Saturday, July 12, 2025
London, Ont. Program Helps Mitigate Urban Runoff
Ontario is providing over $380,000 in funding for 25 projects that will help restore and rehabilitate over 1,050 hectares of land, protect biodiversity, and mitigate…
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EDC Issues First Green Bond in Canadian Dollars
Canadian export credit agency, Export Development Canada (EDC), has priced its first Green Bond in Canadian dollars in response to global interest in climate financing.…
Canada Infrastructure Bank Announces Chairperson
Today, the Government of Canada announced the new chairperson of the board for the Canadian Infrastructure Bank (CIB), former Royal Bank of Canada Chief Administrative…
OPINION: Why Ontario Needs the Sewage Bypass Reporting Act
On May 31, the Sewage Bypass Reporting Act, 2017 passed first reading in the Ontario Legislature. The bill amends the Ontario Water Resources Act to…
Water’s Next Winners Announced
On June 22nd, over one hundred and sixty water professionals came together to celebrate innovators and influencers in the water sector at the Water’s Next Awards…
Survey Suggests Canadian Perception of Water’s Importance Conflicted
FluksAqua, a collaborative, online platform for water utility professionals has released the results of a survey on the public perceptions of water across Canada. The…
CWWA to Release Public Attitudes 2015 Report
The Canadian Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA), with the help of Water Canada and the Actual Media team, has completed a new report titled Public…
Red River Commission Joins Effort to Protect Lake Winnipeg
The Red River Basin Commission (RRBC) has joined the growing list of signatories to the Lake Friendly Accord, signifying the first cross-border support for the…
All Systems Go
How often do you find yourself engaging in deep dialogue about systems with acquaintances, colleagues, or clients? When engaging in systems talk, we often notice…
Edward Burtynsky Keynote at Annual Canadian Water Summit in Toronto on June 18
Canada’s largest multi-stakeholder water conference, the Canadian Water Summit, is coming to Toronto on June 18 at the International Centre. The 2014 Canadian Water Summit…
Change in Attitude
With the 2013 Calgary and Toronto floods still fresh in our minds, and the bone-chilling cold of the polar vortex lingering well into spring, Canadians…
Putting Water on Page 1
When it comes to water perception and management, the public is the chief driver of change. Unfortunately, a shocking number of Canadians appear to be…
Kelowna Wins Tap Water Taste Challenge at BCWWA Annual Conference
The City of Kelowna, British Columbia won the inaugural British Columbia Water & Waste Association’s (BCWWA) “Best of the Best” tap water taste test challenge…
Work on Water-Efficient Garden to Begin at Guelph Emergency Services Centre
Work on a public water-efficient demonstration garden will begin this spring in Guelph, Ontario. The project, a partnership between the city and Pollination Guelph, is…
Massive Public Shift
A dry Navajo reservation and a lush Phoenix suburb stretch side by side. The divide between the two patches of land looks so precise, at…
Students Rewarded in 2013 Evolve Sustainable Design Competition
Royal Bank of Canada and Canadian architecture firm B+H have announced the winners of their 2013 Evolve Sustainable Design Competition. The competition, for architecture and…
Taps Don’t Create Clean Water?
Freshwater is a resource that Canadians value. According to the 2013 RBC Canadian Water Attitudes Study, in fact, 47 per cent of Canadians believe that…
Be Prepared, But Not Right Now: Public on Overloaded Stormwater Systems
Canadians are concerned about the possibility of extreme weather disasters, but few are worried about the strain these events will have on municipal water systems,…
Real Tech’s CEO Named Woman Entrepreneur of the Year
Jodi Glover, CEO and co-founder of Whitby, Ontario’s Real Tech Inc., was named the 2012 RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur of the year for the TPH…
Real Tech’s CEO Honoured
Jodi Glover, CEO and co-founder of Whitby, Ontario-based Real Tech, is a finalist for this year’s RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur TPH Sustainability Award. “I am…
New Computer Technology To Bolster Lake Winnipeg Watershed Protection
Manitoba’s Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh and Lynette Gillen, regional vice-president, RBC Royal Bank, today announced $225,000 in private sector funding for the…
Minimal Public Support for Water Infrastructure Investment
More than 80 per cent of the 2,428 Canadians RBC recently surveyed feel there’s no need for major, immediate investment in their community’s drinking water/wastewater…
App Savvy
When Mike Scarth at the Alberta WaterPortal became interested in mobile water applications (colloquially termed “apps”), he directed summer students to research what was available.…
Interview: Steven Renzetti
What’s our water worth? It’s a big question. Depending on whom you ask, the answer might not be able to be quantified in dollars. Even…