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		<title>Researchers Develop Rapid Test Strips for E. coli</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 18:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[bioactive paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada Research Chair in Bioanalytical Chemistry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Brennan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pathogens]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Urban beach closures due to coliform outbreaks have become disturbing signs of summer, yet water-testing technology has never been fast enough to keep up with changing conditions, nor accessible enough to check all waters. Now, researchers at Hamilton, Ontario’s McMaster University have developed a rapid testing method using a simple paper strip that can detect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urgent Delivery</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[aging infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corrosion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DBP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drinking water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Technology Verification Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Nations reserves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[haloacetic acids]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Madjid Mohseni]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ozone]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[RES’EAU-WaterNET]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[small and rural communities]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://watercanada.net/?p=9150</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Contaminated drinking water is a major source of concern for small and rural communities (SRCs) including First Nations reserves. Many small communities have water contamination problems that go largely undetected, while over 1,700 SRCs and over 100 First Nations communities across Canada are under boil water advisories in any given year. Beyond these evident problems, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Know Your Well</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2011/know-your-well/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 17:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KerryF</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drinking water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flooding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manitoba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monitoring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Battleford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private wells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saskatchewan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saskatchewan Watershed Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terry Hanley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wells]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For Saskatchewan , spring runoff season presents a huge risk for private well contamination, especially considering the province’s high levels of arsenic, selenium, and uranium. At the height of this year’s flood crisis in the Prairies, Terry Hanley, director of science, information, and monitoring for the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority (SWA) shared details on the water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: Paula Tekela, Q Water</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2011/interview-paula-tekela-q-water/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2011/interview-paula-tekela-q-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbonation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drinking water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filters]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Q Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Specialty water has a long history in upscale restaurants. Oftentimes, discerning tastes call for an array of still and sparkling options, often costing owners a bundle for product that takes up valuable storage space and increases their carbon footprint. Lately, however, restaurants have been saying goodbye to the bottle. Companies such as New Jersey’s Natura [...]]]></description>
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		<title>H2O Innovation Wins $4.5M in Contracts</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/h2o-innovation-wins-4-5m-in-contracts/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2010/h2o-innovation-wins-4-5m-in-contracts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quebec City-based H2O Innovation Inc., a water treatment solutions company, has been awarded new contracts totaling $4.5 million. These contracts will see the company provide custom-built water treatment systems for municipal and industrial end-users, in the United States and Canada and, to a lesser extent, in Egypt. As part of the contracts announced today, H2O [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More First Nations Water Investments Announced</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/more-first-nations-water-investments-announced/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2010/more-first-nations-water-investments-announced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Betsiamites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Strahl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drinking water]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[First Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funding]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kitigan Zibi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://watercanada.net/?p=6038</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During a trip to Quebec, the Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, announced investments planned for First Nations projects. The funding will lead to extensive construction throughout First Nation communities, including the renovation and construction of drinking water and wastewater systems. Overall, First [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Victoria Awards US$4M Contract to Insituform</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/victoria-awards-us4m-contract-to-insituform/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2010/victoria-awards-us4m-contract-to-insituform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://watercanada.net/?p=6035</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Insituform Technologies, Inc. has received a contract award for US$4 million to rehabilitate over 11,000 feet of drinking water pipelines in Victoria, British Columbia. Work on this project, which includes 12-inch and 20-inch diameter pipelines, is expected to be completed by early 2011. In other news, Insituform has opened a new office in Montreal to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Capacity Gap</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/the-capacity-gap/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2010/the-capacity-gap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 02:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KerryF</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assembly of First Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill S-11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capacity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFCAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drinking water]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[First Nations Safe Drinking Water Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irving Leblanc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merrell-Ann Phare]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, the federal government introduced Bill S-11, the proposed First Nations Safe Drinking Water Act. The Act promises to bring First Nations water up to the same standards of other Canadian jurisdictions. To the uninitiated, this news reads like a sign of goodwill and cooperation. Below the surface, however, First Nations frustration is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds Table First Nations Water Act</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/feds-table-first-nations-water-act/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2010/feds-table-first-nations-water-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 03:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Strahl]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[First Nations Water and Wastewater Action Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leona Aglukkaq]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the federal government tabled Bill S-11, the Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act, in Parliament. At the same time, a two-year extension of the First Nations Water and Wastewater Action Plan was announced. Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, together with Leona [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NL Opens Water Portal</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/nl-opens-water-portal/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2010/nl-opens-water-portal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Atlantic Canada]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charlene Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drinking water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GeoConnections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tamarack Geographic Technologies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new application that allows public access to a variety of water resources data, including information on the quality of drinking water, was launched last week at the 2010 Clean and Safe Drinking Water Workshop in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador. &#8220;This portal will enhance the sharing of information with municipalities, industry, provincial and federal government [...]]]></description>
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