Tuesday, October 14, 2025
As a Water Crisis Looms in Cape Town, Could It Happen in Canada?
The city of Cape Town, South Africa is under extreme water rationing and heading towards complete depletion of its municipal water supply. When Day Zero—the…
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Nova Scotia to Hire a Prosecutor to Focus on Environmental Law
Nova Scotia has announced that the province will soon hire a prosecutor to focus on environmental law, including enforcing protections of the province’s water supply.…
Sask. Water Security Agency Anticipates Below-Normal Spring Runoff
Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency (WSA) has released its preliminary spring runoff outlook for 2018. With the dry conditions in the summer and fall of 2017,…
Alberta’s Human Footprint in Watersheds a Priority Management Issue
The Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI) has released a report examining the human footprint in the province, providing insights to human activity within watersheds and…
Dawson to Receive $15M for Water Infrastructure Upgrades
Canada and Yukon are investing $15 million in water infrastructure to ensure Northern Canadians have access to reliable and modern water services. Member of Parliament for Yukon, Larry Bagnell;…
Nelson, B.C. Approves Updates to Water Master Plan
On Monday, the City of Nelson, B.C. approved updates to its 2007 Water Master Plan and agreed to the final adoption of the 2018 Water…
Charlottetown Mayor Responds to Provincial Water Act Debate
The mayor of Charlottetown, P.E.I., has responded to comments made during the November 29th debate of the province’s new Water Act. Mayor Clifford Lee responded…
Four-Part Framework to Value Water
An international research team led by Oxford University has published a new paper in Science in which they chart a new framework to value water…
Top 5 Water Infrastructure Stories 2017
1. Every Drop Counts in Ontario While Canada continues to lag behind other OECD nations with its approach to pricing carbon, we know that there…
Municipal Water Sector Achieved $652B in Revenues in 2017
Frost & Sullivan’s 2017 Global Outlook of the Water Industry suggests that the global water market for the year 2017 is estimated to have $652.4…
Melville, SK Completes Construction of 30-Kilometre-Long Pipeline
Installation of a new 30-kilometre-long pipeline to help supply the City of Melville and area with a more reliable and sustainable water supply has recently…
Fish Exposed to Treated Wastewater Demonstrate Altered Behaviour
A team of researchers from Environment Canada and Climate Change Canada and McMaster University have found that fish living downstream from a wastewater treatment plant…
Ultraviolet Treatment Serves Comox Valley as Interim Measure
The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) is moving forward with the installation of temporary ultraviolet treatment that is expected to reduce boil water notices by approximately…
Sparwood, B.C. Searches for a New Source of Drinking Water
The District of Sparwood, British Columbia has commenced work on locating a new community drinking water supply near Cummings Creek. An Environmental Assessment Report joint…
Nfld. Municipality Enters Agreement with Prov. to Protect Wetlands
Newfoundland and Labrador has signed a Municipal Stewardship Agreement with the Town of Centreville-Wareham-Trinity to protect wetlands around the community and coastal habitat. A ceremony…
Modelling Land-Human-Water Interactions Globally
Understanding the fine-level interactions between nature and people is essential in determining whether a region will suffer water scarcity in the future. That’s a key…
H2O Innovation Signs $9.1M Ultrafiltration Contract for San Diego, CA
Quebec’s H2O Innovation Inc. was awarded its largest ultrafiltration contract to date with the City of San Diego, California. This new contract, for a water…
Could Alternative Financing Revive North America’s Water Network?
Financing improvements to North America’s water network is a gargantuan task—one that has ascended the public sector’s ability to handle alone. The recent public health…
Research Identifies Drought Conservation Impacts on Wastewater Reuse
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have deduced that indoor residential conservation can have unintended consequences in places where systems of wastewater reuse have…
International Community Meets in Stockholm for World Water Week
Yesterday, World Water Week began with events and programing in Stockholm, Sweden, led by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). “World Water Week is a…
Water Treatment Receives Federal Boost in Whale Cove, Nunavut
Whale Cove, Nunavut, will receive $500,000 from the Canadian government for the Whale Cove Emergency Water Supply project. Announced on Friday by Amarjeet Sohi, Minister…
Eastend, SK, Receives Fed. & Prov. Investment for Water Infrastructure
On Friday, the governments of Canada and Saskatchewan announced funding to upgrade the Town of Eastend’s water treatment facility. The work includes expanding the existing…
Edmonton Company Ordered to Remove End Pit Lake
The Alberta government has issued a Water Act enforcement order to Associated Aggregates Inc. The company is required to restore a portion of a sand…
A Vision for Canada as a Leader on the Global Water Stage
On this most important anniversary for our country, we have opportunity to reflect upon the role water has played in shaping our identity. When people…