Friday, May 9, 2025
World Water Day: Mitigating Canada’s Water Scarcity
The effects of climate change are making a water scarcity an issue in jurisdictions we never thought possible, including municipalities and regions in Canada once…
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XPRIZE launches competition to solve water scarcity
ABU DHABI, UAE — XPRIZE, the world’s leader in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges, today launches XPRIZE Water Scarcity.…
Global Effort Required to Tackle Water Scarcity Challenges: Study
The Credit Suisse Research Institute (CSRI) has published a study on water scarcity and the key challenges that lie ahead. It calls for definitive action…
Report by Watershed Watch Sounds Alarm about Water Scarcity in B.C.
Watershed Watch has released a new report that examines water scarcity in British Columbia. Communities all across the province are already experiencing water shortages, according…
New Research Suggests Water Scarcity Measurement Flawed
New research from the University College London suggests that current metrics used to determine the global water crisis might not accurately reflect scarcity and sufficiency.…
Alberta Researchers Model Water Supply & Water Scarcity
Researchers at the University of Alberta have developed an agro-hydrological model to study water supply in Alberta’s 2,255 sub-basins and to better understand water scarcity.…
New Research Offers Strategies for Reducing Water Scarcity
A new paper from researchers at McGill and Utrecht universities suggests that, despite frightening increases in water scarcity worldwide, the situation is not yet irreversible.…
Water Scarcity Boosts Prospects for Reuse: Study
Increased concerns regarding water scarcity and water use restrictions are main drivers for growth in the North American industrial and municipal water reuse markets, says…
World Water Day: Wolseley Canada celebrates with new charitable partnership
Wolseley Canada annouced its newest charitable partnership with Living Lakes Canada to help shape the future of groundwater monitoring in southern Alberta. In Alberta, groundwater…
Improved water security is coming to the Sunshine Coast
Crucial conservation upgrades are being developed to solve the heightening water crisis due to drought on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast after an investment of more than $117 million from the…
Transforming municipal wastewater facilities into sustainability hubs
Canada has to replace, refurbish or build a sizable proportion of its vital municipal environmental infrastructure to accommodate demands for new housing and meet its…
World Water Day: Using data-driven transparency as a tool for building consensus on water
Dr. Thomas D. Krom, Seequent Segment Director for the Environment, shares reflections on society’s need for water given global warming, looming supply challenges and an…
Researcher finds inspiration from spider webs and beetles to harvest fresh water from thin air
A team of researchers is designing novel systems to capture water vapour in the air and turn it into liquid. University of Waterloo professor Michael…
Calgary’s water woes means lush lawns will have to go: UCalgary hydrologist
Prepare to kiss your grass goodbye, Calgary — that’s the message from a University of Calgary hydrologist, following a municipal order to restrict water use due…
An additional 8.56 billion cubic metres of wastewater a year needs to be treated to meet UN goals, ABB reveals
Global wastewater treatment capacity needs to increase annually by 8.56 billion cubic metres and investment in an additional 4691 treatment facilities per year is required…
IBM launches RFP to help accelerate global water management solutions for vulnerable populations
Toronto – IBM announced today that it is accepting proposals for the next cohort of the IBM Sustainability Accelerator, which will focus on water management…
Ontario First Nations Technical Services Corporation looks to decolonize water governance
In recent issues, Water Canada has outlined many of the challenges operators face keeping systems up and running, often under difficult conditions and for pay…
The path towards holistic water management
An urban water system (UWS) constitutes three main service components: drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater. Historically, these components have been managed in silos. Even today,…
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…
Dawn Martin-Hill receives International Water Prize
Dawn Martin-Hill, associate professor at McMaster University, has been named the 2022 University of Oklahoma International Water Prize recipient for her commitment to improving water…
Six months remain for groundwater users in B.C. to apply for licence
A deadline for select groundwater users in B.C. is less than six months away. March 1, 2022 is the deadline to apply for a water…
David Daniels joins Carl Data Solutions as vice president
David Daniels has joined Carl Data Solutions as the vice president of Environmental Monitoring as a Service (EMaaS) Sales. “David is a proven large enterprise…
Cost of Water Risks to Business Higher Than Cost of Taking Action: CDP
The cost of water risks to business could be over five times greater than the cost of taking action now to address those risks, according to a…
New Model Assesses Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Great Lakes
Researchers have developed a new integrated model to evaluate the economic impacts of climate change on the Canadian Great Lakes Basin. The Great Lakes are…