Friday, July 4, 2025
In Memory: Professor Steven Renzetti
One of Canada’s leading researchers on freshwater resources and conservation from Brock University has passed away. Professor Steven Renzetti—husband to professor Diane Dupont, and brother…
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B.C. Firm Grows Watershed and Fish Habitat Assessment Practice
A Canadian environmental consulting firm, Ecofish Research Ltd., which has consulted on fish habitat enhancement and watershed assessment on hydroelectric projects, has announced the acquisition…
Floating Wetlands Could Assist with Wastewater Treatment
Researchers from Saint Francis University in Pennsylvania and the University of Oklahoma have undertaken a study on the use of floating treatment wetlands (FTW) as…
Ontario Must Act to Protect Waterways Within the Greenbelt
Pressure is mounting on all sides. The Greater Toronto Area is planning to accommodate another four million people and provide over six million jobs in…
Report Notes Success and Weakness in Great Lakes Water Management
The International Joint Commission (IJC) has released its draft Triennial Assessment of Progress (TAP) report, in which it found much to commend on the progress…
Feds Announce Limits for Lead in Drinking Water
The Government of Canada’s Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water has released a report for public consultation on lead in drinking water for the purposes of…
Wastewater Treatment Upgrades Results in Fewer Intersex Fish
Upgrades to a wastewater treatment plant along Ontario’s Grand River, led to a 70 per cent drop in fish that have both male and female characteristics within…
Cross-Border Collaboration for Great Lakes Protection
Four of the five Great Lakes help to define the U.S.-Canada border; but what separates our two countries brings them together as well. The Great…
Researchers Suggest Guidelines for Recycled Water
A University of British Columbia research team has investigated the potential reuse of municipal wastewater in urban applications, provided that people don’t drink or cook…
Ontario Power Generation’s Further Study of Deep Lake Nuclear Repository
A new study from Ontario Power Generation (OPG), detailing the environmental effects feasibility of alternate locations for OPG’s DGR project, shows that the original Kincardine…
Alberta Passes Motion on Water Security
On December 12, just as the last session of 2016 wrapped up, the legislative assembly of Alberta passed a motion to increase the government’s involvement…
Ontario Releases Annual Minister’s Report on Drinking Water
Ontario has released the Minister’s Annual Report on Drinking Water from the office of Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC). The report details…
Unveiling the Regina Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade P3 Project
This week, the City of Regina cut ribbons at the official unveiling of the completed Regina Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade Project in Saskatchewan—a project successfully…
Water Bottling is a Sideshow: Bigger Issues Need to be Addressed
Water bottling companies like Nestlé take a lot of water out of the ground in Ontario and put it in plastic bottles. Every time Nestlé…
Updated: Ontario’s Annual Report on Lake Simcoe
Ontario has released its Minister’s Annual Report on Lake Simcoe for 2015. The report provided an update on government efforts since the release of their…
A Nutrient Management Plan for Crescent Lake, Manitoba
The municipal council of Crescent Lake in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba are reviewing options to improve water quality of Crescent Lake. The lake serves as…
Committed Climate Science in the Great Lakes
In its most recent newsletter, the Intergovernmental Joint Commission presented an updated assessment of the climate science being done in the Great Lakes basin. The…
Willingness to Pay for a Healthy Lake Erie
A group of American universities and government agencies has completed a socio-economic study of agricultural management plans for curtailing harmful algal blooms and the willingness…
Funding for Strategy to Reduce Phosphorus Loss into the Thames River in Ontario
Efforts to reduce phosphorus loss into Ontario waterways and the Great Lakes will progress thanks to the funding announcement of $203,000 from Growing Forward 2,…
$45M for Upgrades to Moncton’s Wastewater Treatment Facility
The Governments of Canada and New Brunswick have announced more than $45 million in federal-provincial funding for improvements to the TransAqua Wastewater Treatment Facility. With…
What Training is Needed for the Next Generation of Water Operators?
At the east-end of Toronto on Lake Ontario lies the R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant. This vast facility has been providing clean drinking water for…
Niagara Adds Transparency to Water and Wastewater Audits
The Regional Municipality of Niagara’s Public Works Committee has decided to introduce further checks and balances to its water and wastewater systems by having audit…
More Bad News For Hydrology Due to the Mountain Pine Beetle
A method to control the spread of mountain pine beetles—pheromone baiting—may actually help the pest’s population increase, UBC research shows. A study by Rebecca Tyson,…
Great Lakes Contaminated by Toxic Flame Retardant
The International Joint Commission (IJC) has released a report recommending the governments of Canada and the United States adopt a strategy to address toxic polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)…