Tag: source water
York Region Has Released its 2016 Source Water Report
The Regional Municipality of York has released its 2016 Source Water Implementation Annual Report, which summarizes the work York Region is doing to identify...
Ontario Releases Annual Minister’s Report on Drinking Water
Ontario has released the Minister’s Annual Report on Drinking Water from the office of Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC).
The report details...
$181M Will Help Protect Watercourses at Oil Site Clean Up in...
Imperial Oil has committed a $181M security for the cleanup of its oilfield in Norman Wells, North West Territories. The site remediation plan emphasizes...
Is Ontario’s Moratorium on Water-Taking for Bottling Effective?
The Ontario government announced its two-year moratorium on new or expanded water-taking permits for companies who bottle water.
The province’s moratorium bans new water bottling...
Loss of Prairie Ecosystem A Threat to Watersheds, Source Water
Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC) Dan Kraus has brought attention to the fact that the threat to Canada’s prairie grassland ecosystem should be of...
Updated: North Bay MP Has Watershed Concerns Regarding Energy East
Anthony Rota, Minister of Parliament, Nipissing—Timiskaming, has stated his opposition to having the Energy East pipeline pass through the Trout Lake watershed.
MP Rota’s office...
Ontario Report on Drinking Water Quality and Resilience
A report from the province released on November 28 said Ontario's drinking water continues to be among the safest and best protected in the...
High Snowpack Levels Curb Metro Vancouver’s Summer Water Shortage Concerns
Metro Vancouver Regional District has reported that its water supplies are in good shape this year due to the the abundant snowpack.
As of March...
Urgent Delivery
Contaminated drinking water is a major source of concern for small and rural communities (SRCs) including First Nations reserves. Many small communities have water...
Groundwater DVD Makes a Splash
An eight-minute DVD on groundwater is being distributed by Conservation Ontario across the province.
The Groundwater, Ours to Protect video, produced by Quinte Conservation in...
