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		<title>How-To Strategies</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2011/how-to-strategies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[AquaResource Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[global climate models]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Lakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guide for Assessment of Hydrologic Effects of Climate Change in Ontario]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 overflow their banks more often and will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peter Kent Takes Charge of MOE</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to help Canadians feel &#8220;stable,&#8221; 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 in a press release. “This is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going Solo</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/going-solo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 15:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[aquatic ecosystem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biological treatment system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Busby Perkins+Will Architects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decentralization]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Living Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living Building standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ministry of the Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neighbourhood Energy Utility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northeast False Creek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skilled labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar Aquatics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wastewater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wastewater treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 conundrum: how to provide essential services to an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovate/Invest</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/innovateinvest/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2010/innovateinvest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 19:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Water Summit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[OCETA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Development Technology Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vive Nano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water Opportunities Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xogen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[XPV Capital]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 ingredients to achieve this vision, including a wealth of intellectual capital in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guelph Identifies Protected Areas, Unveils Efficiency Rebates</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/guelph-identifies-protected-areas-unveils-efficiency-rebates/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2010/guelph-identifies-protected-areas-unveils-efficiency-rebates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clean Water Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grand River Watershed Source Protection Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[groundwater]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rebates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water source protection]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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, including Guelph, are required by the Act to define and map [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Groundwater Controversy</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/groundwater-controversy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[brownfield development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brownfields]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contaminated sites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MGRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ministry of the Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Modified Generic Risk Assessment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[O. Reg. 153/04]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phase I environmental site assessments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phase II environmental site assessments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Records of Site Condition Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tier 2 Risk Assessment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 until mid-2011. These amendments, while providing some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Municipal Drinking Water Licenses Issued in Ontario</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2009/new-municipal-drinking-water-licenses-issued-in-ontario/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2009/new-municipal-drinking-water-licenses-issued-in-ontario/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Municipal Drinking Water Licensing Program]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Walkerton]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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, are the first five municipalities in Ontario to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digging Up Dirt</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2009/digging-up-dirt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[geothermal drillers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geothermal installations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geothermal technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gord Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[groundwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin B. Hammond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Newfoundland / Labrador Ground Water Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ontario Ground Water Association]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. If a hole is drilled and it encounters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>York Region Drinking Water Receives an ‘A’</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2009/york-region-drinking-water-receives-an-%e2%80%98a%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2009/york-region-drinking-water-receives-an-%e2%80%98a%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[bottled water]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Regional Municipality of York&#8217;s drinking water quality surpasses Ontario&#8217;s stringent standards, making the purchase of bottled water an unnecessary expense, according to a release on the region&#8217;s website. The release also defends the addition of fluoride to the region&#8217;s water, stating that &#8220;the process of adding small amounts of fluoride to drinking water is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$7.7M Contract for Havelock Wastewater Plant Awarded</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2008/501/</link>
		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2008/501/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Genivar Ontario Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Havelock-Belmont-Methuen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen&#8217;s council has awarded the contract to build the municipality&#8217;s new wastewater treatment plant to Brighton-based Peak Engineering and Construction, reports The Community Press. Havelock&#8217;s new wastewater treatment plant, expected to cost $7.7 million, will be capable of treating 1,200 cubic metres of waste per day &#8211; sufficient capacity to handle forecasted development [...]]]></description>
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