Sunday, August 17, 2025
Dene Tha’ First Nation on Course for Clean Water
In a partnership with the Dene Tha’ First Nation, the Government of Alberta is bringing safe and reliable drinking water to the nation. The $2.1-million…
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NOAA Collaborates with Partners to Address Drinking Water Safety
An inter-agency team of public and private sector partners is addressing drinking water safety for oxygen depleted waters (hypoxia). NOAA’s latest experimental forecast models, developed by…
Health Canada Sets New Guideline for Lead in Drinking Water
Health Canada has updated the drinking water guideline to reduce the maximum acceptable concentration of lead from 0.01 mg/L, which was set in 1992, to…
Gov’t of Canada Provides Feb. 2019 Update on Drinking Water Advisories
The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Indigenous Services, provided the department’s monthly progress update and noted that two years remain in the government’s commitment to…
AFN National Chief Calls for Safe Drinking Water and Proper Sanitation for First Nations
A new approach and new investments are needed to ensure that First Nations families have safe drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, according to Assembly of…
UBC Researchers Develop Diagnostic Tool for Detecting Cryptosporidium
Using a small and inexpensive biosensor, researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have developed a novel low-cost technique that quickly and accurately detects…
Green Party Introduces Legislation to Protect Guelph, Ontario’s Drinking Water
The Green Party of Ontario’s first legislation, the Paris Galt Moraine Conservation Act, was introduced on February 20, 2019. If passed, this legislation would protect…
Federal Government Provides Update on Long-Term Drinking Water Advisories
The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Indigenous Services, provided a monthly update for January 2019 on the status of long-term drinking water advisories on public…
Ontario’s Annual Report on Drinking Water Quality 2017–18
At the end of November, Ontario’s Acting Chief Drinking Water Inspector, Mili New, released the province’s annual report on drinking water quality for 2017–2018. The…
With Funding, Desalination Tech Firm Aims to Enter Market in 2019
Quebec’s Oneka Technologies, a designer of autonomous desalination buoys that produce drinking water, has announced completion of its second round of financing in collaboration with…
Federal-Provincial Funding for Water Treatment in CVRD, B.C.
Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) in B.C. has received federal and provincial support for its new drinking water treatment plant. Announced by Marco Mendicino, Parliamentary…
Beaconsfield, QC Recognized for Drinking Water Conservation
At the Water Excellence ceremony held by Réseau Environnement, the City of Beaconsfield, Quebec was awarded a certificate of recognition for its various initiatives relating to conserving…
Memorandum of Understanding Delivers Water Supply to Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation
The federal government and the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will deliver water to the communities of Esowista and Ty-Histanis.…
Clean Water and Wastewater Fund Supports Quebec City Region
Canada and Quebec are investing in drinking water services for the Quebec City region. Joël Lightbound, Member of Parliament for Louis-Hébert and Parliamentary Secretary to…
Researchers Find Softening Agents Amplify Pathogen Risk in Drinking Water
According to new research from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, softening agents added to pipes in order to keep them clear of mineral buildup…
Managing Lead in Canadian Drinking Water
Some older Canadian homes still have lead water pipes, posing an important and complex public health challenge. About one per cent of water service lines…
Minding the First “R” in Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Somewhere around the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 a bunch of hippies said, “hey man, we should use less stuff, share what we…
Eel Ground First Nation Works To End Long-Term Boil Water Advisory
In partnership with the Government of Canada, Eel Ground First Nation has implemented a water and wastewater infrastructure plan that should end a long-term boil…
Town of Oxford, N.S. to Upgrade Drinking Water Infrastructure
Oxford, Nova Scotia will receive upgrades to its drinking water infrastructure with support from the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund. Bill Casey, Member of Parliament…
Watermain Extension Project for Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation
Work is underway on an 800-metre watermain extension project in the community of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation, located approximately 10…
N.S. Invokes Environment Act to Unearth Harrietsfield Contamination
The Province of Nova Scotia has committed to determining what’s required to remediate a former construction and demolition site in Harrietsfield, Halifax Regional Municipality. Nova…
Government Update on Ending Long-Term Drinking Water Advisories
Indigenous Services Canada has released a May 2018 update on the federal government’s progress in ending long-term drinking water advisories for public water systems on…
Labatt Breweries of Canada Provides Emergency Drinking Water in N.B.
Labatt Breweries of Canada is providing 100,000 cans of emergency drinking water for New Brunswick as part of its Canadian Disaster Relief Program. The water will go…
Engineers Revisit Ancient Approach to Purify Water
The idea of using energy from the sun to evaporate and purify drinking water is ancient. The Greek philosopher Aristotle reportedly described such a process…