Monday, April 20, 2026
Privatization Risk and Rewards
The tension is mounting in Britain. While Labour Party politician John McDonnell promises to renationalize public sector services, including water, due to the “scandalous” payouts to…
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Improving Rural Wastewater with Short-Rotation Willow Crops
Saskatchewan has discovered the wisdom of an old bioremediation tool for dealing with overburdened rural wastewater treatment systems: short-rotation willow coppice (SRWC). At the recent…
Sask. Leadership Hopefuls Questioned on Infrastructure and Services
As Saskatchewan’s New Democratic Party (NDP) and Saskatchewan Party (SP) are in the midst of leadership campaigns, the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) engaged the…
Western Canada Fuel Supplier Awarded for Wastewater Project
The Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heating (CIPH) has presented the Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina, Saskatchewan with its National Water Wise Award for the…
Could Alternative Financing Revive North America’s Water Network?
Financing improvements to North America’s water network is a gargantuan task—one that has ascended the public sector’s ability to handle alone. The recent public health…
UPDATED: WHO Calls for R&D of New Antibiotics to Combat Resistant Bacteria
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant priority pathogens, cataloguing 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat…
White City, Sask. Receives $7M to Build a New Wastewater Treatment Plant
The federal government and the government of Saskatchewan have each committed to contribute up to $7 million for a new wastewater treatment plant will serve…
Loss of Prairie Ecosystem A Threat to Watersheds, Source Water
Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC) Dan Kraus has brought attention to the fact that the threat to Canada’s prairie grassland ecosystem should be of major…
Canada and Saskatchewan Reach Agreement on $89 Million Under Clean Water and Wastewater Fund
Canada and Saskatchewan have approved an initial list of transit and water infrastructure projects under two new federal infrastructure programs introduced as part of Phase…
Canadian Oil Refinery to Reuse 100 Per cent of Water with GE’s Wastewater Treatment Technology
Federated Co-operatives Limited’s oil refinery in Regina, Saskatchewan is set to achieve 100 per cent on-site recycled water after installing an industrial water recycling technology…
New Research On The Persistence Of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria In Wastewater Treatment Plants
Since the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Flemming and its clinical introduction in 1941, antibiotics have been used to successfully treat infectious diseases in millions…
Planning for Uncertainties in Stormwater Management
By Nathanael Couperus and Natalija Fisher Cities across Canada are looking for solutions to reduce their vulnerabilities to infrastructure deficits, rapid urban growth, and climate…
New Brunswick Announces Trio of Wastewater Upgrade Projects
On July 30, the Province of New Brunswick announced funding for three new wastewater infrastructure projects through the Small Communities Fund. “These strategic infrastructure projects…
New Study Assesses 15 Canadian Cities’ Preparedness for Flooding
A study released on May 21 found that a majority of Canadian cities are not adequately prepared for flooding. The study, which was commissioned by…
The Rise of Water P3s
Public-private partnerships (P3s) are still a relatively new concept in Canada, and employing them to deliver water and wastewater projects can be confusing for the…
Balancing Act
Properly maintained water and wastewater systems underpin our quality of life. Most Canadians are unaware of the poor condition of these systems and the risks…
Water Under Pressure
Saskatchewan’s economy has been growing at a feverish pace the past few years on the pillars of agriculture, mining, and oil-and-gas development. Although growth has…
CWN Announces Consortium Leadership Group
The Canadian Water Network (CWN), announced their Consortium Leadership Group (CLG) on February 26. The group brings together leading municipal water managers from across the…
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…
Reading Water Gauges or Conducting Climate Science?
On May 10, 2012, Alberta-based Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation (CCEMC) announced a $1.6-million, industry-funded project to study climate change adaptation for the South Saskatchewan…
Manitoba to Launch Action Plan for Lake Winnipeg: Selinger
The Government of Manitoba will take the steps necessary to save Lake Winnipeg, Premier Greg Selinger announced today, concluding Dr. Peter Leavitt’s five-year study of…
Holiday News Roundup
Happy New Year! A brief news roundup following a two-week break: 1. Shortly after the Royal Society of Canada released its oil sands report and…
Funds Target Climate Change Risks: Drought, Floods
Funding for a series of projects to advance regional adaptation to climate change decision making was announced last week by the governments of Canada, Manitoba,…
$3.75M Invested in Water Quality Research
The feds are making an investment in water quality research at the Universities of Lethbridge and Saskatchewan.Today’s investment totals $3.75 million and will go towards…