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 Items tagged: WinnipegItems Found: 17Winnipeg Votes for New Water UtilityJuly 23, 2009 - 8:23 am Winnipeg's city council has voted in favour of creating an arm's-length utility to manage its water and waste services. The motion to create a new utility was passed by a 10-6 margin. After weeks of controversy and protests against water privatization, Mayor Sam Katz has maintained that the decision... Categories: News, Western Canada Manitoba's Flood ManagementApril 3, 2009 - 9:59 am As the rain fell heavily in Toronto this morning and I hoped my basement wouldn't flood, it was hard not to think of Manitoba, where next week, flood waters are expected to peak somewhere between the levels the province (and nearby state of North Dakota) saw in 1979 and 2006. While the flood isn't... Categories: Blog Manitoba Assaults PhosphorusMarch 30, 2009 - 7:35 am New measures were announced last week by Manitoba's Conservation Minister Stan Struthers as part of an aggressive plan to reduce phosphorus that promotes growth of algae blooms that threaten the health of Lake Winnipeg. "The Clean Environment Commission has sent a clear message that excessive... Categories: News, Western Canada Winnipeg Council Explores New Water CorporationNovember 20, 2008 - 8:50 am Winnipeg council has voted to explore the idea of a new city-owned corporation to deliver water and sewage-treatment services to both Winnipeggers and neighbouring municipalities, reports CBC News. Several citizens groups and the city's largest union spoke against the plan Wednesday fearing it could... Categories: News, Western Canada Waterite Technologies Enters Agreement with WILO CanadaJuly 14, 2008 - 1:16 pm Winnipeg-baed Waterite Technologies, Inc.announced Friday that its Filtrex sales division has entered a distribution agreement with WILO Canada Inc. to represent and distribute WILO pump products through selected Canadian branch operations. Initially focusing primarily on all-stainless submersible groundwater... Categories: News Water Service Cut Off at Manitoba First Nation: CBCJune 18, 2008 - 1:27 pm CBC News reported that a water company in southern Manitoba has shut off service to the Roseau River First Nation because the band hasn't been paying its bills.Sources told CBC the water supply was cut off Tuesday morning. The water shut-off will affect most homes on the reserve, as well as businesses... Categories: News Winnipeg’s Water Supply Threatened by Sewage: CBCApril 23, 2008 - 2:34 pm Problems with a First Nation sewage-treatment plant could affect the water quality of Shoal Lake, which provides drinking water for the City of Winnipeg, according to a CBC News report.Eli Mandamin, chief of the Shoal Lake No. 39 band, told CBC the plant has not had running water since it was built eight... Categories: News |
