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 Items tagged: UNEPItems Found: 5$3.75M Invested in Water Quality ResearchMarch 22, 2010 - 11:57 am The feds are making an investment in water quality research at the Universities of Lethbridge and Saskatchewan.Today's investment totals $3.75 million and will go towards research projects that will ultimately assist organizations in making environmentally-responsible decisions aimed at preserving... Categories: National, News, Western Canada A Nice Cold DrinkMarch 16, 2010 - 9:57 am Conventional technologies for drinking water treatment are no longer considered adequate for ensuring the delivery of potable water to communities. This is particularly true in smaller, more remote communities, where the infrastructure for treatment of both drinking water and wastewater may be limited... Categories: Features Cold SnapJuly 27, 2009 - 12:00 am Just south of the Arctic Circle in the small Nunavut hamlet of Chesterfield Inlet—or in Inuktitut, Igluligaarjuk—a sewage truck dumps its potent—smelling load into a shallow hole in the ground about three kilometres from the community. The sewage seeps out of this natural depression in the bedrock... Categories: Features Canada Invests $4.5M in UN Water ProgramMarch 23, 2009 - 5:53 am On the eve of World Water Day, Minister of the Environment Jim Prentice announced that Canada will invest $2.5 million over five years to support the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Global Environment Monitoring System GEMS/Water, an international water science program aimed at understanding... Categories: International, National, News Prentice Takes Action Against MercuryFebruary 23, 2009 - 9:00 pm Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment, has issued a statement on international agreement to work towards a UN treaty that would reduce the amount of mercury entering the environment. The minister supports the treaty "to control this harmful substance." "Canada was among the first countries... Categories: International, National, News |
