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Posted on November 30, 2010
A pilot project at Netley-Libau Marsh, supported by $150,000 in provincial funding, will explore ways of preventing pollutants from getting into Lake Winnipeg while at the same time reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, Manitoba's Premier Greg Selinger announced today.
In partnership with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the University of Manitoba, the project will see the harvest of about 200 hectares of marsh grasses. According to research, pollutants such as phosphorus are stored in the marsh grass and, as part of the project, the grass will be turned into a clean, bioenergy product. This product [...]
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Posted on November 23, 2010
Ninety-four per cent of British Columbians say they want protection of nature, wildlife and species made a top priority in new provincial water rules, according to a poll released yesterday. Nine in ten British Columbians say fresh water is the province's most precious resource.
The McAllister Opinion Research poll, commissioned by the Vancouver Foundation and WWF-Canada, reports that nine in ten citizens, (91 per cent) say fresh water is British Columbia's most precious resource, while 86 per cent say fresh water is "extremely important" to the prosperity and quality of life in the province.
While the majority favour new rules [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2010
North 60° Petro Limited pleaded guilty on November 12, 2010, in Whitehorse Territorial Court for failing to comply with an Environment Canada Inspector's Direction requesting that the company stop discharging hydrocarbons into the Yukon River from North 60° Petro Bulk Terminal site in Whitehorse, Yukon.
Failure to comply with an Inspector's Direction is a violation of the Fisheries Act, which prohibits the discharge of deleterious substances into fish bearing waters. North 60° Petro Limited was ordered to pay a $2,000 fine and make a $28,000 contribution to the Environmental Damages Fund. The Territorial Court has also [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2010
R.O. UltraTec, provider of reverse osmosis solutions, today announced that its new company name, AXEON Water Technologies, will be launched January 3.
“Over the last 22 years, R.O. UltraTec has transitioned from a small business, manufacturing reverse osmosis membranes, to an international water treatment solutions provider with increasing global reach," says Augustin R. Pavel, R.O. UltraTec’s recently appointed CEO. "We are as proud of our history as we are eager to continue our successful expansion and technical innovations under the new brand. And we are grateful to our employees, our customers and our business partners around [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2010
Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi, Canada Research Chair in Bioconversion of Waste Water and Sewage Sludge into High-Value-Added Products, has won the International Water Association's (IWA) 2010 Global Honour Award for Applied Research. Dr. Tyagi, who holds his chair at the Université du Québec's Institut national de recherche scientifique, won the honour in recognition of his research team's work in developing a new process to turn wastewater and sewage sludge into bioproducts such as herbicides, pesticides and bioplastics.
The award is given every two years to distinguished projects from around the world that promote effective, sustainable [...]
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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 8, 2010
New Zealand-based Opus International Consultants is acquiring Canada-based engineering consultancy, Dayton & Knight Ltd, a company that specializes in sanitary and health engineering, hydraulics, hydrology, structural, electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, SCADA, and computer modelling.
The acquisition will add 90 staff and four offices to Opus’ operation in Canada, bringing the total number of Opus offices in North America to ten (one being in Detroit, USA) with a total staff number of 150. Opus now employees over 2,300 people worldwide.
The merged company will trade as Opus DaytonKnight Ltd and will work alongside [...]
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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 3, 2010
Canada's Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, and China's Minister of Environmental Protection, Zhou Shengxian, signed a renewed memorandum of understanding (MOU) on environmental cooperation last week in Beijing.
The MOU will facilitate collaborative work and the exchange of scientific information between Environment Canada and China's Ministry of Environmental Protection. Of particular interest to Canada are cooperative activities related to biodiversity, water, mercury emissions, environmental emergencies and environmental industries.
Both countries have agreed to develop and implement a joint action plan for cooperation [...]
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