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		<title>Penner Approves CRD&#8217;s Sewage Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The B.C. government has approved a wastewater management strategy proposed by the Capital Regional District (CRD) that will for the first time treat up to 40 billion litres of sewage per year before it is discharged into the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Environment Minister Barry Penner announced this week. Penner first directed the CRD [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shell, Dawson Creek Agree on Reclamation Plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we reported in our May/June issue, the City of Dawson Creek, B.C., and Shell recently reached an agreement to build the City’s Reclaimed Water Plant (RWP). This 10-year agreement is subject to elector approval. The RWP will treat effluent currently released into the Dawson Creek to a standard suitable for industrial and municipal uses. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Okanagan Tracks Water Resources Data</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A computer model developed to determine the amount of water resources required for agricultural land in the Okanagan now and in the future is helping identify, develop, and protect long-term agricultural water supplies. “The agriculture industry is a significant water user in the Okanagan valley and that usage needed to be identified to examine the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manitoba to Develop New Conservation Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Water conservation efforts in Manitoba will be further improved with the development of a new strategic plan by Manitoba Water Stewardship and the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), supported by an $80,000 grant to IISD, Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick announced on August 23. The development of the strategic plan is part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberals Release Report on Water and Oil Sands</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberal members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development today released their report from the committee’s study of the impact of oilsands development on Canada’s freshwater. The study was launched over two and a half years ago on a motion from Lac-Saint-Louis MP Francis Scarpaleggia, chair of the National Liberal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windsor Adds Water to Smart Grid</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City of Windsor has signed on to become one of Ontario’s first municipal participants to connect its water and wastewater facilities to the next generation of smart grid services. The City of Windsor has agreed to connect its municipal water resources to Sempa Power’s Ancillary Services Network (ASN), a pilot project which will enable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Premiers Endorse Water Charter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Wednesday&#8217;s Council of the Federation results announced that Canada&#8217;s Premiers have endorsed what the Western Premiers agreed to back in June: a Canada-wide Water Charter. The Premiers agreed to continue to support research, development, and adoption of innovative technologies to advance water conservation and quality. Premiers directed their Ministers to use the Water Charter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RBC Announces Final 2010 Grant Recipients</title>
		<link>http://watercanada.net/2010/rbc-announces-final-2010-grant-recipients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week RBC announced the last wave of its 2010 RBC Blue Water Project Leadership Grant recipients. Seven organizations from Canada, the United States and Trinidad &#38; Tobago will share over $1.2 million. RBC&#8217;s funding will support a range of projects from wetland and shoreline restoration to water quality monitoring and sharing of sustainable water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds, Province Invest Nearly $6M in River Turbine Project</title>
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		<comments>http://watercanada.net/2010/feds-province-invest-nearly-6m-in-river-turbine-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both federal and provincial governments made investments totalling nearly $6 million to demonstrate the power of water using modular river turbines in the St. Lawrence River. Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) has announced $2.8 million in funding for a project led by Renewable Energy Research (RER), a subsidiary of Quebec-based RSW. RER and its partners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pure Acquires PPIC</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Calgary-based Pure Technologies Ltd. has announced that it will purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of The Pressure Pipe Inspection Company Ltd. for up to $34.9 million in cash and common stock of Pure. The Boards of Directors of both companies have approved the transaction, subject to certain conditions and to the approval [...]]]></description>
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