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 Items tagged: drinking waterItems Found: 61Wilderness Area Protects Amherst's WaterDecember 11, 2008 - 1:19 pm The Town of Amherst's drinking water supply is now better protected with the designation of watershed lands as a provincial wilderness area. Nine-hundred and seventy hectares of Amherst-owned lands, northeast of the town, make up the new Chignecto Isthmus Wilderness Area in Nova Scotia. "We are... Categories: Atlantic Canada, News Water Favourite Beverage of Canadians: StatsCanNovember 24, 2008 - 2:38 pm A new study about beverage consumption by children and adults reveals that at all ages, water is the beverage consumed by the highest percentage of people and in the greatest quantities. A Statistics Canada report released last week that after water, the beverage choices Canadians make are tied closely... March 17-21, 2009: WQA Aquatech USA 2009November 19, 2008 - 11:16 am Chicago, IL Website: Click here. Email: registrar@wqa.org Categories: Events Clean Water for Orangedale, N.S.October 24, 2008 - 10:00 am Sally Chisholm, the chair of the Orangedale Water Society said Wednesday that after years of waiting, the rural Inverness County community in Nova Scotia should have clean water flowing through to household taps by mid-November, reports the Cape Breton Post. "The new treatment plant is being set up... Categories: Atlantic Canada, News Building a New Walkerton Clean Water CentreOctober 21, 2008 - 7:22 am Construction is underway on the new Walkerton Clean Water Centre. The new, energy efficient building will increase the centre's capacity to conduct training, seminars, information sessions and research. The centre is dedicated to providing hands-on training and learning opportunities for owners and operators... Limited Access to Drinking Water on Canadian University Campuses: ReportSeptember 3, 2008 - 10:35 am The bottled water debate continues to be spurred as a national online survey, Corporate Initiatives on Campus - a 2008 Snapshot, developed by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the Canadian Union of Public Employees and the Polaris Institute, paints a picture of decaying water fountains and... $724M for Ontario’s Smaller CommunitiesAugust 27, 2008 - 10:58 am Yesterday, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario welcomed the signing of the Communities Component of the Building Canada Fund, which will flow more than $724 million in infrastructure funding to rural and small urban municipalities across Ontario. Under the agreement, the federal and provincial... New Regional Water Supply System: PenobsquisAugust 19, 2008 - 7:43 am Residents of Penobsquis will have access to safe drinking water through a new regional water supply system. Today, the governments of Canada and New Brunswick proceeded with the official sod-turning to mark the beginning of construction of the new system. The total estimated cost of the project is... Categories: News $8.7 Invested in N.S. WaterAugust 14, 2008 - 11:49 am Nine Nova Scotia communities will benefit from safer drinking water and improved storm water systems due to a shared investment by three levels of government. Federal, provincial and municipal funding of $8,725,590 was announced on August 12 in Truro by Karen Casey, minister of education, on behalf... Categories: News Trojan Technologies Acquires R-Can EnvironmentalAugust 14, 2008 - 7:07 am Trojan Technologies, a manufacturer of water treatment solutions, has acquired R-Can Environmental Inc. R-Can manufactures ultraviolet equipment in residential water disinfection applications. The combined entity will operate as a strategic business unit of Trojan Technologies. "We are facing increasing... Categories: News |
