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 Items tagged: waterItems Found: 168Living on the EdgeJanuary 19, 2010 - 8:06 am Humans are good at exploiting their situations, pushing up to the limits of constraints on their way to maximizing their consumption of benefits. Thus, we see how people may spend as much money as they have, store as much as their garage holds, drive as far as the tank allows, write to the end of... Categories: Blog June 17, 2010: Canadian Water SummitDecember 9, 2009 - 12:00 am Toronto, ON Website: Click here. The goal of the initiative is create a national dialogue on water issues. By providing a holistic overview of the opportunities, challenges and best practices associated with water management, the Summit aims to play a part in preparing Canada for the global freshwater... Categories: Events GPS: A Salt Solution?November 25, 2009 - 2:14 pm As winter approaches and the threat of black ice returns, cities once again find themselves facing the age-old question of salt use. Sure, salt is cheap and effective, and it makes roads safer. But the issue isn’t just costs—it’s also chlorine. The large quantity of chlorine in salt poses... Categories: Blog EDC Report Highlights Water TreatmentNovember 25, 2009 - 10:20 am Canadian companies are uniquely well-positioned to respond to the global infrastructure boom because of their experience in finding infrastructure solutions in some of the harshest climate conditions in the world, according to a new report from Export Development Canada (EDC). "Environmental concerns... Categories: International, National, News Myths and LegendsNovember 23, 2009 - 3:21 pm Myth #1: Water is a public good. Water is essential to life. Therefore, some argue, it should be considered public. Food is also essential to life, but one rarely hears an argument that food and farmland are, or should be, public property. In fact, if farmland and food production systems were owned... Categories: Features Water IT Market to GrowNovember 8, 2009 - 7:30 pm Water information technology (IT) is a US$530-million market today, with potential to address a US$16.3-billion market in 2020, according a new report from Lux Research. Titled Ranking Water Information Technology Companies on the Lux Innovation Grid, the report provides a visual snapshot of five... Categories: International, National, News ATCO Wins Alberta ContractNovember 2, 2009 - 11:27 am Calgary-based ATCO Water announced today it has been selected by the towns of Three Hills and Trochu, Alberta to develop a long-term partnership for the delivery of water and wastewater services.Under the proposed partnership, ATCO Water would purchase a minority ownership interest in the integrated... Categories: News, Western Canada CCME Adopts Canada-Wide Vision for WaterNovember 2, 2009 - 9:47 am Federal, provincial and territorial ministers met in Kingston last week and endorsed a Canada-wide strategic vision for water, which outlines how Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) will help ensure that Canadians have access to clean, safe and sufficient water to meet their needs... CK Celebrates Canadian CleantechOctober 27, 2009 - 9:02 am Last week, Corporate Knights magazine released its third annual Cleantech 10™ and Next 10 Emerging Cleantech Leaders lists (view the complete report here), which represent Canada's best publicly and privately held companies in the cleantech realm. On October 23, the CEOs of the companies on the... More Canadian Companies Look to ChinaOctober 15, 2009 - 9:03 am Quebec-based BioSpec Global Solutions Inc., and partner ICBS Ltd. have announced that they’re filing Eurasian patents in anticipation of entry into China. "China is one of the world's largest markets for our analyzer's and has one of the worst water situations on the planet" said Don Saunders, BioSpec’s... Categories: International, National, News, Quebec |
