Tag: water
City of West Kelowna Secures Site for Rose Valley Water Treatment...
The City of West Kelowna has purchased a 24-acre portion of 2010 Bartley Road, at a cost of $915,000, which will be the site...
Waterlution Offers Spring Training for the Great Canoe Journey
Waterlution is offering leadership, facilitation, and cultural understanding training for youth ages 18-30 who are interested in becoming volunteers for the Great Canoe Journey...
Retrofit to Winnipeg’s Largest Sewage Treatment Plant Could Protect Lake Winnipeg
On World Water Day, the Lake Winnipeg Foundation and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) released a report recommending an interim retrofit to Winnipeg’s largest...
Okanagan Youth Invited to be Climate Heroes
In celebration of Canada Water Week (March 17-23) and UN World Water Day (March 22), the Okanagan Basin Water Board’s (OBWB) Okanagan WaterWise program...
SAIT Offers First Integrated Water Program Diploma in Canada
The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), along with industry partner Imperial, has created the first integrated water program diploma in Canada.
Integrated Water Management is...
Report Warns of Far-Reaching Climate Change Impacts on Great Lakes Region
How climate change will affect public health, infrastructure, fish, wildlife, and the economy around the Great Lakes is the focus of a new report.
The...
Gordon Foundation Launches Open-Access Hub for Water Quality Data
A new tool will help the public and scientists better understand the health of the Lake Winnipeg watershed.
Lake Winnipeg DataStream is an open-access, online...
Government of Manitoba Increases Water Infrastructure Funding
The Government of Manitoba has increased the Manitoba Water Services Board capital budget by $2 million for 2019-20, to a total of $15.8 million,...
Gov’t of Canada Helps Protect Communities in Bow Valley from Debris...
François-Philippe Champagne, Canada's Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, announced funding for a project to protect communities along the Bow Valley in Alberta from debris...
Gov’t of Alberta Funds Projects to Deliver Clean Drinking Water in...
The Government of Alberta is providing funding for ten water systems that will deliver clean drinking water to 14 First Nations communities in Alberta.
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