Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Alberta Seeks Input on North Saskatchewan Regional Plan
Albertan residents are invited to provide input on land use in the North Saskatchewan Region, which will directly impact watershed management in the province. The…
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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…
Lacombe, Alberta to Manage and Operate Wastewater for North Red Deer
The City of Lacombe, Alberta has been selected as the successful proponent to the North Red Deer Wastewater Services Commission’s Request for Proposal for management and…
Four New Projects Funded Under CWWF in Alberta
The governments of Canada and Alberta are investing in Alberta water and wastewater services, with four new projects being funded by the Clean Water and…
Report: Flawed Inspection Procedures Caused Crude Oil Leak into Alberta Creek
In its investigation report (P17H0019) released today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) determined that the lack of detailed inspection procedures contributed to the March 2017 crude oil…
Alberta Brownfield Project Installed Thousands of Metres of Pipes in 2017
Edmonton’s Blatchford Redevelopment Project saw a productive year in 2017, installing thousands of metres of water and sewer mains for its district energy system. Over…
Alberta and NWT Release First Progress Report on Bilateral Transboundary Water Agreement
The Government of Alberta and the Government of the Northwest Territories have released a report regarding year one of implementation of the Alberta-Northwest Territories Transboundary Water…
Northern Alberta Gets a New Water Treatment Plant
The governments of Canada and Alberta have announced just over $7.5 million in joint federal-provincial-municipal funding for the construction of a new water treatment plant for the Hamlet…
Alberta Start-Up Provides In Situ Testing for E. coli
University of Alberta researchers are tackling the problem of rural and agricultural water testing by introducing a handheld sensor that can detect E. coli in…
Chevron Develops Shale Plays in Alberta
Chevron Canada, a subsidiary of global giant Chevron Corp, has announced that it will begin to develop its first ever Canadian shale play development in the East…
$28.8M for Alberta Cleantech
The governments of Canada and Alberta together have announced investments in twelve cleantech projects, including several to improve water in natural resources projects, totalling $28.8…
Drinking Water Expert Inducted as a Member of the Alberta Order of Excellence
Professional engineer and water scientist Steve Hrudey was recently inducted as a member of the Alberta Order of Excellence. Steve is an internationally renowned researcher, educator, author,…
Alberta Energy Regulator Releases Water Use Report
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has released a new report on how the province’s energy industry uses water in an effort to drive improved performance…
$131M for Rural Alberta Water & Wastewater Partnerships
More than $131 million from the Water for Life and the Alberta Municipal Water/Wastewater Partnership grant programs will support 29 water infrastructure projects across the…
Alberta Bolsters Aquatic Invasive Species Inspections
Bolstering its fight against aquatic invasive species, the Alberta government has added two new inspection stations and 30 new boat inspectors. The two stations opened…
Progress Report for Alberta-NWT Water Management Delayed
The highly anticipated first annual report on the progress and results of the Alberta-Northwest Territories Mackenzie River Basin Bilateral Water Management Agreement, signed March 18,…
Alberta Commits $1.3M to Assessing Creosote Levels in Bow River Watershed
The Alberta government is undertaking a five-year, $1.3-million project to continue assessing creosote levels in Calgary’s West Hillhurst community around the Bow River watershed. The…
Three Out of Ten: Odds of a Solution to First Nations Water Rights in Alberta
The Government of Alberta has developed plans to manage looming water shortages in central and southern Alberta, but those plans risk leaving First Nations without…
Alberta Invests $9M in Land and Water Conservation
Working together with the Nature Conservancy of Canada and landowners, the Alberta government has dedicated $9 million to protect ranchlands, river habitats, and watersheds in…
Alberta Invests $12M in Watershed Councils
The Alberta government announced on World Water Day that it will invest nearly $12 million in multi-year grants for watershed planning and advisory councils, including…
Alberta 2017 Budget Includes $100M for Water on Reserves
The Alberta Government has released its Budget 2017, which includes $100 million in new funding to support access to water systems throughout the province, providing…
Alberta Researchers Model Water Supply & Water Scarcity
Researchers at the University of Alberta have developed an agro-hydrological model to study water supply in Alberta’s 2,255 sub-basins and to better understand water scarcity.…
Alberta Passes Motion on Water Security
On December 12, just as the last session of 2016 wrapped up, the legislative assembly of Alberta passed a motion to increase the government’s involvement…
$925,000 for Alberta Water Stewardship Programming
Land Stewardship Centre (LSC) in Alberta has been given a multi-year, $925,000 grant by Alberta’s Environment and Parks to help protect the province’s water resources.…