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 Items tagged: wastewaterItems Found: 124The Long HaulMay 18, 2012 - 8:58 am Most of Alberta’s 3.6 million residents rely on regulated water systems. But, according to Brent Paterson*, a significant number of Albertans still use water from unregulated groundwater or dugouts. Nearly 700,000 Albertans rely on holes or dammed gullies filled with snowmelt and runoff for year-round... Categories: Features NORAM Acquires Position in ECOfluid SystemsMay 8, 2012 - 8:16 am NORAM Engineering and Constructors Ltd., a company specializing in the fields of nitration, sulphuric acid, and electrochemistry, has purchased a position in British Columbia-based ECOfluid Systems Inc., designer, builder, and operator of municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants. The acquisition... Categories: News, Western Canada Stantec Wins for Ottawa's RTC SystemApril 30, 2012 - 8:56 am Stantec’s water team in Ottawa has been honoured with the Environment Award for their real time control (RTC) system for the City of Ottawa’s combined sewer system. The Environment Award was presented at a gala in Toronto on Saturday by the Consulting Engineers of Ontario (CEO). Stantec and... Researchers Discover Resistance in Ontario FreshwaterApril 26, 2012 - 12:42 pm McMaster University researchers have discovered that floc--“goolike” substances that occur suspended in water and that host large communities of bacteria--also contain high levels of antibiotic resistance. “This has important public health implications because the more antibiotic resistance... Poop: The 4-Letter Word Nobody's Talking AboutApril 18, 2012 - 12:59 pm Here at Water Canada, dealing with poop (that is, water, wastewater, and sanitation) is right up our alley. So when @ohtinytony shared his human waste infographic, I had to share it with Water Canada's readers. It really helps to put the global water and sanitation crisis into perspective. Graphics... Categories: Blog The Top 100: Water BreakdownJanuary 2, 2012 - 10:40 am Water and wastewater projects have a decent presence in the 2012 edition of ReNew Canada’s Top 100: Canada’s Biggest Infrastructure Projects, released this week. Seven projects (down from nine in 2011) accounted for $3.708 billion ($4.378 billion in 2011) of the list. Heavy hitting categories... 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 Trojan Acquires OpenCELNovember 7, 2011 - 11:44 am Trojan Technologies has acquired the business assets of OpenCEL of Glencoe, Illinois. OpenCEL is an environmental biotechnology company that offers a proprietary technology which significantly improves processing of wastewater biosolids. Utilized for pretreating wastewater sludge prior to anaerobic digestion... Categories: International, News, Ontario New Construction, Upgrades Approved for Kananaskis Country FacilityAugust 15, 2011 - 1:44 pm Kananaskis Country’s Evan-Thomas Provincial Recreation Area will soon see water and wastewater treatment plants and upgrades. “This community has seen a lot of growth and change in the 30 years since the Evan-Thomas water and wastewater treatment facility was built,” said Minister of Alberta... Categories: News, Western Canada Anaergia to Locate in OntarioMay 16, 2011 - 12:03 pm Ontario will host the new global centre for Anaergia Inc., a company that uses technology to produce biogas and natural gas energy from wastewater and organic waste. The province investing over $16 million toward the centre and the company’s manufacturing and assembly facilities—a project... |
