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- February 6, 2012: Water and Our World - Climate Change: Can we change?
- February 7, 2012: Another Drop: Raul Ponce-Hernandez
- February 7, 2012: Municipal PPP Learning Symposium
- February 7, 2012: What's Water Worth? Paving the Way to Water-centric Leadership
- February 7-8, 2012: Issues & Trends in Industrial Wastewater Treatment
- February 8-10, 2012: FCM Sustainable Communities Conference and Trade Show
- February 9, 2012: Leveraging Technology To Optimize Utilities
- February 9, 2012: Rainwater Harvesting Systems -- Design, Installation and Management
- February 10, 2012: Investing in Tomorrow’s Infrastructure – How Smarter Choices Can Help Battle Climate Change
- February 14-16, 2012: Environment Business 2012
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Posted on January 25, 2012
Clearer water pricing will play an important role in how customers better manage their water usage, says a new report from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL).
Water Tight 2012 explores the future of the global water sector in the year ahead. The report examines how major global trends such as population growth, increasing economic development, and urbanization, coupled with the changes in climate patterns, underscore the importance of effective public policy and private sector water stewardship in managing this finite and shared resource.
“There is a compelling case for utilities either to increase water prices or create [...]
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Posted on January 24, 2012
The Canadian Water Network (CWN) is asking the researcher and end-user community to review and provide comment on a draft national agenda on wastewater and biosolids research.
The national agenda was initiated by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME), and prepared by a core group representing Environment Canada, CCME, the Canadian Water Network and the Canadian Water and Wastewater Association.
The core group completed a first draft of the agenda in November 2011. Prior drafts of the Agenda have been reviewed externally and revised into the current version, which is now available for comment.
CWN will use [...]
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Posted on January 23, 2012
It should be no surprise: with cold snaps come main breaks. These seasonal calamities often begin with small leaks in aging infrastructure that are undetected or ignored by municipalities. Some cities, such as Halifax, carefully monitor leaks and make more informed decisions about fixes. What's your opinion on leaky infrastructure?
If you'd like to elaborate, be sure to leave a comment. We'll choose a few to publish in the March/April 2012 issue of Water Canada.
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Posted on January 20, 2012
The Harper Government will invest $78.7 million over the next five years to strengthen weather monitoring infrastructure, Minister of Environment Peter Kent announced today.
The infrastructure upgrades will strengthen core weather monitoring networks including the weather radar network. The upgrades will also modernize the monitoring infrastructure and help Environment Canada's weather service keep pace with the rapid evolution of new science and technologies.
The areas of weather and climate monitoring infrastructure that will be upgraded include: Canadian Weather Radar Network ($45.2M), Canadian Weather and Climate Observing [...]
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Posted on January 20, 2012
The Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) has been awarded a five-year contract to operate the water treatment and transmission systems of the two water systems which provide clean drinking water to 14 municipalities located between Lake Huron and Lake Erie. The value of the five-year contract is $35.1 million.
Together, the two water systems supply clean water to more than 500,000 people living and working in this region through an efficient network of water treatment plants, pipelines, pumping stations and reservoirs. The systems are owned and operated under the authority of two boards of management, each comprised of members appointed [...]
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Posted on January 16, 2012
Staff at Ontario's Ministry of Transportation (MTO) have received the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario's (ECO) 2011 Recognition Award for using two environmentally beneficial innovations: bioretention cells and rubber modified asphalt (RMA). The innovations are used at the carpool lot in Beamsville, Ontario, located at the Queen Elizabeth Way and Ontario Street Interchange.
This project earned MTO the ECO Recognition Award for its benefits on stormwater management, waste diversion, and the promotion of carpooling.
"This is the second year in a row that MTO received this award," said Gord Miller, Environmental Commissioner [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2012
Water is the focus of a new round of grants announced this week by Ontario's Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation. Five organizations have been awarded grants centred on protecting water systems and wetlands, extending the Greenbelt along major connecting waterways, and bringing more Greenbelt food into urban areas.
Results from Greenbelt public opinion polls consistently show that protecting water systems tops the list of environmental concerns for Ontarians. Two of the new grants focus on improving the Greenbelt's water systems.
"Our latest grants enhance water resources and ensure a clean source of drinking water for millions [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2012
Feedback on Nova Scotia's draft coastal strategy is now available online. "The thoughtful and thorough feedback we've received on this draft strategy makes it clear to us how important the state of our coast is to Nova Scotians," said Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Sterling Belliveau.
The overall feedback on Nova Scotia's draft coastal strategy was supportive and constructive, says a media release. Some of the recommended actions included: the establishment of development standards for building along the coast, improving public access to the coast, conserving more coastal lands, protecting waterfronts, and helping communities [...]
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Posted on January 9, 2012
Water Canada magazine is pleased to launch its second annual publication dedicated to recognizing Canadian leadership in water.
In this year's edition of Water's Next, you’ll read about the people and ideas that are making a difference in Canada’s waterscape and beyond—from Josephine Mandamin’s personal pledge to raise awareness of Great Lakes protection, to iDUS Controls’ second generation of efficient irrigation technology, to Clearpath Robotics’ unmanned monitoring robot, to WEHUB’s online water data dissemination program.
Congratulations to the featured nominees for their hard work and commitment to making safe [...]
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Posted on January 3, 2012
Salsnes Filter AS of Namsos, Norway will join the group of businesses owned by London, Ontario-based Trojan Technologies.
Salsnes Filter’s technology removes particles from municipal and industrial process water. Industries such as food, paper, cruise lines, and aquaculture use the fully-automated treatment technology to treat effluent, improve the quality of influent or enhance the utilization of raw materials. The company's technology is also an alternative to a primary settling stage for a traditional chemical/biological treatment facility or preventing membrane bioreactor fouling.
Founded in 1991, Salsnes Filter is represented [...]
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