Tag: Walkerton
Essential Watershed Management—Remembering the Walkerton Drinking Water Tragedy
Twenty years ago, in May 2000, a municipal well in the Town of Walkerton, Ontario became contaminated with deadly bacteria. Seven people including a...
Is Ontario’s Clean Water Act Responsive to Contemporary Water Source Protection...
In May 2000, the E. coli water crisis in Walkerton, Ontario and the cryptosporidiosis outbreak in the spring of 2001 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan...
Brockton Launches Walkerton Clean Water Legacy Scholarship
The Municipality of Brockton is launching the Walkerton Clean Water Legacy Scholarship to honour those who suffered because of the water crisis and to...
Regulatory & Enforcement Failures Permit Water Pollution, Increase Economic Burden
Yesterday, the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO), Dianne Saxe, held a webinar to provide further insight into the recently released environmental protection report, Back...
Drinking Water Expert Inducted as a Member of the Alberta Order...
Professional engineer and water scientist Steve Hrudey was recently inducted as a member of the Alberta Order of Excellence.
Steve is an internationally renowned researcher, educator, author,...
A Fresh Strategy for New Brunswick’s Water Resources
In the December Speech from the Throne, New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant announced that the Department of Environment and Local Government “will begin in...
Cuts Could Erode Water Progress: Report
The slow and steady decline in federal water science and management capacity may negatively affect government’s ability to protect Canada’s freshwater resources, says the...
Water Risk Remains, Says Report
Ten years after Walkerton, Canadians remain at risk of waterborne disease outbreaks as a growing divide emerges between those who have access to safe...
Management Material
As we’ve learned from highly-publicized events in Walkerton, North Battleford and Kashechewan, there are major consequences when water and wastewater treatment services don’t meet...
Explaining Treatment
Water Canada: Hi, Brian. What’s your role at Trojan?
Brian Petri: I have a mandate to lead our disinfection research program. Our lab group tries...
