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Minding the First “R” in Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Somewhere around the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 a bunch of hippies said, “hey man, we should use less stuff, share what...
Predicting Hydrological Change in Calgary under Climate and Land-Use Scenarios
The lead author of a study focused on the impact of precipitation, thaw and development on Calgary's second-largest river basin suggests that climate change...
Canada Has Ended the National Wetland Conservation Fund
Yesterday, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) announced that it has cancelled the National Wetland Conservation Fund (NWCF). Projects that were funded through 2019...
Old Legislation Moves Ontario Stormwater Management Forward
In the summer of 2017, the Credit Valley Conservation Authority (CVC) held a workshop that sought to apply old piece of provincial legislation, the...
Top 5 Water Science Stories 2017
1. National watershed assessment
We rejoice when water is prominent in the mainstream media. When WWF-Canada released the first-ever national assessment of Canada’s freshwater underscoring...
West Kelowna, BC Completes Horizon Village Lift Station
Construction has been completed on the City of West Kelowna’s Horizon Village Lift Station.
More than 2,200 residents are benefitting from the Horizon Village Lift...
New Research Moves River Ice Modelling Forward
A recent study conducted by researchers at the Global Institute for Water Security has analyzed river ice models to develop a better understanding of...
How Green Roofs Can Protect City Streets From Flooding
Spring and summer 2017 have been among the wettest on record in eastern North America. And the world is watching Houston, the Caribbean, and...
The Global Water Crisis in Pictures
The Water Stories: The global water crisis in pictures open-air, public exhibition at the Jack Poole Plaza at the Vancouver Convention Centre July 8...
New Research Suggests Smaller Wetlands Capture More Nutrients
A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Waterloo, has found that smaller, distributed wetland areas are more effective at nutrient capture.
Biogeochemical...
