Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Squamish Institutes Summer Water-Use Bylaws
Squamish, British Columbia has instituted strict outdoor water use bylaws in an effort to curb use during the summer months. Increased water use results in…
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West Central Saskatchewan Gets Water System Upgrade
Saskatchewan has announced the opening of another water supply system. Just days after the Town of Cupar opened the door to its new water treatment…
Saskatchewan Town Opens New Water Treatment Plant
The Town of Cupar, Saskatchewan, has opened the doors of a new water treatment plant, with the help of funding efforts from all three levels…
CentrePort Development to Take Water from Assiniboine River
Manitoba’s CentrePort industrial development will draw its water from the Assiniboine River, said Manitoba, City of Winnipeg, and CentrePort officials on Monday. Originally, the City…
Interview: Heather Jirousek on Yukon’s Water Strategy
How is Yukon’s newly proposed water strategy different from other provincial and territorial water strategies? It’s not, really, says Heather Jirousek, a program advisor at…
Torbay Finds Contaminants in Potential Water Supply
Torbay, Newfoundland has been searching for a new water supply, but it seems that its best hope will be unusable. A bedroom community outside of…
AI-EES Awards $10M to Water Research Projects
Alberta Innovates – Energy and Environment Solutions (AI-EES) has announced the selection of 18 research projects for funding. The projects focus on a variety of…
Work Completed on New Lake Country Water System
The District of Lake Country in British Columbia says it has completed a substantial improvement of its water supply and quality systems. The Wood Lake…
EPCOR Explains Spring Tap Water Odour
Residents of Edmonton have noticed an unusual taste and smell to their water over the past several days, and have made their displeasure known to…
Taps Don’t Create Clean Water?
Freshwater is a resource that Canadians value. According to the 2013 RBC Canadian Water Attitudes Study, in fact, 47 per cent of Canadians believe that…
Feds Announce Plan for $300M for Water and Wastewater on Reserves
The federal government has announced the plans for a $330.8-million investment over two years for First Nation water and wastewater systems on reserve. The funds…
RBC Blue Water Project Announces New Focus
The RBC Blue Water Project has announced a new focus for its 2013-14 grants, and will now support initiatives that help protect and preserve water…
Global Campus for Water and Development Receives Green Light
The UNESCO-IHE governing board has approved the plans to start preparation activities for the UNESCO-IHE Global Campus for Water & Development. The decision was made…
Council of the Federation Releases Water Project RFPs
The Council of the Federation’s Water Stewardship Council has issued three requests for proposals for water projects, including a toolbox of regulatory and non-regulatory options…
The State of Our Water Assets
Municipal and industry associations make frequent calls for government funding to replace leaky old drinking water systems, or to upgrade systems to meet incoming regulations,…
Calgary’s CAWST Wins Prize at World Water Week
The Calgary-based Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST) has won the $50,000 first prize in the Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge. Awarded earlier this…
Watershed Moment
The Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) has a long history of working in the Philippines. It all started in 1993, when the country’s national government invited…
FCM Wants Long-Term Plan for Wastewater Upgrade Funds
Meeting the new federal wastewater regulations is an important national project that requires a national funding plan supported by all orders of government, according to…
2012 RBC Blue Water Project Leadership Grants Announced
RBC has announced its 2012 RBC Blue Water Project Leadership Grant recipients. Thirty organizations from five countries, selected from 219 applicants from around the world,…
American Water Scholarship Presented to Ecole Polytechnique Montreal Doctoral Student
Water and wastewater utility company American Water recently announced that Emilie Bedard, a doctoral student at Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, has been chosen as the recipient of…
Improving River and Watershed Management in Alberta: Report
Water Matters, an Alberta-based water policy think tank, has released a report with recommendations on how to use science-based management to ensure that Alberta’s rivers remain…
Manitoba Considers New Groundwater Rules
New rules being proposed this week would replace Manitoba’s almost 50-year-old groundwater regulations as part of a strategy to better protect the 25 per cent…
Cuts Could Erode Water Progress: Report
The slow and steady decline in federal water science and management capacity may negatively affect government’s ability to protect Canada’s freshwater resources, says the Forum…
Watertight
“Water loss is a reality, and it’s going to get worse,” says Shaun McKaigue, vice president at FER-PAL Construction Ltd. McKaigue is talking about leaky…