Thursday, July 31, 2025
Toxic Relationship
When McGill professor and researcher Viviane Yargeau used to visit wastewater treatment stations to explain her work on controlling contaminants of emerging concern, municipalities were…
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Down for the Count
The Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant was supposed to enhance phosphorus removal when an expansion was completed in 2013. Built by the province in…
Senator Announces New Legislation to Ban Microbeads
United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced on Sept. 5 new legislation to ban plastic microbeads in personal care products. The legislation comes after recent reports…
On the Level
Winter was at full throttle in 1993 when Colleen Cooney opened her daily newspaper and learned the City of Orillia closed one of its wells…
Canada, In Brief
Canada’s water challenges and the ways provinces and territories address those challenges can be so similar yet entirely unique. Each jurisdiction’s positions on issues of…
Kingston Recognized for Innovative Water Conservation Method
The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (GLSCI) has honoured Kingston, Ontario with an award for the Most Innovative Conservation Method for its utility…
Canada’s Top 5 Water Projects
Seaterra Program $782.7 million Location: Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia Owner: Capital Regional District Project/Construction Manager: Stantec Engineer: CH2M HILL (preliminary planning/study); C.N. Ryzuk &…
Sarnia Wastewater System Undergoes Extensive Upgrade
Cooperation between all three levels of government has allowed the City of Sarnia, Ontario, to upgrade its wastewater system. Improvements to the wastewater collection system…
Hamilton Moves Forward on Cleaning Up Toxic Hotspot
The Randle Reef sediment remediation project, a $138.9-million strategy for cleaning up contaminated sediment in Hamilton Harbour in Ontario, took a significant step forward September…
Researcher Shows the Danger of Even Small Numbers of Asian Carp
According to research from Kim Cuddington of the University of Waterloo, the introduction of just 20 Asian carp into the Great Lakes could cause the…
Canada, In Brief
With each province and territory subject to its own water challenges, keeping tabs on regulations and policies from coast to coast can be a confusing…
IJC Assesses Lakes Huron and Michigan’s Water Level Woes
The International Joint Commission (IJC) has recommended that the governments of Canada and the United States consider structural options for raising the water levels in…
Open the Flood Gates
As businesses struggled to recover from one of the greatest economic crises since the 1930s, natural disaster struck. According to Neil Gilbertson, managing director at…
Message in a Bottle
When Dr. Sherri Mason and her team cast a net into three Great Lakes last July, scouring for debris, they weren’t sure what to expect.…
Canada Water Act 2012 Annual Report Findings Released
The Canada Water Act’s annual report from April 2011 to March 2012 was released with intentions to highlight collaborations between federal, provincial, and territorial governments.…
Canada’s Top Water Projects 2013
For a long time, water and wastewater systems have been developed and redeveloped on a piecemeal basis, says Shane Freitag, a partner at Borden Ladner…
Community Funding Announced for Lake Simcoe Clean-Up
Community-based clean-up projects in Lake Simcoe and Georgian Bay can now access financing through the federal Lake Simcoe/South-eastern Georgian Bay Clean-Up Fund. The five-year plan…
Environment Canada and Hamilton Port Authority Launch Randle Reef Test Project
Environment Canada and the Hamilton Port Authority are launching a structural test project that will provide further information to help in the development of the…
Curbing the Flow
Bordered by two countries, eight states, one province, and more than a hundred municipalities, the Great Lakes hold more than a fifth of the planet’s…
Canada and U.S. Come Together to Control Asian Carp
Canada has joined the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee (ACRCC), the latest step in the United States’ effort to ensure comprehensive action to protect the…
Harper Launches Phase Two Lake of Winnipeg Cleanup
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced federal support for the second phase of the Lake Winnipeg Basin Initiative (LWBI) which will focus on improving water quality…
McGuinty Government Launches Community Action Fund
The Ontario government issued a press release yesterday, announcing the launch of a new initiative designed to help communities protect their part of the Great…
Plenty of Room at the Table
For much of 2010, Tracey Carrigan, the Regional Municipality of York’s manager of environmental education and promotion, and her close-knit team of staff and industry…
2012 RBC Blue Water Project Leadership Grants Announced
RBC has announced its 2012 RBC Blue Water Project Leadership Grant recipients. Thirty organizations from five countries, selected from 219 applicants from around the world,…