Saturday, August 9, 2025
$3.2M in Capital Investments for St. John’s Water Systems
Yesterday, St. John’s City Council voted on whether to approve the Capital Plan for 2016–2018 — council minutes were unavailable at the time of writing.…
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Man. Budget Adds $20M to Water Infrastructure Spending
Manitoba released its 2017 budget, yesterday, which includes $60 million for water infrastructure and $15 million for maintenance and preservation of water related assets. The…
Report Challenges EPCOR’s Efficiencies in Drainage Utility Transfer
As Edmonton City Council prepares to vote on the transfer of the city’s drainage utility to EPCOR, a report from the Edmonton and District Labour…
RBC Study Investigates Divided Public Perception of Water
Following on the release of the 10th RBC Canadian Water Attitudes Study, the RBC Blue Water Project and GlobeScan held a webinar, bringing further discussion…
Timmins’ Director of Public Works and Engineering Resigns
Luc Duval has resigned his position as director of Public Works and Engineering with the City of Timmins, effective as of April 10, 2017. Duval…
Guelph Asset Management Plan Shows $271M in Water Infra. Backlog
City Council for Guelph, Ontario, unanimously endorsed the City’s Corporate Asset Management Plan and Asset Management Policy at March 27th meeting of the council. The…
New Westminster Receives $5.5M for Sewer Separation
The City of New Westminster, British Columbia, has been awarded over $5.5 million from the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund (CWWF) for the Sapperton Combined…
Closing U.S. Water Infrastructure Gap Could Generate $220B
The Value of Water Campaign, supported by founding member Water Environment Federation (WEF), has released a new report that found closing the investment gap in…
Canada and Quebec Provide $62M for 36 Water Projects
The governments of Canada and Quebec will provide $62 million to fund 36 projects to improve water infrastructure in the Chaudiere-Appalaches region, investing in projects…
Inuvik, NWT, Completes a New Drinking Water Treatment Plant
The Town of Inuvik, North West Territories, has announced the completion of a new drinking water treatment plant. The water treatment plant received about $2,018,925…
$24.7 M for First Nations Resilience to Flooding and Rising Seas
The Government of Canada has announced that it will invest $24.7 in First Nations climate resilience. Called First Nations Adapt, the program will direct funds…
Recommendations for the Federal Phase 2 Infrastructure Spend
Over the coming decade, decisions about how the federal government’s Phase 2 infrastructure investments are made will play a critical role in shaping the future…
Feds Announce Limits for Lead in Drinking Water
The Government of Canada’s Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water has released a report for public consultation on lead in drinking water for the purposes of…
Cost Control and Financial Awareness in the Operation of P3s
A new white paper published by Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) and Service Works Group argues that a strong and enduring contractual relationship can…
Water Top Priority for First Nations Infrastructure
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde opened the National Housing and Infrastructure Forum in Winnipeg, MB, on November 1st by calling for a First Nations-led…
Water & Green Infrastructure Profiled in Morneau’s Fall Statement
In today’s Fall Economic Statement, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced new measures to ensure “middle class progress,” to identify priorities for the Phase 2 funding…
Pensions and a New Era of Canadian Infrastructure Financing
Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government handed down a budget this spring that indicates the government is set to spend a remarkable $120 billion on new infrastructure…
Barrie Continues to Upgrade Stormwater Infrastructure
Barrie, ON, has begun a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study to determine necessary stormwater infrastructure improvements required to reduce flooding on both private and municipal…
Ottawa to Update Water, Wastewater, Stormwater Rates
Ottawa’s announcement assured residents that “over 85 [per cent] of their 400,000 households and properties will see no change to their monthly water bill
B.C. Announced $148.5 million for Water and Wastewater
The Clean Water and Wastewater Fund is an infrastructure program that will enable critical investments in local government infrastructure
Referendum for Cast Iron Water Mains in Moose Jaw
The city estimates the cost of the replacement at $1857 per metre of lot frontage meaning homeowners would pay approximately $557
Construction Starting on Key Wastewater Infrastructure in West Kelowna
The City of West Kelowna has begun an estimated $1,362,045 project to replace the Horizon Village Lift Station with a new sanitary sewer system. The…
RBC Water Attitudes Study Reveals Information About Canadian Views On Water Infrastructure
RBC has released its 9th annual Water Attitudes Study, conducted by GlobeScan this spring, providing important information on the perspectives of Canadians pertaining to drinking water,…
Academic Group and Royal Society of Canada Released Statement Opposing Site C Dam
More than 250 prominent university professors from across Canada, including legal scholars, political scientists, water scientists, and environmental scientists, released a statement of concern regarding…