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Posted on April 20, 2010
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has released a new report which examines the best practices on long-term management of civic infrastructure, such as sewer and water. Written by Calgary lawyer and water management expert Will Randall, the report, Toward Greater Transparency in Water and Sewer Services in Winnipeg, notes how the public-private partnership being considered by Winnipeg City Council on sewer services and infrastructure is an effective model.
“Imagine arriving home from a winter vacation to find a basement flooded with raw sewage, the reason for which was due to the long neglect by successive civic politicians who [...]
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Posted on April 19, 2010
Wheatley Harbour, Ontario is once again a clean and healthy aquatic ecosystem, announced Dave Van Kesteren, MP for Chatham-Kent-Essex last week.
Wheatley Harbour was designated a Great Lakes Area of Concern in 1985 pursuant to the Canada-United States Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The major environmental concerns were historical sources of PCBs, contaminated sediments, high phosphorus concentrations, poor water clarity, bacterial contamination, and habitat loss. Through federal and provincial action completed in 2008, conditions in Wheatley Harbour have improved considerably.
"This is a major milestone for the Great Lakes [...]
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Posted on April 19, 2010
A sod-turning ceremony took place last week to mark the start of Steinbach, Manitoba’s Lagoon Expansion project—the largest capital works project ever to take place in the fast-growing city. Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, and Ron Lemieux, Minister of Local Government, joined Mayor Chris Goertzen to mark the commencement of this $10.5-million project, jointly funded by three levels of government.
The existing lagoon went into service in 1992 with an estimated lifespan of 20 years. The scope of the project includes constructing three effluent storage cells with a combined size of approximately one million square metres [...]
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Posted on April 16, 2010
Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians, has announced an investment of approximately $7 million to assist 11 First Nations with 17 capital infrastructure projects including water and wastewater infrastructure, road construction and maintenance and emergency management throughout the Atlantic Region.
Approximately $3.2 million is dedicated to water and wastewater projects in First Nation communities and includes these projects:
Sheshatshiu Innu Nation - Water and sewer lot development
Chapel Island First Nation - Water tank maintenance
Eskasoni [...]
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Posted on April 15, 2010
As growing pressures combine to force investments in water infrastructure and technology of up to US$1 trillion every year between now and 2030, Jens Peers, portfolio manager of the Calvert Global Water Fund and head of Eco Funds for Dublin-based KBC Asset Management International Ltd., told reporters today that water sustainability is likely to break through in 2010 as a mainstream issue for investors.
“Water is already known by many investors as ‘blue gold,’" says Peers. "2010 is shaping up as the year in which that reality will become apparent to one and all, as awareness grows that the demand for safe water is outpacing [...]
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Posted on April 15, 2010
The federal government is failing to enforce anti-pollution provisions of the federal Fisheries Act by allowing oilsands tailings ponds to leak contaminated materials into both surface waters and groundwater in the Athabasca watershed, says an environmental group.
A coalition of environmental organizations and citizens filed a citizens’ submission yesterday with the environmental side-body of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC).
“The federal government keeps saying it wants better environmental management in the tar sands, yet it is failing to enforce laws already [...]
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Posted on April 15, 2010
Softeners are among the "very best" household energy savers, says a new independent study released by the Battelle Institute, commissioned by the Water Quality Research Foundation.
Released yesterday, the study found that softeners help preserve the efficiency of water heaters and major appliances and keep showers and faucets unclogged.
Among some of the key findings of the study:
Gas storage tank household water heaters operated on softened water maintained the original factory efficiency rating over a 15-year lifetime. On the other hand, hard water can lead to as much as a 48 per cent loss of efficiency in water heaters.
Up [...]
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Posted on April 14, 2010
A coalition of environmental, industry, labour and community organizations as well as individual Ontarians launched a public campaign today to advocate that the provincial government includes a strong conservation and efficiency theme in the proposed Water Opportunities Act. The Ontario Water Conservation Alliance is also releasing its platform entitled Conserve Our Water.
"A strong water conservation and efficiency program will create jobs, protect the environment and save Ontario taxpayer dollars by avoiding new and unnecessary water facilities and lowering energy costs," said Carol Maas of the POLIS Water Sustainability Project.
"It [...]
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Posted on April 14, 2010
Abbotsford, B.C. is implementing a new remote read metering system with a contribution of $1.27 million from the Gas Tax Fund.
Currently, the City of Abbotsford utilizes hand-held electronic touch probes to read the more than 25,000 meters located across the community. The new Itron Smart Metering System will provide the City with the ability to remotely read each meter and provide the City with the tools required to better manage peak demands and implement water conservation programs. “Abbotsford has already signed onto the Climate Action Charter, so getting on board with water metering is an additional green benefit for citizens [...]
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Posted on April 9, 2010
A project led by Vancouver-based Saltworks Technologies Inc. to develop a low-energy water desalination system that has the potential to greatly improve the affordability and accessibility of clean water will receive up to $580,000 in funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC).
"Access to clean water is a growing issue and it's imperative that we find innovative ways to effectively clean the water resources that are available," said SDTC president and CEO Vicky Sharpe. "The technology developed by Saltworks provides a sustainable and inexpensive solution to this issue that could be used in Canada as well as around [...]
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