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What’s the most difficult part of commercializing a new water technology? Ask almost any struggling startup and you’re likely to receive a similar response: finding…

Boiling Points

Montreal taps were running a tad muddy after a pump at one of the city’s six water treatment plants malfunctioned in May. But a rapidly…

Canada, In Brief

With each province and territory subject to its own water challenges, keeping tabs on regulations and policies from coast to coast can be a confusing…

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Stormwater flows within the Kitchener, Ontario area are directed towards the Grand River, with Lake Erie acting as the ultimate receiver. Additionally, about 70 per…

Message in a Bottle

When Dr. Sherri Mason and her team cast a net into three Great Lakes last July, scouring for debris, they weren’t sure what to expect.…

On Top of the World

Water has always fascinated Marcus Sheppard. After taking a course in hydrology at Wilfrid Laurier University, he looked to Sir Sandford Fleming College’s Environmental Technology…

Breaking the Ice

Managing sewage in Canada’s Arctic communities is very different than in the more populated southern regions of Canada. Arctic communities tend to have small populations…

Interview: Rahul Singh

A reliable water supply can be one of the first—and most important—things to be threatened in a state of emergency, whether it’s a natural disaster…

Hack the Planet

When disaster hits, people around the world look for meaningful ways to help, but feel powerless to do much more than make donations. When a…

Groundbreakers: Making It Local

Eighty per cent of Central America’s water supply comes from groundwater, and that includes some huge urban water supplies, says University of Calgary’s David Bethune.…

Plenty of Room at the Table

For much of 2010, Tracey Carrigan, the Regional Municipality of York’s manager of environmental education and promotion, and her close-knit team of staff and industry…