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Deconstructing "Deleterious"

November 14, 2011 - 8:45 am

Located near the mouth of Rivers Inlet, north of Port Hardy on the central coast of British Columbia, the floating Rivers Lodge is one of several that host sports fishing vacations. For six weeks each year, Pat Ardley and her two kids run the lodge, but it’s not an easy business. The economic downturn...

Categories: Features

ENPAR Partners with Chile's InTechnology

January 21, 2011 - 3:00 pm

Guelph, Ontario-based ENPAR Technologies Inc. has entered into an MOU with InTechnology Chile Ltda to develop markets in Chile and other Latin-American countries for ENPAR's water treatment technologies. Based in Santiago, Chile, InTechnology has been involved with the design, development and...

Categories: International, News, Ontario

Sea Change

November 8, 2010 - 8:29 am

Victoria has faced decades of criticism for failing to treat its sewage before pumping it into the Pacific Ocean, releasing often-harmful materials into the marine ecosystem and food chain. Sewage from the “City of Gardens” has been a recurring theme in newspaper editorials on either side of the...

Categories: Features

$3.2M for First Nations Projects Announced

April 16, 2010 - 1:26 pm

Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians, has announced an investment of approximately $7 million to assist 11 First Nations with 17 capital infrastructure projects including water and wastewater infrastructure, road...

Categories: Atlantic Canada, News

Draft National Wastewater Regs Now Available

February 9, 2010 - 2:07 pm

Environment Minister Jim Prentice has announced that a draft of proposed municipal wastewater systems effluent regulations is now available for public consultation. Once in force, these regulations will set standards for the discharge from all wastewater facilities in Canada. Over time, wastewater...

Categories: National, News

Manitoba Declares War on Phosphorus

October 19, 2009 - 8:06 am

Manitoba is implementing new rules for livestock waste management in response to recommendations made by the Clean Environment Commission (CEC) and the auditor general, Conservation Minister Stan Struthers announced late last week. “When we entered office, we recognized that decades of poor planning...

Categories: News, Western Canada

New Sewage Rules in Manitoba Met with Criticism

September 30, 2009 - 7:49 am

Manitoba has announced new rules for sewage disposal, including a ban on new sewage ejectors and a ban on septic fields in sensitive areas. “Manitobans recognize it is time to move beyond outdated and unsustainable ways of dealing with sewage in favour of more responsible methods,” Conservation...

Categories: News, Western Canada

New Treatment System at Nipissing First Nation

August 28, 2009 - 7:39 am

Ontario’s Nipissing First Nation welcomes its new Garden Village Water and Wastewater Treatment facilities, built using $14 million in federal funding and $2.1 million of its own. The facilities replace an older system, which was unable to meet the current needs of the First Nation. The new...

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

$93.3M for York, Durham Wastewater Improvements

August 4, 2009 - 11:25 am

The governments of Canada and Ontario have set aside a total of $93.3 million in funding to support the Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant in Pickering. The governments of Canada and Ontario will each set aside up to $46.67 million and will work with the Regions of York and Durham to upgrade...

Categories: National, News, Ontario

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