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Edmonton's Gold Bar Selects Houston Company for Upgrades

October 7, 2011 - 9:10 am

Edmonton's Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment Plant has selected Houston-based Headworks Inc., a wastewater screening manufacturing, to replace some of its existing equipment. Located in the North Saskatchewan River Valley, the EPCOR-owned Gold Bar plant handles the wastewater requirements for over...

Categories: News, Western Canada

Damage Control

April 1, 2011 - 12:07 pm

While City of Edmonton’s Dr. Fayi Zhou (general supervisor of environmental planning in the City’s drainage services branch) is proud of Edmonton’s Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) and Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Watershed Award recognizing his municipality’s project for adapting...

Categories: Features

Edmonton Completes $7.5M Stormwater Wetland

July 23, 2010 - 1:12 pm

What was once an old gravel pit in Hermitage Park has been transformed into the City of Edmonton’s first wetland built exclusively for stormwater treatment and river protection. With the help of marshes, pools and natural vegetation, the new $7.5-million Kennedale End-of Pipe Constructed Wetland cleans...

Categories: News, Western Canada

Edmonton Wins National Watershed Award

June 1, 2010 - 3:22 pm

The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), in partnership with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), has announced the winners of the first annual Watershed Awards to recognize Canadian municipalities that have taken proactive measures to reduce their vulnerability to storm and wastewater damage. The...

Categories: National, News

Flyovers Give Understanding of Groundwater

January 15, 2010 - 9:47 am

What flies above will soon give improved knowledge about what flows below. Starting January 16, residents and motorists may notice low-flying aircraft streaking across the sky on a mission to better map underground water resources in outlying areas surrounding Edmonton. The specially-equipped...

Categories: News, Western Canada

IONA Wins Contract in Wetaskiwin

January 11, 2010 - 7:45 am

The envision Group has announced that it's wholly owned subsidiary, IONA Contractors Ltd. (IONA), has been awarded a $2.7-million contract with the City of Wetaskiwin, Alberta. This project, to upgrade Wetaskiwin's wastewater lagoons, involves civil and site works to remove and replace intercell structures...

Categories: News, Western Canada

Hidden Infrastructure Uncovered, Lack of Funding Revealed

August 11, 2009 - 11:17 am

Several recent events have highlighted how much our communities depend on our infrastructure to enable us to go about our daily lives. In Toronto, two large sinkholes (one five metres in diameter and 14 metres deep, the other five metres in diameter and three metres deep) appeared after heavy rainfall...

Categories: Blog

Graham Construction Awarded $5.3M Contract

August 5, 2009 - 1:38 pm

The federal government has awarded a $5.3-million contract to Graham Construction and Engineering Inc. of Edmonton, Alberta, for the Wainwright Water Treatment Plant Upgrade project at CFB Wainwright. The project will improve the water processing system by installing membranes into the water treatment...

Categories: National, News, Western Canada

Gold Bar Now Owned and Operated by EPCOR

April 1, 2009 - 1:58 pm

EPCOR Utilities Inc. (EPCOR) officially became the owner and operator of the Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment Plant today. Edmonton City Council authorized the transfer of Gold Bar to EPCOR on January 21, 2009. The staff at Gold Bar (approx. 140 people) joins more than 600 other water professionals within...

Categories: News, Western Canada

16 New SDTC Cleantech Projects Funded

March 9, 2009 - 9:23 am

Sixteen new projects that develop and demonstrate emerging clean technologies were awarded $53 million late last week by Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). "The projects we are adding to our portfolio this round have great potential and they can really make a difference to the lives...

Categories: National, News

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