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 Items tagged: Water CanadaItems Found: 13Invitation: The Blue BashMarch 18, 2012 - 6:30 pm This week marks World Water Day (March 22) and the second annual Canada Water Week (March 19-25). As water professionals, Water Canada's readers are well aware that nearly one billion people have no access to clean drinking water, and a further 2.6 billion have no basic sanitation like toilets and latrines... Categories: Blog Democratizing Data to Build a Blue FutureFebruary 2, 2012 - 10:23 am This guest column is part of Building Our Blue Future, a monthly web series that narrates Canada’s water story as it happens. In 2003, Don Tapscott published a book called The Naked Corporation, which declared that the boundary-less immediacy of the Internet would expose business practices and radically... Categories: Blog Finding BalanceApril 10, 2011 - 3:13 pm When it comes to the Great Lakes, it’s all about balance. A recent United States Geological Survey five-year report on Great Lakes Basin water availability says that jurisdictions must find balance between storage of surface water and groundwater in the system, flows of water through the system... Categories: Features Water's Next is HereJanuary 5, 2011 - 8:37 am It’s a hard time for water. Whether they’re about crumbling infrastructure, inadequate monitoring, or climate change, the piles of reports released this year continue to indicate the water sector’s—government, business and otherwise—failure to measure up. The statistics paint a depressing picture... Categories: Blog October 27, 2010: Lake Ontario Evenings: Toxics EditionOctober 4, 2010 - 11:10 am Toronto, ON Website: Click here. Topics and speakers include the following. Toxics in Lake Ontario: On-shore to Nearshore to Offshore Chris Marvin, Environment Canada Paul Helm, Ontario Ministry of the Environment Contaminants in Great Lakes Herring Gulls: Are they going up or down? Where... Categories: Events September 21, 2010: IWA Industry Forum: Measuring Progress for Better Results - Harmonization of Environmental Performance Measurement and Verification of Water TechnologiesSeptember 7, 2010 - 8:17 am Montreal, QC Website: Click here. Panel discussions to include inter-jurisdictional efforts towards mutual acceptance of verified water technologies and challenges in establishing a level playing field for solution providers and adopters in the water sector. 9:15-10:45 am, Room 14 Categories: Events September 22, 2010: IWA Industry Forum: Mobilizing Innovative Water SolutionsAugust 27, 2010 - 8:48 am Montreal, QC Website: Click here. Sustainable water solutions require integrated approaches that incorporate innovative technologies, stakeholder engagement and best practices. This forum will highlight the interface between innovation and application, and explore the requirements for successful... Categories: Events September 21, 2010: IWA Industry Forum: Securing New and Traditional Water Resources for the FutureAugust 27, 2010 - 8:43 am Montreal, QC Website: Click here. Water shortages are a social, economic, and national security threat to governments and businesses. This forum will share the experiences of SNC-Lavalin, one of the world’s leading engineering and construction firms, in the development of water resources in water-scarce... Categories: Events September 21, 2010: IWA Industry Forum: Water Technology Cooperation and Capacity BuildingAugust 27, 2010 - 8:39 am Montreal, QC Website: Click here. Water scarcity and contamination limit economic development. Although this has led to implementation of water reduction measures and tighter regulations for protection of water resources in many countries, it is expected that water demand - and thus competition... Categories: Events December 8, 2010: Protecting the Public Interest in Water: Public Trust DoctrineAugust 24, 2010 - 12:44 pm Webinar Register: 250.721.8189 or hendriks (dot) elizabeth (at) gmail (dot) com SPACE IS LIMITED Speakers Oliver Brandes, Project Leader, POLIS Project on Ecological Governance Randy Christenson, Staff Lawyer, Ecojustice Canada This webinar will examine the legal concept known as the Public... Categories: Events |
