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 Items tagged: municipalitiesItems Found: 5Poll: 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... Hidden Infrastructure Uncovered, Lack of Funding RevealedAugust 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 Prentice Announces New Regs for Municipal WastewaterAugust 6, 2009 - 11:43 am Plans discussed at this past February’s CCME meeting are now coming to fruition. Today minister of the environment Jim Prentice announced new regulations for managing municipal wastewater. The proposed regulations will set national performance standards, timelines and monitoring and reporting requirements... First PRECO Group AnnouncedJune 9, 2009 - 7:37 am A first group of 22 Quebec municipalities will receive $15,802,500 under the federal-provincial agreement pertaining to the water and wastewater pipeline renewal program, le Programme de renouvellement des conduites d'eau potable et d'egout (PRECO). This announcement comes nearly two months after... Budget 2009: What Does Water Get?January 28, 2009 - 9:42 am Upgrades to Quebec water and sewer systems and other "priority" Building Canada Fund projects will be expedited, according to yesterday's budget release. This comes as a welcome announcement, especially after the latest aging water main catastrophe in Montreal. Infrastructure topped the list on the... Categories: Blog Advertisement
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