Friday, September 5, 2025
Top five Great Lakes stories of 2021
1. Canada and Ontario mark 50th anniversary of Great Lakes agreement The Governments of Canada and Ontario announced that they have signed the new Canada-Ontario Agreement…
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Top five cleantech stories of 2021
1. Canada announces investment to support technology development and commercialization The Government of Canada announced an investment of $20 million to support the development and…
Matrix Solutions announces merger with Ecosystem Recovery Inc.
Matrix Solutions—a Canadian environmental consulting, water, and engineering design firm—has announced a merger with Ontario-based Ecosystem Recovery Inc. (ERI). ERI specializes in helping clients effectively…
OCWA announces First Nations Advisory Circle
The Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) has announced the formation of a First Nations Advisory Circle. “OCWA would like to gain a better understanding of…
Top five drinking water stories of 2021
1. SAIT opens new Water and Wastewater Pilot Scale Treatment Lab Students interested in sustainable water resource management will have the chance to hone their…
Canada announces $3.1 million for Great Lakes Protection Initiative
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault announced that the Government of Canada is investing more than $3.1 million in 32 projects over three years…
WWTP in Brantford, Ontario receives Gold Recognition
At the Grand River Watershed-wide Wastewater Optimization Program (GRWWOP) workshop in November 2021, the City of Brantford received Gold Recognition for its wastewater treatment plant.…
Ontario invests in health of Great Lakes
The Ontario government is investing more than $2.8 million in 24 projects to protect the health of the Great Lakes. These projects focus on improving…
Moving towards the sustainable management of the Wolastoq River
In 1966 author Esther Clark Wright wrote in her seminal work The St. John River and its Tributaries, “a river is something more than a…
SENTRY Water Monitoring receives investment through SDTC
Charlottetown-based SENTRY Water Monitoring has received an investment of $1.9 million through Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). This is the first SDTC investment in SENTRY Water Monitoring and part…
Okanagan Basin Water Board opens 2022 grant intake
The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) is now accepting applications for its Water Conservation and Quality Improvement (WCQI) grant program for projects in 2022. With…
How digital transformation will make municipal water management more resilient
Across Canada, municipalities must be ready for big growth—and big change. Increased immigration levels and housing booms outside of major urban centres mean municipalities of…
Manitoba and Saskatchewan renew MOU on water management
The governments of Manitoba and Saskatchewan have renewed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) respecting water management between the two provinces. The announcement was made by…
Filters prevent microfibre waste from entering waterways: Study
A new study found that washing machine filters can be a solution for capturing harmful microfibres before they enter Georgian Bay and other waterways where…
Alberta issues new guidelines for dealing with wastewater and stormwater
The Government of Alberta has issued new guidelines for municipalities, developers, irrigators, and other parties dealing with stormwater and wastewater on their projects and properties.…
ALUS project to provide high-resolution modelling of natural infrastructure
ALUS has announced the next phase of its project that will provide high-resolution modelling of natural infrastructure and help deliver watershed-scale ecosystem resilience in the…
Warmer, wetter, wilder: 38 million people in the Great Lakes region are threatened by climate change
The Great Lakes are getting warmer, wetter, and wilder. These atypical conditions are amplifying other threats. Harmful algal blooms are increasing in severity and geographic…
New watershed management plan released for Shediac Bay watershed
A new watershed management plan has been released by a technical working group for the Shediac Bay watershed in New Brunswick. The plan’s purpose is…
Northern lakes have warmed six times faster since 1992: Research
Lakes in the Northern Hemisphere have warmed six times faster since 1992 than any other time period in the last 100 years, according to research…
Renewing water infrastructure
Survey says environmental considerations are a major factor for asset renewal strategies in Canada. In this second part of a two-part feature on linear water…
Investment to support Ontario farmers in Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair watersheds
The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing $2.58 million to protect the Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair watershed areas. The investment will go…
Ontario invests over $2.5 million to protect the Great Lakes
The Ontario government is investing more than $2.5 million in 19 new projects to protect the health of the Great Lakes. According to the Government…
Water Resources: Foundry Spatial
Foundry Spatial was recognized in the Water Resources category of the 2021 Water’s Next Awards. The team at Foundry Spatial Ltd. is hoping that with…
Yukon releases quartz mining guide to help protect water
The Government of Yukon released guidelines to help the quartz mining industry address and reduce its impacts on water in the Yukon. “It is important…