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Posted on November 5, 2008
Onita Basu, an Ottawa professor, wants to eliminate chlorine from municipal sewage treatment using an organic replacement called peracetic acid, reports St. Catharines, Ont.'s The Standard.
Grimsby's Baker Road sewage plant is the first in Canada to test the chlorine-free treatment, although it's already used in Europe. The organic acid is used just like chlorine to disinfect sewage before it exits the plant into Lake Ontario.
A small tank of the liquid continuously pumps into one of the plant's enormous round settling tanks.
It's a simple experiment, but important, said regional environmental technologist Chris Gatchene.
Chlorine [...]
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Posted on October 23, 2008
"The Ontario public needs and deserves to be confident that our environmental protection systems are actually doing the job - but there are clearly areas of weakness," stated Ontario's Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller as he released his 2007/08 Annual Report "Getting to K(no)w " at Queens's Park this week.
The 2007/08 Report examines new regulations for the financing of municipal water systems, a new but insufficient fee for commercial water uses and a water-taking application by a large water bottler that produced an unprecedented response from citizens concerned about their water resources. "As Ontario's water resources come [...]
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Posted on October 23, 2008
Seprotech Systems Inc., a water and wastewater treatment systems manufacturer, announced at WEFTEC (Water Environment Federation's Technical Exhibition and Conference) that it will be expanding its water treatment services to include plant operations. The company will operate water and wastewater treatment systems through a wholly owned subsidiary. Seprotech has agreed in principle to acquire an experienced water and wastewater treatment plant operations company, with revenues of approximately $2 million, to provide an established client base for this subsidiary.
"The acquisition is expected to close before year end, subject to [...]
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Posted on October 21, 2008
Construction is underway on the new Walkerton Clean Water Centre. The new, energy efficient building will increase the centre's capacity to conduct training, seminars, information sessions and research. The centre is dedicated to providing hands-on training and learning opportunities for owners and operators of drinking water systems with a focus on those in remote areas. So far it has trained over 12,000 drinking water professionals.
A key resource in the continued implementation of the Walkerton Inquiry recommendations, the new building, located in Walkerton's East Ridge Business Park, should be ready in fall 2009. [...]
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Posted on October 17, 2008
The City of Toronto might boost water rates by nine per cent on January 1, the fourth straight year of nine per cent-plus fee hikes, reports the Toronto Sun.
The average home's annual water bill would rise by about $50 to more than $590 in 2009, up from just $352 in 2004 when the city first began raising rates to help pay for aging water and sewer infrastructure.
The nine per cent annual increases are planned until 2012, but city council must still give final approval.
According to Toronto Water, the 2009 operating budget for water and wastewater requires $698.7 million, which will be fully funded out of the water and sewer [...]
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Posted on October 16, 2008
Municipalities aren't the only bodies considering bottled water bans: now schools are in on the action. The Orangeville Citizen reports that the Upper Grand District School Board in Guelph, Ont. has confirmed motions regarding the proposed elimination of plastic water bottle sales in school vending machines and cafeterias.
The board's staff was directed to research and develop a report, including viable alternatives to bottled water, on the impact of a ban on sales in all its facilities.
The report will also include possible scenarios for implementation and will be provided to the board for final decision making no later than next December.
Staff [...]
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Posted on October 16, 2008
BIOREM Inc. announced today a new biofiltration media called XLD, the result of five years of extensive research and development with the support of the National Research Council of Canada through the Industrial Research Assistance Program. XLD is targeted at the removal of odours from the handling of biosolids at municipal wastewater treatment plants.
"The global market for odour control in municipal applications is estimated at over $1 billion per year. Over half of this market is currently provided by chemical scrubbers," said Peter Bruijns, president and CEO.
Biosolids generate highly odorous sulfur compounds that traditionally [...]
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Posted on October 10, 2008
The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (GLSLCI) sent questionnaires to five political parties; four were returned.
"Given the national and international importance of the largest source of fresh water in the world, it is essential that the next federal government make a substantial commitment to protecting the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence", said Toronto mayor David Miller. "It is equally important that our federal government works closely with the next federal administration in the United States to modernize our bi-national strategy to protect this shared resource."
Here are some response highlights:
Liberal Party [...]
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Posted on October 10, 2008
On Tuesday, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen's council has awarded the contract to build the municipality's new wastewater treatment plant to Brighton-based Peak Engineering and Construction, reports The Community Press.
Havelock's new wastewater treatment plant, expected to cost $7.7 million, will be capable of treating 1,200 cubic metres of waste per day - sufficient capacity to handle forecasted development in and around the village until 2036.
In addition to opening up further development in the township, the new plant will provide treatment for septage from rural septic systems and eliminate the existing lagoons, which, according [...]
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Posted on October 8, 2008
The drinking water of Bangladesh, known to be contaminated with toxic agents, can be addressed, according to an international team of volunteer researchers, led by a scientist at The Hospital for Sick Children. Following years of study of the contaminants in the water, the team has developed a practical strategy to ensure its safety.
Over the three-year study, eleven scientists from four countries led by Dr. Bibudhendra (Amu) Sarkar, Senior Scientist Emeritus in the Molecular Structure & Function program at SickKids, and professor in biochemistry at the University of Toronto, collected groundwater samples from 67 tubewells in [...]
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