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 Items tagged: WinnipegItems Found: 17A Private (and Public) MatterFebruary 13, 2012 - 10:14 am Traditionally, we have used the design-bid-build (DBB) model for infrastructure project delivery in North America. In the basic DBB model, the owner (a municipality) hires an engineering firm to design the infrastructure, then the firm prepares the tender documents for bid, and the owner hires the contractor... Categories: Features Selinger Unveils New Plan for Lake WinnipegJune 3, 2011 - 9:13 am The Government of Manitoba will take new action to protect the province’s water and save Lake Winnipeg, Premier Greg Selinger announced yesterday. “The stakes are too high and the time to take action is now,” said Selinger. “Lake Winnipeg is one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world... Categories: News, Western Canada Sewage SecrecyAugust 30, 2010 - 10:19 am *Update* Winnipeg mayoral candidate Judy Wasylycia-Leis held a press conference on Sunday demanding that Mayor Sam Katz release the details of the City of Winnipeg and Veolia Canada contract, approved by council in May and yet to be signed. On May 19 Winnipeg city councillors voted in favour of a... Categories: Features Winnipeg Water to Stay PublicMay 6, 2010 - 12:16 pm Winnipeg is no longer considering a private partner for its water and sewer facilities, reports the Winnipeg Free Press. Instead, the city is replacing its water and waste department with a new city-owned entity responsible for water and sewage treatment, garbage and recycling collection and generating... Categories: News, Western Canada Infrastructure v. PoliticsApril 20, 2010 - 8:15 am The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has released a new report which examines the best practices on long-term management of civic infrastructure, such as sewer and water. Written by Calgary lawyer and water management expert Will Randall, the report, Toward Greater Transparency in Water and Sewer Services... Categories: National, News, Western Canada Winnipeg Treatment Plant OpensMarch 18, 2010 - 11:45 am This morning, Winnipeg's Mayor Sam Katz toasted the official opening of the City's new drinking water treatment plant—a facility that took 10 years to plan and design and four years to construct. Located at the Deacon Reservoir just east of Winnipeg, the drinking water treatment plant is the largest... Categories: News, Western Canada FlowSense Comes to CanadaFebruary 22, 2010 - 1:11 pm FlowSense, a U.S.-based manufacturing and production company, has opened an office in Canada. Currently, FlowSense serves both the industrial and military sectors by partnering with OEM and distribution channels as a reseller of industrial components include liquid level sensors, fluid flow switches... Categories: National, News, Western Canada Winnipeg Sees SEWPCC CommitmentsNovember 27, 2009 - 1:09 pm Today marked a three-level commitment of support for improvements to the existing South End Water Pollution Control Centre in Winnipeg. The project involves improvements to the existing South End Water Pollution Control Centre (SEWPCC) to increase the plant's capacity to deal with wastewater during... Categories: News, Western Canada History in the MakingNovember 9, 2009 - 10:36 am "Without clean, reliable water, we cannot build, we cannot farm, we cannot grow and we cannot prosper," said California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger last Friday, as he signed into law a "historic package to reform and rebuild California’s water system." The editor of our sister magazine... Categories: Blog The Public GoodSeptember 25, 2009 - 2:01 pm It seems that the loudest and most contentious debate around drinking water is the whether and to what extent private, for profit, entities should be involved through public-private partnerships (P3s) or even outright privatization of water system assets and operation. The debate is about to get louder... Categories: Features |
