ontario-based BIOREM Inc. has been awarded an advanced biofiltration project in British Columbia valued at $720,000. Under the terms of the agreement, Biorem will…
Armtec Wins YDSS Contract
Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund has been awarded a $26.9 million contract to supply water management products to upgrade the Southeast Collector Sewer System, which is…