Sunday, July 6, 2025
H2O Innovation Wins $4.5M in Contracts
Quebec City-based H2O Innovation Inc., a water treatment solutions company, has been awarded new contracts totaling $4.5 million. These contracts will see the company provide…
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Victoria Awards US$4M Contract to Insituform
Insituform Technologies, Inc. has received a contract award for US$4 million to rehabilitate over 11,000 feet of drinking water pipelines in Victoria, British Columbia. Work…
Great Lakes, Wasted
More than 580 billion litres of drinking water, the equivalent of 236,000 Olympic swimming pools, are being wasted every year by homeowners in the Great…
Operator Assistance
First Nations drinking water has had a history of infamy in Canada. In comparison to drinking water off-reserve, the quality of on-reserve water is largely…
Barrier One
Source water protection—an essential first barrier in a multi-barrier approach to safe drinking water—has been the focus of a number of recent provincial strategies, laws…
Treatment Product May Pose Health Risks: Health Canada
Health Canada has issued a warning to the Canadian public about the risks to health associated with use of the unauthorized drug product, Miracle Mineral…
$5M for Quebec Pipe Renewal
Quebec’s program for the renewal of drinking water and wastewater pipes (PRECO) has received a joint financial contribution of $4,655,500 for the municipalities of Roberval…
Bottle Ban for Nova Scotia?
With Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter’s recent promise that his government will ban bottled water in all provincial buildings that have drinkable tap water, the…
Winnipeg Treatment Plant Opens
This morning, Winnipeg’s Mayor Sam Katz toasted the official opening of the City’s new drinking water treatment plant—a facility that took 10 years to plan…
Canadian Conservation Efforts Declining: Study
Canadians’ efforts to save water appear to be going down the drain despite their reported concern about its availability, according to the third annual Canadian…
Guelph Identifies Protected Areas, Unveils Efficiency Rebates
The City of Guelph, Ontario made two big announcements yesterday. Firstly, the City has identified vulnerable local water supply source areas in need of protection,…
A Nice Cold Drink
Conventional technologies for drinking water treatment are no longer considered adequate for ensuring the delivery of potable water to communities. This is particularly true in…
Getting Your Act Together
Whether it’s a drinking water or wastewater treatment system, the ultimate goal for water utilities is always optimum performance. Most operators generally know where the…
Chamberlin Lends Support for Blockade
In response to clear-cutting in British Columbia and the effect it may have on drinking water sources, Chief Bob Chamberlin is calling on Premier Gordon…
Wonky Policy
Canadians regard fresh water as the country’s most important natural resource—even over oil and gas and forestry, according to a recent Nanos-Policy Options public survey.…
Fredericton to See Upgrades
The water and wastewater systems in Fredericton will receive $1.4 million in upgrades through a federal-provincial-city project. The feds are contributing $470,601 under the Infrastructure…
Demand for Treatment Products to Reach US$59B by 2013
World demand for water treatment products is projected to increase 5.7 percent per year to US$59 billion in 2013, well above the rate of economic…
Myths and Legends
Myth #1: Water is a public good. Water is essential to life. Therefore, some argue, it should be considered public. Food is also essential to…
Managing the Ultimate Asset
“Thirsty cities will not grow,” says Sharon Nunes, VP of IBM’s Big Green Innovations, imparting wisdom she’s come across at the World Council for Sustainable…
More Canadian Companies Look to China
Quebec-based BioSpec Global Solutions Inc., and partner ICBS Ltd. have announced that they’re filing Eurasian patents in anticipation of entry into China. “China is one…
The Public Good
It seems that the loudest and most contentious debate around drinking water is the whether and to what extent private, for profit, entities should be…
Seizing the Opportunity
There’s no denying the opportunity: China’s economic resurgence and subsequent infrastructure investments have led many Canadian cleantech companies to look for ways to take advantage…
New Treatment System at Nipissing First Nation
Ontario’s Nipissing First Nation welcomes its new Garden Village Water and Wastewater Treatment facilities, built using $14 million in federal funding and $2.1 million of…
CANTEST Wins Manitoba Contract
CANTEST Ltd., an analytical and testing laboratory, has won a three-year contract with Manitoba Water Stewardship to provide microbiological testing of drinking water from all…