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 Items tagged: contaminantsItems Found: 13B.C. Showcases River Remediation ProjectApril 15, 2012 - 3:51 pm Victoria public had the opportunity to learn more about river remediation at an open house at British Columbia's Goldstream Provincial Park this past weekend. The event highlighted remediation work in the surrounding area and river after a Columbia Fuels truck overturned in April of last year, spilling... Categories: News, Western Canada Don't Drink the WaterMarch 3, 2012 - 2:12 pm When Attawapiskat First Nation declared a state of emergency in October 2011, Charlie Angus (MP Timmins-James Bay) visited the community to find out why. “It was like stepping into a fourth world,” Angus wrote in an article for the Huffington Post Canada. Among several serious concerns about shelter... Categories: Features Groundbreakers: 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 |
