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 Items tagged: Lake OntarioItems Found: 7Light Shower TowersSeptember 7, 2011 - 5:04 am Toronto’s newest stormwater system is breathtaking. Housed in the pavilion basement at Sherbourne Common, a new park in the city’s rapidly developing East Bayfront area, the treatment facility cleans collected storm and lake water with ultraviolet (UV) light. The treated water is then sent underground... Categories: Features Toronto-Area Rivers High in PCBs: StudyMay 14, 2010 - 9:08 am A University of Toronto study of the concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other chemicals in the rivers running into Lake Ontario reveals significantly higher concentrations in areas closest to the centre of Toronto, an indication of the profound effects the city has on water quality. The... Categories: International, National, News Canada-Ontario Great Lakes Agreement ExtendedApril 1, 2010 - 9:22 am The 2007 Canada-Ontario Agreement Respecting the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem (COA) has been extended to March 31, 2011. The agreement, signed in June 2007, was set to expire on March 31, 2010.The COA establishes an action plan and roles and responsibilities between federal and provincial ministries... Categories: International, News, Ontario 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 Comstock Awarded Humber Plant UpgradesSeptember 1, 2009 - 7:26 am Comstock Canada, a subsidiary of EMCOR Group, Inc., has received a contract from the City of Toronto for a de-chlorination upgrade project at the Humber Wastewater Treatment Plant, the City of Toronto’s second largest wastewater treatment plant, and one of the largest such plants in Canada. Comstock... Swimming in StormwaterAugust 24, 2009 - 10:08 am Growing up in Nova Scotia, I spent many of my summer days swimming in Canada’s Ocean Playground. At the time, the biggest worries were the occasional jellyfish and the undertow. Thoughts of ear infections or worse (as a result of bacterial contamination) never occurred. And why would they? The water... Categories: Blog Niagara Tries Chlorine-Free Sewage TreatmentNovember 5, 2008 - 11:24 am Onita Basu, an Ottawa professor, wants to eliminate chlorine from municipal sewage treatment using an organic replacement called peracetic acid, reports St. Catharines, Ont.'s The Standard. Grimsby's Baker Road sewage plant is the first in Canada to test the chlorine-free treatment, although it's... |
