Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Ontario Low Carbon Innovation Fund Opens Technology Validation Stream
As a part of Ontario’s action on Climate Change, the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science has announced the opening of the Low Carbon Innovation…
technology
Ultra-High Capacity Stormwater Chamber Passes CSA Rating Tests
CULTEC, a Brookfield, Connecticut company that specializes in providing chambers for stormwater management, recently received third-party certification for its newest product to be used in…
Suez Announces Acquisition of GE Water, Launches New Technologies
Today, SUEZ has announced that, together with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (having a 30 per cent stake), it has completed the acquisition…
Watermain Upgrades Across Toronto
The governments of Canada, Ontario, and the City of Toronto announced a $20 million investment the structural relining of watermains in Toronto, approved under the Government of Canada’s Clean Water and Wastewater…
Michigan Posts $1M Challenge for Solutions to Asian Carp
Governor Rick Snyder and the Michigan Legislature have launched a $1 million global search for innovative solutions to the impending invasion of the Asian carp.…
Ontario Startup Wins Milwaukee Accelerator Competition
The Milwaukee, WI-based Water Council and Guest of Honor Wisconsin Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch announced the fifth round of winners of the BREW Accelerator and…
Artificial Intelligence—Set to Transform the Water Industry
Big data, internet of things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are rapidly making their way into the water industry. A plethora of organizations in the…
BI Pure Water Receives NRC Grant for Refractory Wastewater
BI Pure Water, Inc. has been approved for a National Research Council Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) grant to pilot its low-cost remediation solution…
WaterTAP Launches WaterTech Export Development Program
Canadian water technology companies interested in targeting high-potential water and wastewater utility clients in California or Texas should take note of a new pilot program…
Awards Celebrate the Best in Brownfield Redevelopment
The winners of the 17th annual Brownie Awards were announced this week at a gala event, held at the Delta Toronto Hotel. With more than 120…
New Technologies Go After Brownfield Contaminants at the Source
No one wants residual diesel or chlorinated solvents in their drinking water. Yet, scant decades ago, fuel tanks were left to rot underground, and liquid…
Ontario Announces Subsidies for Biosolids Management Technologies
With funding from the Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science, the Southern Ontario Water Consortium (SOWC) is offering subsidies to a limited number of…
Water Technology Firm, TECTA-PDS, Returns to Ontario
TECTA-PDS, a drinking water technology company based in Kingston, Ontario, has returned to its roots by exiting the European market to once again become a…
Water Treatment Research Sparks Fuel Cell Innovation
This week, the Council of Ontario Universities announced that physical chemistry doctoral student Julia van Drunen has received one of five summer fellowships from the…
The Ins and Outs of IP
As global challenges in providing safe drinking water supplies continue to increase, Canadian companies are well positioned to be leaders in providing water products and…
Interview: Larry Moore
Since 2004, the Walkerton Clean Water Centre (WCWC) has quietly but successfully trained Ontario’s drinking water operators. Established through a recommendation of the Walkerton Inquiry,…
Good Vibrations
Crumbling asets. Rusting pipes. Leaking watermains. Musings about the state of our civil infrastructure usually come around to this type of talk. It may seem…
Ontario Can Become a Global Water Industry Leader: Report
The Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement (OCETA) and XPV Capital Corporation, in collaboration with several key organizations (including Water Canada), have released a timely…
$3.75M Invested in Water Quality Research
The feds are making an investment in water quality research at the Universities of Lethbridge and Saskatchewan.Today’s investment totals $3.75 million and will go towards…
Can We Rely on Technology to Guarantee Future Water Resources?
During this year’s Rivers to Oceans Week (June 8 to 14), the Canadian Museum of Nature is running a café scientifique—a forum in an informal setting—that asks this very question in several locations around the country.
ERCB, AE Consider Directive on Water Use in Oil Sands
The Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) and Alberta Environment are calling for feedback from stakeholders on a draft directive, which proposes new requirements for the…
Feds Reinvest in Sustainable Infrastructure Research
Universities, municipal governments, and companies in Saskatchewan will be able to work together to develop innovative solutions to assess, maintain, develop and renew vital public…