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 Items tagged: contaminantsItems Found: 11Groundbreakers: Speedy SamplesJanuary 4, 2012 - 10:50 am Although the technologies involved in water analysis are complex, they’re vital to ensuring the world’s supply of safe drinking water sources. Recognizing the need for faster, more accurate data, Canadian lab Maxxam Analytics and University of Waterloo’s Dr. Janusz Pawliszyn have partnered to develop... Categories: Features Wheatley Harbour RestoredApril 19, 2010 - 8:46 am Wheatley Harbour, Ontario is once again a clean and healthy aquatic ecosystem, announced Dave Van Kesteren, MP for Chatham-Kent-Essex last week. Wheatley Harbour was designated a Great Lakes Area of Concern in 1985 pursuant to the Canada-United States Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The major... Categories: International, National, News, Ontario Ottawa Receives Water Contamination ComplaintApril 15, 2010 - 10:16 am The federal government is failing to enforce anti-pollution provisions of the federal Fisheries Act by allowing oilsands tailings ponds to leak contaminated materials into both surface waters and groundwater in the Athabasca watershed, says an environmental group. A coalition of environmental organizations... Threats and ConsequencesMarch 22, 2010 - 11:51 am How can we act to prevent invasive species and protect biodiversity in the Great Lakes? As part of our World Water Day series, Water Canada got scientific with Professor John Casselman of Queen’s University’s Biology Department. Water Canada: In terms of biodiversity, how has Lake Ontario... Categories: Features Wastewater Research Chair Up for AwardFebruary 25, 2010 - 8:30 am Carleton University's Dr. Banu Örmeci is a finalist in the 2010 Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI) Awards. Örmeci is Canada Research Chair in Wastewater and Public Health Engineering and an associate professor with Carleton's department of civil and environmental engineering. Her research... BIOREM Gets $1.2M from OntarioSeptember 1, 2009 - 7:30 am Through its Innovation Agenda, Ontario is supporting the development of new wastewater treatment technology. The province is investing almost $1.2 million through the Innovation Demonstration Fund to help BIOREM Technologies Inc. bring its air filtration and purification technology to the global market... Pharma-Water: Study Finds Antibiotics in WaterwaysJune 10, 2009 - 10:39 am Antibiotics, antimicrobials and antifungals are seeping into the waterways of North America, Europe and East Asia, according to an investigation published in Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP). Authored by Université de Montréal and Environment Canada researchers, the review found that consumption... Categories: National Trojan Wins Stockholm Industry Water AwardJune 8, 2009 - 11:16 am London, Ontario-based Trojan Technologies, a developer and proponent of large-scale ultraviolet (UV) water disinfection systems used worldwide, has won the 2009 Stockholm Industry Water Award. Trojan produces open channel and pressurized UV disinfection systems for industrial applications, municipal... Categories: International, National, News Prentice Takes Action Against MercuryFebruary 23, 2009 - 9:00 pm Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment, has issued a statement on international agreement to work towards a UN treaty that would reduce the amount of mercury entering the environment. The minister supports the treaty "to control this harmful substance." "Canada was among the first countries... Categories: International, National, News Today's Downpour, Tomorrow's Crisis?February 12, 2009 - 1:24 pm Bright and early conversation on water quality and climate change was uncomfortably apropos after last night's flooding of Union Station and record-breaking February rainfall. It was still pouring as I entered RBC Plaza's south tower just after 7 a.m. to attend the "Our Water; Our Future" panel with... Categories: Blog Advertisement
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