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Toronto Chooses Neptune for AMR Contract

Toronto Chooses Neptune for AMR Contract

Posted on 15 January 2010

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Hot on the heels of Monday's smart metering report from Oracle, the City of Toronto announced on Wednesday that it has selected Neptune Technology Group (Canada) Ltd., a division of Neptune Technology [...]

Next Issue: Crumbling Water Infrastructure

Next Issue: Crumbling Water Infrastructure

Posted on 14 January 2010

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As if we needed further inspiration for our March/April issue on aging water infrastructure. Just now, the (unoccupied, luckily) building next door to our offices fell victim to a watermain break (see [...]

RVA Awarded Toronto Watermain Replacement Contract

RVA Awarded Toronto Watermain Replacement Contract

Posted on 22 September 2009

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The City of Toronto has retained R.V. Anderson Associates Limited (RVA) to provide program management, design, inspection, and contract administration services during construction for a “stand-alone” [...]

Comstock Awarded Humber Plant Upgrades

Comstock Awarded Humber Plant Upgrades

Posted on 01 September 2009

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Comstock Canada, a subsidiary of EMCOR Group, Inc., has received a contract from the City of Toronto for a de-chlorination upgrade project at the Humber Wastewater Treatment Plant, the City of Toronto’s [...]

Hidden Infrastructure Uncovered, Lack of Funding Revealed

Posted on 11 August 2009

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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 [...]

Toronto Taps the Sun for Hot Water

Toronto Taps the Sun for Hot Water

Posted on 13 May 2009

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Residents of Toronto’s Ward 30 (Toronto-Danforth) will be leading the way in using the sun for home water heating in a new program announced yesterday. The Solar Neighbourhoods program is providing [...]

Water in Short Supply at EID

Posted on 30 April 2009

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The Ontario Environment Industry Association (ONEIA) held its 9th annual Environment Industry Day (EID) on April 2009 at Queen's Park and Sutton Place Hotel in Toronto. The theme of the event [...]

FCM Encourages Reduced Bottled Water Use

FCM Encourages Reduced Bottled Water Use

Posted on 09 March 2009

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The Federal of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is encouraging local governments to reduce the use of bottled water in their own facilities where other options are available. At a meeting on March 7 in [...]

Today’s Downpour, Tomorrow’s Crisis?

Posted on 12 February 2009

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Bright and early conversation on water quality and climate change was uncomfortably apropos after last night's flooding of Union Station and record-breaking February rainfall. It was still pouring [...]

Waterworld!

Waterworld!

Posted on 12 February 2009

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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 [...]

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