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 Items tagged: Ministry of the EnvironmentItems Found: 11How-To StrategiesAugust 8, 2011 - 9:02 am Canada’s water resources scientists and engineers generally agree that climate change will have an impact on our water; however, we have not incorporated climate change assessments into many of our water management efforts. Will the water levels in the Great Lakes decline? Will the rivers of the Prairies... Categories: Features Peter Kent Takes Charge of MOEJanuary 5, 2011 - 7:45 am In an effort to help Canadians feel "stable," Prime Minister Stephen Harper has made adjustments to his cabinet. Former broadcaster Peter Kent will now head the Ministry of the Environment. “This fine tuning of the Ministry will be consistent with our intention to stay the course,” said Harper... Going SoloNovember 28, 2010 - 8:30 am Roman aqueducts and sewers provide a powerful emblem of the antiquity of urban water infrastructure—centralized approaches to water and wastewater service provision may seem similarly old, but are in fact largely a product of the twentieth century. The centralized model arose as a response to a difficult... Categories: Features Innovate/InvestMay 12, 2010 - 12:39 pm The Ontario government has promised, through the proposed Water Opportunities Act, to position the province as a major force in the global water market. In your opinion, is Ontario (and Canada) well-positioned to enter this market? Zoltan Tompa: Ontario certainly has the right... Categories: Features Guelph Identifies Protected Areas, Unveils Efficiency RebatesMarch 16, 2010 - 2:12 pm The City of Guelph, Ontario made two big announcements yesterday. Firstly, the City has identified vulnerable local water supply source areas in need of protection, called wellhead protection areas and intake protection zones, in compliance with the provincial Clean Water Act. All Ontario cities... Groundwater ControversyMarch 8, 2010 - 9:35 am Ontario is moving ahead with controversial reforms to the law regarding the cleanup of contaminated sites. Extensive amendments to the Records of Site Condition Regulation (O. Reg. 153/04), long in the making, were finalized on December 29, 2009—although most of the key changes will not come into force... Categories: Features New Municipal Drinking Water Licenses Issued in OntarioJune 17, 2009 - 6:38 am Members of the Ontario Municipal Water Association (OMWA) are among the first five municipalities to have successfully applied for the new Ontario municipal drinking water system license. Huron County, the City of Hamilton, the City of Kingston, Halton Region and the Town of Tecumseh, all OMWA members... Digging Up DirtApril 26, 2009 - 12:00 am While geothermal technology looks like a great alternative to oil, geothermal installations and their effect on groundwater have been a topic of environmental concern for the last two or three years. Why? Thousands of geothermal boreholes are being drilled every year in Canada without to protect aquifers... Categories: Features York Region Drinking Water Receives an ‘A’April 9, 2009 - 11:26 am The Regional Municipality of York's drinking water quality surpasses Ontario's stringent standards, making the purchase of bottled water an unnecessary expense, according to a release on the region's website. The release also defends the addition of fluoride to the region's water, stating that "the... $7.7M Contract for Havelock Wastewater Plant AwardedOctober 10, 2008 - 8:28 am On Tuesday, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen's council has awarded the contract to build the municipality's new wastewater treatment plant to Brighton-based Peak Engineering and Construction, reports The Community Press. Havelock's new wastewater treatment plant, expected to cost $7.7 million, will be capable... |
