The B.C. government has approved a wastewater management strategy proposed by the Capital Regional District (CRD) that will for the first time treat up to 40 billion litres of sewage per year before it [...]
Posted on 27 August 2010
The B.C. government has approved a wastewater management strategy proposed by the Capital Regional District (CRD) that will for the first time treat up to 40 billion litres of sewage per year before it [...]
Posted on 16 March 2010
Victoria, British Columbia's Capital Regional District (CRD) is feeling the pressure. After facing scrutiny for its questionable sewage practices and unsatisfactory effluent quality, the CRD decided [...]
Posted on 04 February 2010
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 [...]
Posted on 12 December 2009
Petitcodiac Riverkeeper’s five-year strategic plan to protect and restore New Brunswick's Petitcodiac River watershed was released on Friday, presenting the organization’s vision for the river system [...]
Posted on 25 June 2009
Re: Smelly cities—looks like I spoke too soon. Just days after I posted about Halifax's stinky sewage dilemma, Toronto's Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) went on strike, causing interruptions [...]
Posted on 19 June 2009
Poor Halifax. Since its brand-new, $54-million sewage treatment plant failed on January 14, about 82 million litres of raw sewage per day has flowed directly into Halifax harbour—and, along with [...]
Posted on 16 June 2009
Victoria's Capital Regional District has chosen a firm to guide the development of the region's planned $1.2-billion sewage treatment system, reports VicNews.com. they shoot horses don t they movie download [...]
Posted on 20 November 2008
Winnipeg council has voted to explore the idea of a new city-owned corporation to deliver water and sewage-treatment services to both Winnipeggers and neighbouring municipalities, reports CBC News. Several [...]
Posted on 05 November 2008
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 [...]