Tag: Toronto
Youth4Water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PWmEg3hesc
As part of our Canada Water Week series, we met with Toronto's Youth4Water organization to ask members what they're doing to celebrate Canada Water...
Friend and Foe
Urban roads and expansive highways propel our interconnected economy and mobile lifestyle, but a snowstorm can bring productivity crashing to a halt. Not to...
Wasted Energy
Across the country, provinces are updating Building Code standards—or implementing policies that would allow provincial ministries to change standards. Canada’s new building code, coming...
Toronto-Area Rivers High in PCBs: Study
A University of Toronto study of the concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other chemicals in the rivers running into Lake Ontario reveals significantly...
Toronto Launches Water Meter Program
The City of Toronto officially kicked off its Water Meter Program yesterday with the installation of the first automated water meter in a residential...
Toronto Chooses Neptune for AMR Contract
Hot on the heels of Monday's smart metering report from Oracle, the City of Toronto announced on Wednesday that it has selected Neptune Technology...
RVA Awarded Toronto Watermain Replacement Contract
The City of Toronto has retained R.V. Anderson Associates Limited (RVA) to provide program management, design, inspection, and contract administration services during construction for...
Comstock Awarded Humber Plant Upgrades
Comstock Canada, a subsidiary of EMCOR Group, Inc., has received a contract from the City of Toronto for a de-chlorination upgrade project at the...
Toronto Taps the Sun for Hot Water
Residents of Toronto’s Ward 30 (Toronto-Danforth) will be leading the way in using the sun for home water heating in a new program announced...
FCM Encourages Reduced Bottled Water Use
The Federal of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is encouraging local governments to reduce the use of bottled water in their own facilities where other options...