Thursday, September 18, 2025
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…
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Shuswap Watershed Council Launches Water Quality Grant Program
The Shuswap Watershed Council (SWC) is inviting applications to its Water Quality Grant Program for the second year running. “One of the SWC’s primary objectives…
Ontario Provides Funding to Help Municipalities Prepare for Extreme Weather
The Ontario government is providing up to $2 million in additional funding to extend the Build Back Better pilot project through 2023. Through this program,…
Protecting the Port Lands
It’s been 15 years since the Port Lands Flood Protection project officially began, with an Environmental Assessment (EA) to study how best to restore the…
Canadian Cities Receive C+ Score on Flood Preparedness
Canadian cities received a C+ grade on flood preparedness in a study conducted by the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo. The study shows…
St-Eugène, Ontario Receives Funding for Stormwater System
Funding has been announced for improvements to the stormwater system in the Village of St-Eugène, Ontario. “Investments in essential public infrastructure are vital to building…
Regional Study Describes Changes in Extreme Streamflow Over Last Century
The number of “extreme streamflow” events observed in river systems have increased significantly across the United States and Canada over the last century, according to…
Building the Business Case for Natural Infrastructure
Flooding is a critical issue facing Canadian municipalities that will only become more challenging as we continue to experience the effects of climate change. A…
Water Canada’s Top Stories for 2020
There was a lot of change, to say the least, in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, important work continued in the water industry.…
Top Five Stormwater Stories of 2020
1. USask Partners with Saskatoon to Study Stormwater Stormwater goes into Saskatoon’s rivers untreated, so garbage introduced into the storm drain system means more pollution…
Wainfleet, Ontario Receives Funding to Rehabilitate Stormwater System
Funding has been announced for the rehabilitation of the stormwater system along Lakeshore Road in Wainfleet, Ontario. This investment will increase the capacity of the…
Credit Valley Conservation Now Offers Real-time Flood Alerts Via Mobile App
Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) has partnered with Alertable to offer residents real-time flood alerts that can be sent to their mobile devices through push notifications.…
Credit Valley Conservation Receives Federal Funding for Stormwater Project
Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) has received nearly $100,000 from Environment and Climate Change Canada to build six rain gardens at local schools. A rain garden…
London, Ontario Receives Funding to Upgrade Wastewater Treatment Plants
Funding has been announced to upgrade the Greenway Wastewater Treatment Plant and the Adelaide Wastewater Treatment Plant in London, Ontario. The project consists of the…
Infrastructure Grants Available to Support COVID-19 Response, Recovery in B.C.
The Province of B.C. is accepting applications from local governments, Indigenous communities, and not-for-profit organizations for nearly $136 million in infrastructure grants to help communities…
A Few More STEPs—Understanding the Economics of Low Impact Development
Municipalities across Canada face a familiar list of stormwater management challenges: aging and inadequate stormwater infrastructure, the threat of increasing flood damages, climate change, and…
Opposition Grows to Schedule 6 in Bill 229
Opposition has been growing to Schedule 6, which amends the Conservation Authorities Act and Planning Act, in Bill 229 that was tabled as part of…
Taber, Alberta Receives Federal Funding for Flood Protection
The Municipal District of Taber will be better protected from major floods caused by heavy rainfalls or snowmelts as the Government of Canada invests in…
Government of Canada Creates Task Force on Flood Insurance and Relocation
The creation of an interdisciplinary Task Force on Flood Insurance and Relocation has been announced by the Government of Canada. “Flooding in Canada has devastating…
New National Standards and Guidelines Developed for Increasing Flood Resilience
The Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation (Intact Centre) at the University of Waterloo and the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) have joined forces to develop…
Intact Announces Financial Commitment to Help Build More Resilient Communities
To help Canadians adapt to climate change and build more resilient communities, Intact Financial Corporation is committing more than $1.3 million to five Canadian partners. These partners…
Combined Sewage Storage Tunnel Now Operating in Ottawa
The City of Ottawa celebrated the official start of operations of the Combined Sewage Storage Tunnel, a major investment to protect the health of the…
Government of Canada Invests in Brampton Flood Protection Project
Improvements for the Downtown Brampton Flood Protection project have been announced by Catherine McKenna, minister of infrastructure and communities, Sonia Sidhu, member of parliament for…
Conservation Ontario Recommends Removing Schedule 6 from Bill 229
Conservation Ontario (CO) recommends the Province of Ontario remove Schedule 6, which amends the Conservation Authorities Act and the Planning Act, from the proposed changes…