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New Study Considers Water Consumption in Oil Sands

May 16, 2012 - 1:58 pm

Can Alberta's oil sands balance environmental tradeoffs and economic returns? According to a new study from Alberta Innovates - Energy and Environmental Solutions (AI-EES), there may be a way. In collaboration with the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB), Alberta Environment and Water (AEW)...

Categories: News, Western Canada

Researchers Discover Resistance in Ontario Freshwater

April 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...

Categories: News, Ontario

Water Treatment Research Sparks Fuel Cell Innovation

April 24, 2012 - 7:13 am

This week, the Council of Ontario Universities announced that physical chemistry doctoral student Julia van Drunen has received one of five summer fellowships from the international Electrochemical Society for her research in the fields of water treatment and fuel cell technology. Supervised by Dr...

Categories: News, Ontario

Three Firms Merge to Form Newterra

March 29, 2012 - 1:27 pm

Three Canadian environmental solutions firms have merged to form newterra ltd. The new organization combines the engineering, manufacturing, and sales and support networks of MLE Equipment, Filter Innovations and Pacwill Environmental. newterra, which has offices and facilities in Canada, the United...

Categories: International, National, News

Don't Drink the Water

March 3, 2012 - 2:12 pm

When Attawapiskat First Nation declared a state of emergency in October 2011, Charlie Angus (MP Timmins-James Bay) visited the community to find out why. “It was like stepping into a fourth world,” Angus wrote in an article for the Huffington Post Canada. Among several serious concerns about shelter...

Categories: Features

New Construction, Upgrades Approved for Kananaskis Country Facility

August 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

H2O Innovation Wins $2.4M in Contracts

January 17, 2011 - 10:44 am

Quebec-based H2O Innovation Inc. has been awarded new contracts totalling $2.4 million. These contracts will see the company provide custom-built water treatment systems and equipment to industrial, mining, and municipal end-users in Canada and the United States. As part of these contracts the company...

Categories: International, National, Quebec

Tetra Tech to Acquire B.C.'s Fransen

January 13, 2011 - 6:46 am

California-based Tetra Tech announced this week that it intends to acquire the assets of Fransen Engineering of Richmond, British Columbia. Fransen provides engineering and technical support to industrial clients with specific expertise in water treatment and tailings management...

Categories: National, News, Western Canada

Kannata Valley Celebrates New System

November 1, 2010 - 10:41 am

Residents of the Resort Village of Kannata Valley, Saskatchewan turned on the taps to a new drinking water treatment and distribution system last week. "We are extremely pleased with the results of the new water treatment system," Mayor Roy Grozell said. "The green system reduces the impact on the...

Categories: News, Western Canada

Growth Expected for UV Market: Report

July 26, 2010 - 10:54 am

The recent ratification of legislation favouring ultraviolet (UV) disinfection methods—in addition to other variables—bodes well for the market, says Frost & Sullivan. The company's new analysis, titled Global Ultraviolet Water and Wastewater Disinfection Systems Market, finds that the market...

Categories: International, News

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