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Posted on December 6, 2010
Hot on the heels of last week's Stimulus Fund project deadline extension, the City of Ottawa announced a project commission last week to control the combined sewer overflows (CSOs) that have been making headlines all year.
Representatives from all levels of government celebrated the commissioning of Real Time Control (RTC) technology, which has been implemented at all sewer regulators as part of a larger project to improve Ottawa’s wastewater management and decrease CSOs into the Ottawa River.
Funding for the project is being provided as part of a broader $100-million Ottawa River initiative funded equally by all three levels [...]
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Posted on December 6, 2010
The City of Guelph's transit, planning and environmental services come together for a new pilot project that will allow the City to fuel its fleet with methane gas generated from the wastewater treatment facility.
The process involves converting the fuel system of a City vehicle from liquid gasoline to compressed gas, purifying and drying the methane gas produced at the wastewater facility, then using a compressor to charge the vehicle with methane.
"This initiative is an opportunity to reduce the City’s carbon footprint and fuel expense," says Bill Barr, the City’s manager of fleet and equipment. "Burning methane gas rather [...]
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Posted on November 9, 2010
The City of Guelph’s wastewater services staff is sharing its expertise with municipal wastewater treatment plant operators and managers aspiring to learn more about wastewater facility optimization programs.
In partnership with the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA), Haldimand County and the Ministry of the Environment (MOE), the City is providing optimization program development training through a series of three workshops called the Watershed Wastewater Optimization Pilot (WWOP). The workshops are lead by recognized optimization leaders and available to neighbouring municipalities along the Grand River watershed.
The [...]
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Posted on November 9, 2010
Waterfront Toronto was a big winner at the Charles Sauriol Environmental Dinner for The Living City last Friday. The organization won the Toronto and Region Conservation's (TRCA) Living City Healthy Rivers and Shorelines Award for its East Bayfront Integrated Stormwater Management System at Sherbourne Park.
The system in East Bayfront is integrated into the design of the area's public realm. This integrated approach—a first for Ontario and Canada—allows required infrastructure to be beautiful, functional, sustainable and cost-effective. It will serve as a model for city-builders and is setting a new standard for stormwater [...]
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Posted on November 3, 2010
J.L. Richards & Associates Limited, headquartered in Ottawa, has won the Award of Excellence in Water Resources for its work on the Ravensview Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrades in Kingston, Ontario. This is the same project that also won the Willis Chipman Award earlier in the year.
The 2010 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards were held on October 26 at an Ottawa gala where three Consulting Engineers of Ontario member companies received recognition of excellence for completed projects. [...]
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Posted on November 1, 2010
The board of directors for the Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) has announced that Jane Pagel is its new president and CEO. Most recently a senior VP with one of Canada’s largest private consulting engineering, environmental and earth sciences companies, Pagel is an experienced and effective leader with an extensive background in both government and the private sector.
“Jane comes to us with a well earned reputation for providing the highest possible quality of service and is known for her strong leadership capability,” said Michael Garrett, chair of OCWA’s board. “She is committed, as we all are at OCWA, to continuing [...]
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Posted on September 29, 2010
The Town of Richmond Hill, Ontario has received an $85,300 Green Municipal Fund grant from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to test a specialized water recirculation system at Crosby Park. The town has determined this system is more cost-efficient to operate. As a result, the recirculation system is being implemented in two upcoming projects and may be implemented in the town’s other water play facilities.
Crosby Park features a unique water play area that operates on a water-conserving, water-supply recirculation system. Last spring the town conducted a field test to assess the benefits and risks of the water recirculation [...]
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Posted on September 29, 2010
Ontario's chief drinking water inspector, John Stager, has released his fifth annual report, providing an overview of the state of the province's drinking water including quality tests, inspection and performance.
Of the report findings publicized by the Province in a press release, it appears that over 99 per cent of drinking water tests met Ontario's strict water quality standards, including:
99.87 per cent of tests reported at municipal drinking water systems
99.38 per cent of the tests at systems serving designated facilities such as day cares, schools or health care centres
99.40 per cent of the tests at private systems [...]
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Posted on September 24, 2010
The government is failing to follow through on all of its environmental promises, says Ontario Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller. "This government rightly prides itself on the progress it has made in passing legislation to protect the environment," says Miller, "but actions on the ground often undermine it."
In his 2009/2010 Annual Report released on Wednesday, Miller points to a number of cases where bureaucratic or political inaction has ended up threatening the environment and undermining the government's stated environmental policies. In the water arena, the report found that the Ministry of the Environment has failed to [...]
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Posted on July 5, 2010
More than 580 billion litres of drinking water, the equivalent of 236,000 Olympic swimming pools, are being wasted every year by homeowners in the Great Lakes region of Ontario and Quebec, according to a report released today by Environmental Defence. Down the Drain: Water Conservation in the Great Lakes Basin outlines how much water could be saved in bathrooms, kitchens, laundry rooms and gardens across the Great Lakes.
"Surrounded by all this water, we sometimes don't appreciate all that it provides us," said Mike Layton, deputy outreach director for Environmental Defence. "We need this water to survive, to power our homes, for [...]
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