Tag: stormwater
Montreal to build its largest sponge park in Verdun
The Ville de Montréal is proud to announce that a new sponge park, the largest to date on its territory, will be built in...
Ottawa approves expanded rain retrofit program, rebate for homeowners
OTTAWA, ONT. - The Environment and Climate Change Committee today approved a permanent, expanded Rain Ready Ottawa (link is external) program to help residents manage...
Kirkland Lake declares state of emergency due to flooding
Kirkland Lake, ON - At 4:06 pm on Friday April 12, 2024, Stacy Wight, Mayor of the Town of Kirkland Lake, declared an emergency...
Ontario Introduces Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund
Ontario municipalities can now receive funding for water infrastructure projects to protect communities and build more housing.
About the fund
The Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund will...
A year in review: What we were talking about in 2022
As 2022 draws to a close, we're looking back at the topics that piqued our interest, that got us talking, and had us asking...
Investments in water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure for Avalon Peninsula
St. John’s, NL - The Honourable Seamus O’Regan Jr., Minister of Labour and Member of Parliament for St. John's South—Mount Pearl, on behalf of...
The path towards holistic water management
An urban water system (UWS) constitutes three main service components: drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater. Historically, these components have been managed in silos. Even...
Assessing stormwater quality in Saskatoon
Stormwater is rainfall and snowmelt that runs off land into isolated storm sewers (separated stormwater sewers) or systems that collect a combination of stormwater...
Top five stormwater stories of 2021
1. Next generation of stormwater incentives
Stormwater user fees have provided many Canadian municipalities with stable, dedicated funding for critical stormwater services, while stormwater credit...
Alberta issues new guidelines for dealing with wastewater and stormwater
The Government of Alberta has issued new guidelines for municipalities, developers, irrigators, and other parties dealing with stormwater and wastewater on their projects and...
