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 Items tagged: water conservationItems Found: 22Researchers 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... 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 The Networked FieldNovember 14, 2010 - 8:30 am By 2030, the world’s farms will have to produce almost 50 per cent more food than they currently do. By 2050, agricultural yields will have to double. A hungry world is about to get hungrier, a dilemma that isn’t helped by increasingly scarce natural resources (water included) and urbanization... Categories: Features Thunder Bay Wins for Water BarsJune 22, 2010 - 7:44 am The City of Thunder Bay, Ontario, a city that borders Lake Superior, is the recipient for the Most Innovative Conservation Method based on its development of water bars to promote more use of municipal water at public events and discourage use of disposable water bottles. The City was recognized as... B.C. Building Code Supports Water ConservationMay 10, 2010 - 9:12 am British Columbia is updating its building code to further protect and preserve water by requiring the installation of high-efficiency toilets and urinals in new buildings and renovations. Under the updated regulations, new residential buildings and renovated projects will have to include high-efficiency... Categories: News, Western Canada Comox Announces Conservation RebatesApril 22, 2010 - 1:51 pm The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) in British Columbia has announced two water conservation rebate opportunities for residents, to help in achieving achieve a 27 per cent reduction in water consumption by 2014. Property owners who replace old toilets in their residences built prior to September... Categories: News, Western Canada Public Campaign Promotes ConservationApril 14, 2010 - 12:22 pm A coalition of environmental, industry, labour and community organizations as well as individual Ontarians launched a public campaign today to advocate that the provincial government includes a strong conservation and efficiency theme in the proposed Water Opportunities Act. The Ontario Water Conservation... New Meters for AbbotsfordApril 14, 2010 - 12:05 pm Abbotsford, B.C. is implementing a new remote read metering system with a contribution of $1.27 million from the Gas Tax Fund. Currently, the City of Abbotsford utilizes hand-held electronic touch probes to read the more than 25,000 meters located across the community. The new Itron Smart Metering... Categories: News, Western Canada Canadian Conservation Efforts Declining: StudyMarch 17, 2010 - 8:45 am Canadians' efforts to save water appear to be going down the drain despite their reported concern about its availability, according to the third annual Canadian Water Attitudes Study, commissioned by RBC and Unilever and endorsed by the Canadian Partnership Initiative of the United Nations Water for... Smart Metering is Critical: ReportJanuary 11, 2010 - 8:19 am Sixty-eight per cent of water utility managers believe it is critical that water utilities adopt smart meter technologies, says Testing the Waters, a new study from Oracle. Water utility managers indicate that they are committed to promoting water conservation and believe smart meter technology adoption... Categories: International, National, News |
