Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Alberta Government Helps Support Watersheds on Private Lands
The Alberta Land Trust Grant Program has approved more than $7 million to support 24 different projects for the 2017–18 grant cycle, supporting grants that…
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XPV Announces Strategic Investment with Alberta IoT Firm
Private venture capital fund, XPV Water Partners announced today that it has invested in Alberta-based Mobiltex Data Ltd., an IoT product and service provider that monitors corrosion…
Alberta Allocates Funding for Flood-Prevention Measures
Earlier this year, the Government of Alberta committed $10 million to help communities along river basins prepare for floods. The funding included $2 million for…
Taber, Alberta Enters P3 Agreement to Run Wastewater Plant
Taber, Alberta has signed a utility services agreement to operate Lantic Inc.’s wastewater treatment plant, which came into effect June 1st, 2018. Lantic Inc. approached…
Alberta-Ontario Funding Supports Water, Pipeline Research
Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) has announced twenty new projects valued at more than $36 million. Water-focused projects include brine desalination and watermain improvements. The funding is…
Alberta Invests $720K in Agricultural Lands for Flood Prevention
Photo: Road washout in the Modeste subwatershed flood in August 2016. Credit: County of Wetaskiwin The Government of Alberta is investing $720,000 in farmlands through…
Alberta Secures $1B in Federal Funding for Green Infrastructure
Yesterday afternoon, Alberta and Canada announced a bilateral agreement providing more than $3.3 billion in federal funding, with a significant green infrastructure component. Amarjeet Sohi,…
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…
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…