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 Items tagged: British ColumbiaItems Found: 62Parksville Receives Funds for ASRJanuary 2, 2012 - 11:19 am The Englishman River Water Service (ERWS), a joint venture between the City of Parksville and the Regional District of Nanaimo, British Columbia, has been awarded more than $1.3 million from the federal Gas Tax Fund for a project to store and recover water in an aquifer. Aquifer storage and recovery... Categories: News, Western Canada Deconstructing "Deleterious"November 14, 2011 - 8:45 am Located near the mouth of Rivers Inlet, north of Port Hardy on the central coast of British Columbia, the floating Rivers Lodge is one of several that host sports fishing vacations. For six weeks each year, Pat Ardley and her two kids run the lodge, but it’s not an easy business. The economic downturn... Categories: Features Feds Invest in Stave Lake ProjectOctober 22, 2011 - 1:37 pm The feds will contribute up to $65.7 million through the P3 Canada Fund towards the Stave Lake Water Project, Minister of International Trade Ed Fast announced on Friday. In accordance with provincial laws, in order to implement this project, the City must seek electoral consent through a referendum... Categories: News, Western Canada Abbotsford Defers Wastewater MOU DraftSeptember 22, 2011 - 1:59 pm The Abbotsford Mission Water Sewer Commission (AMWSC) is drafting a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to update the Services Agreements which govern the regional water and wastewater partnership between Abbotsford and Mission, but agreed at its last meeting to table it until after the municipal election... Categories: News, Western Canada B.C. First Nations Team Wins Award for Operator ToolSeptember 12, 2011 - 1:35 pm An international panel of technology experts has recognized a British Columbia First Nations multimedia team for its development of WaterKeeper, an interactive 3D training tool designed to support operators of small community water systems to provide clean and safe drinking water for First Nations... Categories: International, News, Western Canada New Guidelines Help Map B.C. Coastal FloodplainsAugust 18, 2011 - 1:05 pm New guidelines have been released to help British Columbia’s coastal communities update floodplain area maps and adapt to rising sea levels. The report, Coastal Floodplain Mapping Guidelines and Specifications, recommends standards for topographic mapping and identifies engineering requirements... Categories: News, Western Canada Web SenseJuly 4, 2011 - 12:44 pm The concept of transparency in government isn’t a new thing, but theory is always easier than practice. Just think of how the term “public consultation” strikes fear into the hearts of many a consulting engineer, urban planner, and senior policy advisor. Part of the challenge is simply getting... Categories: Features Another Milestone for Seymour-Cap ProjectApril 20, 2011 - 9:08 am Metro Vancouver’s contractor completed tunnel boring work last week on the twin tunnels that will convey Capilano source water to and from the regional district’s new Seymour-Capilano Filtration Plant. Last fall, two rock-slicing tunnel boring machines finished work on two parallel tunnels. The... Categories: News, Western Canada FCM Honours Water Projects in Alberta and PEIFebruary 10, 2011 - 11:04 am Two Canadian water projects received honours at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' (FCM) 2011 Sustainable Communities Awards yesterday in Victoria, British Columbia. "This year's award winners are prime examples of the type of environmental leadership communities are showing on the front... Categories: Atlantic Canada, National, News, Western Canada Okanagan Releases Water Use Reporting ToolFebruary 7, 2011 - 12:44 pm The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) unveiled its homegrown Streamlined Water Use Reporting Tool (SWURT) to the public last Friday in West Kelowna, British Columbia. “SWURT will help our water utilities keep an ongoing record of how much water we are using," said Dr. Anna Warwick Sears, OBWB's... Categories: News, Western Canada Advertisement
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