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Ottawa Gets Real Time Control for CSO Management

December 6, 2010 - 10:07 am

Hot on the heels of last week's Stimulus Fund project deadline extension, the City of Ottawa announced a project commission last week to control the combined sewer overflows (CSOs) that have been making headlines all year. Representatives from all levels of government celebrated the commissioning...

Categories: News, Ontario

What's Your Procedure?

July 21, 2010 - 11:37 am

On the evening of July 14, there was a power failure at a water filtration plant on the Ottawa River. The next day, the City of Gatineau issued a news release warning residents to boil their drinking water, but not everyone got the message—and several people are none too pleased. Councillor André...

Categories: Blog

City of Ottawa Releases Plan to Clean Up River

February 4, 2010 - 8:39 am

Hot on the heels of last week's sewer overflows, the City of Ottawa has released a plan to clean up and protect the Ottawa River. Based on recent consultations with residents across the City of Ottawa, City staff are recommending the Planning and Environment Committee recommend to Council it spend...

Categories: News, Ontario

Baird Talks Sewage at AMO

August 19, 2009 - 8:11 am

The Association of Ontario Municipalities’ annual conference was a chance for some municipal leaders to ask questions about—what else—stimulus funding. But it was in the media scrum that the real action took place. In an interview with ReNew Canada (Canadian Water Treatment's sister magazine)...

Categories: National, News, Ontario

Make Crumbling Water Infrastructure a Priority: OSWCA

October 7, 2008 - 8:40 am

The Ontario Sewer and Watermain Construction Association (OSWCA) is urging MPs and political parties to make the state of water and sewer infrastructure an issue in the federal election campaign. "This past summer, we saw our crumbling sewers cause pollution, resulting in flood damage to homes, businesses...

Categories: News, Ontario

Ottawa River Cleanup Could Take Decades

August 27, 2008 - 10:27 am

Environment Minister John Baird says it could take 20 years to clean up the sewer mess in the Ottawa, but both the federal and Ontario governments are committed to fixing the problem, reports The Ottawa Citizen. "We didn't get into this situation overnight. We aren't going to get out of it overnight,"...

Categories: News, Ontario

Ottawa Monitoring Treated Runoff: CBC

August 14, 2008 - 8:21 am

The City of Ottawa is monitoring how animals and plants in the Ottawa River are affected by chemicals that remain in sewage after it is treated and discharged into the waterway, reports CBC News. Dave McCartney, the manager of wastewater and drainage services for the city, said even though the sewage...

Categories: News

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