Tag: B.C.
Regional District of Nanaimo Wins Excellence in Biosolids Award
The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) won the Northwest Biosolids Excellence in Biosolids Award at the recent Biofest conference in Blaine, Washington. The award...
Foresight Cleantech Creates Partnership with Okanagan College and UBC
The Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre, Okanagan College, and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have established a new partnership to create jobs, create intellectual...
CSRD Takes Stand Against Commercial Water Extraction in Rural Golden
The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) will be developing a policy that does not support the extraction of freshwater for commercial bottled water sales...
Comox Valley Regional District Awards Contract for Water Treatment System
After years of preparation and planning, the Comox Valley Regional District’s new water treatment system project has officially moved into the construction phase with...
Logging Not Major Factor in Peachland, B.C. Water Issues
An investigation found that forest licensees did a good job of minimizing the impacts of logging on drinking water in the Peachland and Trepanier...
Kelowna Water Utility Launching Water Meter Network Pilot
The Kelowna Water Utility is launching a pilot project to replace aging water meters with new metering equipment that will enable automatic reading.
The new...
North Okanagan Receives $24M for Wastewater Recovery Project
A wastewater recovery project in the Regional District of North Okanagan has received $24.3 million in federal and provincial funding.
This was one of the...
Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant in B.C. Receives Grant Extension
Stephen Fuhr, member of parliament for Kelowna-Lake Country, announced that the City of West Kelowna’s request has been granted for a timeline extension to...
B.C. Businesses Helping to Tackle Plastic Pollution in Oceans
Canada’s minister of public services and procurement and accessibility, Carla Qualtrough, announced that two businesses based in British Columbia (B.C.) are each receiving a...
Cowichan Valley Regional District Receives Funding for Water Supply Study
A major grant from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Province of British Columbia will enable the Cowichan Valley Regional District to explore...
