Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Vaughan and Kleinburg Water Systems Get Perfect Scores
The City of Vaughan has achieved a perfect score – 100 per cent – for its water quality and distribution systems from the Ontario Ministry…
water quality
BX Creek Gets a Facelift
Through a provincial grant from the General Strategic Priorites Fund, the City of Vernon, B.C. has been awarded $801,800 representing the full cost of the…
New Herbicide-Fertilizer Ban Protects Alberta’s Water
A new ban on herbicide-fertilizer combination products in Alberta will help protect the quality of water downstream of urban areas. As of January 1, 2010…
Yellowknife Summit Draws Concerns on Water
Aboriginal leaders, scientists and environmental activists from across Canada are talking this week about water quality at a national summit in Yellowknife, reports CBC News.…
Draft Boron Guidelines Available for Review
A draft version of Canadian Water Quality Guideline for the Protection of Aquatic Life – Boron, based on a scientific criteria document contributed by Ontario…
Ike’s Effects Linger in Great Lakes
Although Hurricane Ike is long gone, its impact lingers more than a thousand miles from where it made landfall. Runoff from tributaries dumped massive amounts…
Deadline Extension for Lake Winnipeg Stewardship Fund
Due to overwhelming interest to help protect Lake Winnipeg, the deadline for project submissions to the Lake Winnipeg Stewardship Fund is being extended from September…
CAW, AFN Celebrate Clean Well Water
On Wednesday, Assembly of First Nations national chief Phil Fontaine and Canadian Auto Workers union president Buzz Hargrove will visit the community of Little Salmon…
Ontario to Develop Plan to Protect Lake Simcoe
The Province of Ontario announced this week it is taking a major step to address the effects more than 200 years of human activity have…
AWWA Urges Science-Based Approach in Addressing Pharmaceutical Compounds in Water
To responsibly address the issue of pharmaceutical compounds in drinking water, scientists must know at what concentration these substances impact human health, not simply whether…