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 Items tagged: CanadaItems Found: 11Cross-Canada Tour Reveals National Concern About WaterMay 23, 2012 - 4:48 pm This week, the Adaptation to Climate Change Team (ACT) released Cross-Canada Checkup: A Canadian Perspective on our Water Future, highlighting a 16-city cross-Canada tour conducted by Canmore-based Bob Sandford, co-chair of the Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW). Sandford released the report today... Study Takes Stock of PollutantsApril 12, 2011 - 12:35 pm Over 228 million kilograms of direct pollutant releases to surface waters were reported by industrial facilities in North America in 2006, while a minimum of 133 million kilograms of pollutants were transferred to sewage and/or wastewater treatment systems, says a new report from the Commission for... Categories: International, National, News Smart Metering is Critical: ReportJanuary 11, 2010 - 8:19 am Sixty-eight per cent of water utility managers believe it is critical that water utilities adopt smart meter technologies, says Testing the Waters, a new study from Oracle. Water utility managers indicate that they are committed to promoting water conservation and believe smart meter technology adoption... Categories: International, National, News Water Issues Top Environmental Concern: SurveyAugust 19, 2009 - 8:34 am A global public opinion survey on attitudes about fresh water sustainability, management and conservation finds that people around the world view water issues as the planet’s top environmental problem, greater than air pollution, depletion of natural resources, loss of habitat and climate... Categories: International, News RBC Donates $4.1MAugust 12, 2009 - 8:38 am RBC today announced its latest round of RBC Blue Water Project Leadership Grant recipients. Thirty-one organizations, selected out of 159 applicants from around the world, will share more than $4,194,000 million in grants for programs that help protect watersheds and improve access to clean drinking... Categories: International, National, News Israel: Liquid AssetsJune 30, 2009 - 4:12 pm Israel's Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour, along with Israel NEWTech (Novel Efficient Water Technologies) has invited CWT to participate in an international press tour to view the mid-east country's water and renewable energy technologies in advance of WATEC 2009, a conference and exhibition... Categories: Blog FLOW Brings Attention to Transboundary Issues on IJC CentennialJune 4, 2009 - 1:31 pm Boundary Waters Week (June 5-14) will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Boundary Waters Treaty with a series of events in Niagara Falls, but the Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW) is using the occasion to ask the federal government to invest in Canadian water security. FLOW wants feds to provide... Categories: International, National, News PRECO Means $700M for Quebec's WatermainsApril 7, 2009 - 2:01 pm After a winter of devastating watermain breaks and pipeline bursts, Quebec municipalities must have jumped with joy to learn that the province is investing heavily in water and sewer mains. An announcement yesterday confirmed that the governments of Canada and Quebec will jointly invest $700 million... IJC Marks the 100th Anniversary of the Boundary Waters TreatyJanuary 15, 2009 - 12:09 pm Last Sunday, the International Joint Commission (IJC) recognized the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Canada-US Boundary Waters Treaty (BWT), which created the Commission with the following statement: "The Commissioners of the IJC are pleased to mark the anniversary of the Boundary Waters Treaty... Categories: International, News Weekend Water NewsSeptember 2, 2008 - 10:19 am Funds A wastewater treatment plant in Cambridge, Ont. is getting a $21-million upgrade: the aim is to "dewater" the sludge held in its digesters. Meanwhile, Victoria, B.C. water pipes are getting a $10-million upgrade. The watermains, installed in 1927, will ensure quality drinking water and improved... Categories: Atlantic Canada, International, National, News, Ontario, Quebec |
