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 Items tagged: infrastructureItems Found: 38WatertightApril 5, 2012 - 1:21 pm “Water loss is a reality, and it’s going to get worse,” says Shaun McKaigue, vice president at FER-PAL Construction Ltd. McKaigue is talking about leaky pipes, an issue that’s costing $700 million a year in Ontario alone. A 2009 Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario study... Categories: Features Water Un-frastructureFebruary 14, 2012 - 10:30 am The most immediately compelling argument we have in support of water policy reform in Canada is what hydrologists describe as the loss of hydrological stationarity. While few outside the fields of hydrology and climatology presently understand the meaning of stationarity, it won’t be long before the... Categories: Blog Poll: To Fix or Ignore?January 23, 2012 - 2:23 pm It should be no surprise: with cold snaps come main breaks. These seasonal calamities often begin with small leaks in aging infrastructure that are undetected or ignored by municipalities. Some cities, such as Halifax, carefully monitor leaks and make more informed decisions about fixes. What's your... Good VibrationsOctober 24, 2011 - 11:17 am Crumbling asets. Rusting pipes. Leaking watermains. Musings about the state of our civil infrastructure usually come around to this type of talk. It may seem overwhelming to consider the thousands of kilometres of pipe that need replacing—or at least serious upgrading. But any asset manager will... Categories: Features Capstone Acquires Bristol WaterOctober 6, 2011 - 2:18 pm Toronto-based Capstone Infrastructure Corporation has acquired a 70 per cent interest in Bristol Water, a regulated water utility in the United Kingdom, from Suez Environnement through its subsidiary, AGBAR (Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona), for approximately $215 million. "Bristol Water is... Categories: International, National, News The Art and Practice of Harvesting Free WaterMay 30, 2011 - 3:10 pm We are so used to having water readily available at the turn of a tap that it is easy to forget how much energy and infrastructure is required to treat and deliver that water. In Toronto, roughly 33 per cent of the city’s electricity use is spent pumping and treating water through a vast network of... Categories: Blog Election Apathy?April 8, 2011 - 1:12 pm Canadians don’t care about the environment, not really. We are so blessed with natural resources, clean water and open spaces that we don’t think there is anything wrong. It’s the frog in heating water scenario—we won’t know how bad it is until it’s too late to jump out and do something about... Categories: Blog Water Figures Heavily in Top 100January 5, 2011 - 9:20 am Water and wastewater has a significant presence in this year's edition of ReNew Canada's Top 100: Canada's Biggest Infrastructure Projects, released this week. Nine projects accounted for $4.378 billion of the list, which totalled $96 billion. Some highlights: #32 Capital Regional District... Shell, Dawson Creek Agree on Reclamation PlantAugust 24, 2010 - 7:09 am As we reported in our May/June issue, the City of Dawson Creek, B.C., and Shell recently reached an agreement to build the City’s Reclaimed Water Plant (RWP). This 10-year agreement is subject to elector approval. The RWP will treat effluent currently released into the Dawson Creek to a standard... Categories: News, Western Canada Victoria Awards US$4M Contract to InsituformJuly 6, 2010 - 11:53 am 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... Categories: International, National, News |
