Tag: agriculture
Calgary and TransAlta Strike Agreement on Flood Mitigation and Climate Change
The tradeoffs between water, energy, and climate change are being handled cooperatively in Alberta through a new five-year agreement between the provincial government and...
Ontario Pork Farmers Report Their Water Use
Ontario Pork, the industry association that represents the 1,369 farmers in the province, released its inaugural Social Responsibility Report, measuring economic, environmental, social, and...
Will Big Data Save Our Water Resources?
Whether you consider it a buzzword or a panacea for the world’s problems, big data is a hot topic lately. Simply put, big data...
Canadian and American Researchers Link Groundwater Use to Earthquakes
Researchers at the University of Ottawa and Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington have published an article exploring the direct link between human caused...
Metro Basin Blues
Around the globe, there is concern about the effects of China’s rapid economic development on the air, land, water, and energy resources, as well...
World Wide Water
In 2010, Suncor Energy’s Edmonton refinery drew 50 per cent of its water from the City’s Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment Plant, significantly reducing the...
Water in Agriculture
In many parts of the world, people are worried about the increase in water scarcity. Greater scarcity can be traced to two trends. The...
Interview: Dianne Cunningham
On June 14, the Lawrence National Centre for Policy and Management released a report on its Water Innovation Forum, held January 23-24, 2011, in...
Feds Invest in More Lake Simcoe Restoration Projects
The federal government announced on Tuesday that 19 projects will receive funding under round six of the Lake Simcoe Clean-Up Fund.
"Since 2008, the five-year...
The Home Advantage
While we’re not facing a national water crisis, it’s no secret that this country is rife with water challenges.
The Canadian Water Network (CWN) plays...
