Thursday, October 30, 2025
Red Deer Takes $5.2M in Debt to Fund Water & Wastewater Lines
Red Deer, Alberta, will take on $5.2 million in debenture to finance the construction of the North Regional Water and Wastewater lines. In the city…
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Polymer Accident Upsets Membrane Bioreactor Microbes
On August 29th, an estimated 100 Litres of polymer accidentally entered the Sechelt Water Resource Centre’s wet well, primary tank, and three of the four…
Port Perry, Ont., New Pollution Control Plant Commissioned
Yesterday, the Regional Municipality of Durham, Works Department celebrated the official opening of the new Nonquon Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP). The new facility will…
Montreal to Get $84.4M from Clean Water and Wastewater Fund
The governments of Canada and Quebec have announced that they will invest nearly $84.4 million in two water projects in the Montréal area. The Honourable…
RFP Shortlist for CRD Residuals Treatment Facility Released
B.C.’s Capital Regional District continues to move forward on its wastewater treatment project. It has announced that three teams have been shortlisted for the Residuals…
Construction Contract Awarded for McLoughlin Point Wastewater
The first construction contract for the Capital Regional District’s McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Project has been awarded. Harbour Resource Partners (HRP) has been awarded a $272…
Timmins’ Director of Public Works and Engineering Resigns
Luc Duval has resigned his position as director of Public Works and Engineering with the City of Timmins, effective as of April 10, 2017. Duval…
Canada and Quebec Provide $62M for 36 Water Projects
The governments of Canada and Quebec will provide $62 million to fund 36 projects to improve water infrastructure in the Chaudiere-Appalaches region, investing in projects…
Prov, Feds Announce Funding for Lions Gate Secondary Facility
The governments of Canada and British Columbia have announced their funding for the Secondary Wastewater Treatment Plant at the Metro Vancouver Lions Gate treatment site.…
Climate Change to Strain Vancouver Water Resources & Infrastructure
A report from Metro Vancouver, with contributions from Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium and Pinna Sustainability, warns that climate induced temperature changes in the Metro area…
Kelowna Wastewater Asset Management Report
The City of Kelowna has reported that it has good wastewater asset management news. At Kelowna’s city council meeting on February 20th, Joel Shaw, infrastructure…
Erin, Ontario, to Investigate Decentralized Subsurface Wastewater Disposal
The town council of Erin, Ontario, approved a scope change for the Urban Centre Wastewater Servicing Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA), looking into the feasibility…
Guelph Hosts New Wastewater Research and Development Project
A new project installed in a technology demonstration facility at the Guelph Wastewater Treatment Plant will be used for wastewater research and demonstration of resource…
Que. and Cad. Announce $6M for Wastewater and Water Pipes
The governments of Canada and Quebec announced that they will invest nearly $6 million to improve the wastewater collection system and water pipes for Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.…
Canadian Water Tech Makes Top Global Cleantech List
Cleantech Group has announced its list of top 100 cleantech companies, which includes Canadian water tech companies, Axine Water Technologies and Saltworks Technologies Inc., among…
B.C. District Opens $4M Water Treatment Plant
The governments of Canada and British Columbia have invested in modern water treatment infrastructure in the Abbotsford-Mission district. Funding the project, the Government of Canada…
$45M for Upgrades to Moncton’s Wastewater Treatment Facility
The Governments of Canada and New Brunswick have announced more than $45 million in federal-provincial funding for improvements to the TransAqua Wastewater Treatment Facility. With…
B.C. City Halts Environmental Assessment for WWT Facility
Colwood, B.C., has decided to postpone a $2 million environmental assessment report that was being conducted to understand the feasibility of discharging effluent into the…
Provincial and Federal Government Commit $79 Million to Clean Water and Wastewater Fund for New Brunswick
The provincial and federal governments have announced a bilateral agreement that will make more than $176 million in combined funding available under two new federal…
Funding for New Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure at Whitecap Dakota First Nation
The Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, the Honourable Jim Reiter, Minister of Government Relations, and Chief Darcy Bear, announced funding for…
Quebec Clean-Tech Company Wins Global Water Award
Quebec-based H2O Innovation Inc. has won the Water Technology Company of the Year award at the 2016 Global Water Awards, which took place in Abu…
Ontario Helps IMAX Protect the Great Lakes
Ontario is investing in solutions in Peel Region to help protect Great Lakes water quality. IMAX Corporation is using new permeable pavement and stormwater treatment…
Going Solo
Roman aqueducts and sewers provide a powerful emblem of the antiquity of urban water infrastructure—centralized approaches to water and wastewater service provision may seem similarly…
Sewage Secrecy
*Update* Winnipeg mayoral candidate Judy Wasylycia-Leis held a press conference on Sunday demanding that Mayor Sam Katz release the details of the City of Winnipeg…