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Top Five Drinking Water Stories of 2019
The following five news stories were the most read in the drinking water category on Water Canada’s website in 2019. Health Canada Sets New Guideline…
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Winnipeg Releases Results from Lead Water Quality Testing Program
The City of Winnipeg has released results from its 2019 lead water quality testing program. The testing program was launched in August, following the introduction…
New Project Examines Impact of Melting Glaciers on Drinking Water
A new project is examining the impact of melting glaciers on current and future drinking water in Western Canada. The results of the project will…
Nominations Open for 2020 National First Nations Water Leadership Award
Marc Miller, minister of Indigenous services, has opened nominations for the 2020 National First Nations Water Leadership Award. “Our commitment to eliminating all long-term drinking…
Marc Miller Provides November 2019 Update on Drinking Water Advisories
Marc Miller, minister of Indigenous services, provided the department’s monthly progress update on its commitment to end all long-term drinking water advisories on public systems…
Beaver First Nation Opens New Water Treatment Plant
Chief Trevor Mercredi and Beaver First Nation have officially opened a new water treatment facility. The new water plant is connected to an existing six-plex housing unit…
2019 National Water and Wastewater Conference
The Canadian Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA) hosted the National Water and Wastewater Conference from November 3-6, 2019 in Banff, Alberta. Over 150 speakers contributed…
CSRD Adopts New Approach for Proposed Scotch Creek Water System
Plans for a referendum and an $8 million infrastructure grant application to expand the water system in Scotch Creek, British Columbia have been abandoned in…
SaskWater Signs Water Supply Agreement with City of Meadow Lake
SaskWater and the City of Meadow Lake have signed a water supply agreement that includes the sale of the city’s water treatment plant to the…
City of Prince Albert, S.K. Completes Water Reservoir Project
The City of Prince Albert has officially announced that construction has finished on a 15-million-litre above-ground reservoir and associated works, such as a new 227-square-metre…
Water Prices Increasingly Unaffordable for Low Income Households
Environmentalists and water economists have long argued that Canadian households have not conserved water in part because it is priced at excessively low levels. Somewhat…
First Nations Coalition Announces Campaign for Safe Drinking Water
A First Nations coalition will be launching a campaign to recognize the human right to safe drinking water in First Nations communities. This campaign is…
Mike Smith Appointed as Chair of the Walkerton Clean Water Centre
The Walkerton Clean Water Centre (WCWC) announced that Mike Smith has been appointed as the chair of the Board of Directors. Smith was formerly employed…
Genome BC Invests in Acuva Technologies
Genome BC has invested $1 million in Acuva Technologies, a company based in British Columbia that provides advanced UV-LED water purification solutions. “Our province still has communities…
City of Guelph and Dolime Quarry Develop Proposal to Protect Drinking Water
The City of Guelph and the owners of the Dolime Quarry have reached a potential solution to address the City’s concerns about how operations at…
Nova Scotia Invests Nearly $1M in Water and Wastewater Projects
Eight communities across Nova Scotia will receive more than $922,000 for water and wastewater projects through the Provincial Capital Assistance Program. “We heard from municipalities,…
City of Brandon, M.B. to Start Water Treatment Facility Upgrades in October 2019
The first phase of a multi-year upgrade of the municipal water treatment facility in the City of Brandon is poised to begin in October 2019,…
Governments can Prevent PFAS Pollution in Great Lakes: Report
As communities across the Great Lakes region grapple with contaminated drinking water due to toxic PFAS chemicals, a new National Wildlife Federation report outlines how…
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 in…
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 award…
Wood Buffalo, A.B. Completes Construction of Water Treatment Plant
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) has completed the construction of a new water treatment plant and upgrades to water infrastructure in Fort Chipewyan.…
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 community…
City of Ottawa Committee Approves Update to Lead Pipe Replacement Program
The City of Ottawa’s Standing Committee on Environmental Protection, Water, and Waste Management approved an update to the Lead Pipe Replacement Program. Homeowners with lead water…
Microplastics Potentially Causing Catastrophic Consequences
Plastics in our waste streams are breaking down into tiny particles and causing potentially catastrophic consequences for human health and our aquatic systems, according to…