Saturday, July 5, 2025
Central Okanagan Treatment Plant Saves Thousands of Dollars
The Regional District of Central Okanagan will save an estimated $12,000 a year as a result of improvements made earlier this year at the Westside…
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When Rail Meets Water
On July 6, shortly after midnight, a freight train carrying 7.2 million litres of light North Dakota crude to a New Brunswick refinery derailed in…
TrojanUV Technology Selected for Chicago Wastewater Plant
London, Ontario-based TrojanUV announced on October 29 that the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago has selected its newest wastewater ultraviolet light disinfection system,…
New Treatment Facility for Newfoundland and Labrador Town
A new wastewater treatment facility has been completed in the Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay in central Labrador. Included in the new facility are a…
FCM Supports Upgrades to Wastewater Systems in Elora
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has announced a Green Municipal Fund™ (GMF) loan of $10 million and a grant of $1 million for the…
University of Manitoba’s CREATE H2O Project Receives Funding
The University of Manitoba has received a Government of Canada investment through the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to support the…
Bottlenecked
When it comes to water, the food and beverage industry is facing some major challenges. According to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF),…
Regina Votes in Favour of P3 Funding for Wastewater Plant
Regina’s $224-million wastewater treatment plant upgrade will be funded through a public-private partnership (P3). After many weeks of debate, residents of Regina went to the…
Flood on the Front Lines
In late June, southern Alberta was struck by heavy rainfalls that caused three of the province’s rivers to flow five to 10 times their normal…
Regina Holds Debate Ahead of Wastewater Referendum
City of Regina Mayor Michael Fougere and Regina Water Watch spokesman Jim Holmes held public debates on consecutive nights—September 18 and 19—in Regina, as they…
Canada Announces Investments in First Nations’ Water Systems
The federal government has announced investments in water and wastewater treatment system improvements in five British Columbia First Nation communities – Metlakatla First Nation, Esk’etemc…
Stantec Unveils New Brand
Edmonton-based professional services company Stantec Inc. unveiled a new brand on September 10, with a goal to reinforce the company’s “design with community in mind”…
White-Hot Water Tech
Israel might be over half-desert, but aside from the sand, it’s not exactly easy to tell the country suffers from intense heat and prolonged drought.…
Interview: Phillip Abrary on Canada’s First Commercial Nutrient Recovery Facility
Earlier this month, the City of Saskatoon and Vancouver-based Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc. officially opened Canada’s first commercial nutrient recovery facility at the city’s…
Top Ontario Plant at Centre of Local Controversy
While an Ecojustice report card recently named Pickering, Ontario’s Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant one of the province’s finest, the plant is at the…
Greater Sydney Area Wastewater Project Continues
Representatives gathered yesterday to celebrate ongoing work on Phase 1, 2 and 3 of the Greater Sydney Area Wastewater Collection Project, an initiative that will…
Manitoba Invests in Wastewater Study for City of Thompson
The Province of Manitoba and the City of Thompson will partner to conduct a study of the options available for upgrading the city’s wastewater treatment…
Laurentian Bank to Help Fund Sudbury Wastewater Facility
Montreal’s Laurentian Bank has announced its participation in a consortium that will provide financial assistance to N-Viro Systems Canada LP for the purposes of constructing…
Regina Sets Tentative Date for Wastewater Referendum
Regina has set a tentative date for Regina’s referendum over funding models for a new wastewater treatment plant. City council has earmarked September 25 as…
Okanagan Regional Board Approves Sludge Deal with Penticton
The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen and City of Penticton are extending an existing relationship of shared services and opportunity to include the disposition of some…
Power Play
Water makes a significant contribution to Canada’s electricity needs. But the water-energy story is more complicated than the provision of hydropower. At the community level,…
The Toilet Toll
If you work in a wastewater treatment facility, you know better than to flush a toilet containing anything that isn’t water, human waste, or toilet…
BluMetric Opens Barrie, ON Office
International water and wastewater treatment company BluMetric has opened up shop in Barrie, Ontario, from where it will serve the City of Barrie and Simcoe…
The Silver Screen
Not much is known about the health impacts of silver nanoparticles. Often employed for its antibacterial properties, nanosilver fights potentially harmful bacteria in consumer products…