Friday, July 4, 2025
UBC Receives $1.6 Million in Funding for Research on Clean Water
A network led by the University of British Columbia (UBC) received $1.6 million in funding to transfer knowledge to practice that will improve water quality…
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Manitoba Unveils First Projects Under Conservation Trust
The Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation has selected the first round of projects approved under the Government of Manitoba’s $102-million Conservation Trust. The announcement was made…
Kitchener’s Advancement in Integrated Stormwater Management
Degraded water quality, increased stream temperatures, and erosion along watercourses – these are just some of the impacts that urbanization has on the environment, according…
Conservation Authorities Unclear About Impacts to Budgets
Ontario’s 2019 Budget was released on April 11, 2019 and conservation authorities have received no confirmation about the status of their important provincial transfer payments.…
UBID Awards Contract for New Water Treatment Plant
The Union Bay Improvement District (UBID), based in British Columbia, awarded the contract for the construction of its new water treatment plant to Ridgeline Mechanical…
Gov’t of Canada Helps Protect Toronto and York Region from Severe Storms
François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, announced funding for four projects in the City of Toronto and York Region that will make these communities…
World’s Largest Companies Using More Water Despite Rising Risks
Companies are reporting greater exposure to water risks yet withdrawing more water, according to new research by CDP. The report, Treading Water, analyzes water data from…
Sponsored: Water for All – What Can We Do to Help Heed the Call?
According to the United Nations, our current world population is 7.2 billion and is projected to increase by one billion over the next 12 years,…
New Research Shows More Nitrogen Enters Streams than Expected
New research by a scientific collaboration, led by the USDA Forest Service, shows that more nitrogen from rain and snow is making it to more…
Gov’t of Saskatchewan Advances Agricultural Water Management Strategy
The Government of Saskatchewan is helping advance the Agricultural Water Management Strategy with a $5 million investment in the Saskatchewan Conservation and Development Association (SCDA).…
Dene Tha’ First Nation on Course for Clean Water
In a partnership with the Dene Tha’ First Nation, the Government of Alberta is bringing safe and reliable drinking water to the nation. The $2.1-million…
NOAA Collaborates with Partners to Address Drinking Water Safety
An inter-agency team of public and private sector partners is addressing drinking water safety for oxygen depleted waters (hypoxia). NOAA’s latest experimental forecast models, developed by…
Grand River Conservation Authority Board Approves 2019 Budget
The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) will spend more than $35 million this year on programs that protect life and minimize property damage from flooding…
Research Shows Lake Ice May Disappear Across Northern Hemisphere
The iconic winter traditions of skating outdoors and ice fishing on a frozen lake could vanish across southern Canada and the Northern Hemisphere by the…
Building Context Around Water Data
While data is a representation of reality, the stories we tell based on that data are products of interpretation. Practitioners often debate data collection and…
New Agricultural Waste Regulation to Help Protect B.C. Water
British Columbia has announced new rules for agricultural waste management to better protect the province’s water and to give the agricultural sector more clarity in…
Lystek Project Shows Results in Minnesota, Reducing System Load
In September of 2018, Cambridge, Ontario’s Lystek International announced that it had successfully commissioned an installment of its low temperature Thermal Hydrolysis Process at the…
Wetland Restoration Improves Wildlife Habitat in Elgin County
Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and Elgin Stewardship Council (ESC) have announced progress on wetland restoration in Elgin County, Ontario improving wildlife habitat and improving water quality…
Standards Council of Canada Moves Toward National Stormwater Guidance
A joint report from the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), Engineers Canada, Credit Valley Conservation, and Zizzo Strategy provides an overview of existing stormwater standards…
Long-Term Study of Conservation Tillage Unearths Nutrient Transport Changes
A new study from the American Society of Agronomy has detailed how the switch to conservation tillage has impacted a southwestern Ohio lake over two…
Pollution Probe, CGLR, and RBC Launch Big Data Project for Great Lakes
Pollution Probe and the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) have partnered with the Royal Bank of Canada on a project to improve approaches…
Clearford Expands Operations in India with Two New System Installations
Ottawa-based Clearford Water Systems has announced that its subsidiary, Clearford India Pvt. Ltd., has signed contracts for two new Clearford One® system installations for villages…
Connect, Lead and Influence with an Environmental Professional EP® Designation
For over 25 years ECO Canada (Environmental Careers Organization) has helped nurture the environmental sector by connecting professionals to training programs, certifications, career development resources…
Lake Winnipeg Foundation Input on Provincial Budget 2019
The Lake Winnipeg Foundation has submitted feedback to the provincial government to address how the province’s 2019 budget can support water resource management. Topics covered…