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 Items tagged: Toronto and Region Conservation AuthorityItems Found: 6The Art and Practice of Harvesting Free WaterMay 30, 2011 - 3:10 pm We are so used to having water readily available at the turn of a tap that it is easy to forget how much energy and infrastructure is required to treat and deliver that water. In Toronto, roughly 33 per cent of the city’s electricity use is spent pumping and treating water through a vast network of... Categories: Blog Pond, Tunnel and PipeApril 17, 2011 - 3:08 pm It wasn’t a happy day back in 1987 when the International Joint Commission (IJC) listed Toronto’s waterfront as one of 43 Areas of Concern in the Great Lakes Basin. “Toronto the Good” was coming of age. Anxious to strut about the global stage, the city would welcome world leaders to the 1988... Categories: Features Town Hall ChallengeJanuary 20, 2011 - 9:52 am Do your public buildings have what it takes to be sustainable? When it comes to water and energy conservation, how do they stack up against other municipalities? The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) is trying to answer these questions. Its newly developed Town Hall Challenge targets... Categories: Blog Connect the Drops and TRCA Partner for Rainwater WorkshopsDecember 13, 2010 - 9:14 am With the recent release of Ontario's Guidelines for Residential Rainwater Harvesting Systems (RWH) (read them here), the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) and Connect the Drops have partnered to develop and offer a series of one-day training seminars for contractors, builders, designers... Water at Discovery 2010May 20, 2010 - 12:57 pm "The title of this session is all wrong," said Nicholas Parker at Tuesday's Water is Our Future panel at Discovery 2010. "Water is our present, not only our future." The executive chairman of the CleanTech Group was part of a timely discussion that followed that morning's announcement revealing... Categories: Blog Waterworld!February 12, 2009 - 11:30 am Flooding in the GTA leads to overflows at the banks of the Humber River as snow melts and warnings from the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. At the same time, last night's flood at Toronto’s Union Station led to escalator waterfalls and evacuation. Lucky for commuters like yours truly, the... Advertisement
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