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- May 22-24, 2012: Living Lakes Canada and Red Zone III Community Gathering
- May 23-26, 2012: CanWell: Canadian Groundwater Symposium
- May 24, 2012: Advancing Water Conservation: Leading Edge Tools & Technologies
- May 29, 2012: Webinar: Cross-Canada Checkup: A Canadian Perspective on Our Water Future
- June 1-4, 2012: Federation of Canadian Municipalities: 2012 Annual Conference and Expo
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- June 5-8, 2012: Earth, Wind and Water – Elements of Life: 1st Joint CWRA / CGU National Conference
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Posted on June 7, 2010
Great video with Dr. Howard Wheater, the University of Saskatchewan's new Canada Excellence Research Chair in Water Security. Water Canada spoke with Dr. Wheater in Ottawa last week. Stay tuned for the interview in the coming days.
More on Dr. Wheater here. [...]
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Posted on May 27, 2010
This week two Canadian wastewater treatment plants celebrated completion.
In Calgary, the new $430-million Pine Creek Wastewater Treatment Centre was officially opened by Mayor Dave Bronconnier. The plant gives the City the core infrastructure it needs to make future expansion possible for a population of up to 1.75 million people. Pine Creek joins Calgary’s two other wastewater treatment plants (Bonnybrook and Fish Creek) in using some of the most advanced wastewater treatment technology to clean our wastewater before returning it to the Bow River.
The plant can treat up to 100 million litres of wastewater per day, enough [...]
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Posted on May 12, 2010
The largest water filtration plant in Canada has officially opened in Metro Vancouver.
“This project has not only made metro Vancouver a leader in water filtration technology, it has created an estimated 800 jobs during the construction process," said Naomi Yamamoto, B.C.’s Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations.
The Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia jointly invested $100 million in the filtration project, while the B.C. Local Government Grant Program invested an additional $18 million for a pumping station near Capilano Reservoir and Cleveland Dam. The largest funding source is Metro [...]
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Posted on May 10, 2010
A new University of Victoria report is stimulating a national dialogue on water pricing as part of a sustainable approach to management.
Worth Every Penny: Conservation-Oriented Water Pricing in Canada, a report published by the University of Victoria’s POLIS Water Sustainability Project, is a primer on how to reform water pricing. The report is aimed at water managers and municipal leaders across Canada and makes the economic case for water conservation and sustainable water service infrastructure in Canada as a way to increase water security for communities.
“Water infrastructure in many Canadian towns and cities is deteriorating [...]
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Posted on May 10, 2010
British Columbia is updating its building code to further protect and preserve water by requiring the installation of high-efficiency toilets and urinals in new buildings and renovations.
Under the updated regulations, new residential buildings and renovated projects will have to include high-efficiency toilets with a 4.8-litre flush volume. This model of toilet can save as much as 8,000 litres of water every year for a family of four. For all new buildings and renovation projects that will include urinal installation, the maximum flush volume must be 1.9 litres or less, saving approximately 18,000 litres of water every year.
Changes [...]
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Posted on May 6, 2010
The City of Calgary’s Pine Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTP) has earned a 2010 Excellence in Environmental Engineering Award from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE). The winners were recognized at the AAEE Awards Luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on April 28.
Designed and constructed by CH2M HILL, this next generation wastewater treatment facility incorporates advanced technology to provide the highest level of treated effluent quality among all major cities in western Canada. The Pine Creek project has been planned, designed, and implemented using an integrated approach to [...]
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Posted on May 6, 2010
In a press release on Tuesday, Vancouver's Fraser Riverkeeper demanded an international investigation into Canada's "failure to stop toxic sewage pollution." The organization has asked the Commission for Environmental Cooperation to investigate Canada's failure to enforce the Fisheries Act to prevent ongoing discharges of sewage from Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant into the Strait of Georgia at the Fraser River.
The plant provides primary treatment to wastewater from approximately 600,000 people (in Vancouver, the University Endowment Lands and parts of Burnaby and Richmond) before discharging it through a 7.5-kilometre [...]
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Posted on May 6, 2010
Winnipeg is no longer considering a private partner for its water and sewer facilities, reports the Winnipeg Free Press. Instead, the city is replacing its water and waste department with a new city-owned entity responsible for water and sewage treatment, garbage and recycling collection and generating green power.
Last July, amid much controversy, the City decided that a city-owned entity may include the possibility of 49 per cent private ownership of a subsidiary of the corporation. The City entertained proposals from water operations giants Veolia, Black & Veatch and CH2M HILL. They've since changed their tune.
"We're [...]
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Posted on April 22, 2010
Manitoba is proposing amendments to its Onsite Wastewater Management Systems Regulation that are aimed at addressing concerns raised about the province’s phase-out of sewage ejectors, Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie announced last week.
“We have heard from Manitobans the province must take strong action to protect the environment and human health,” Blaikie said. “These amendments maintain those principles while responding to concerns raised by some homeowners as sewage ejectors are phased out.”
The current regulations prohibit the installation of new sewage ejectors and eliminate existing ejectors at the time of any [...]
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Posted on April 22, 2010
The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) in British Columbia has announced two water conservation rebate opportunities for residents, to help in achieving achieve a 27 per cent reduction in water consumption by 2014.
Property owners who replace old toilets in their residences built prior to September 2008 will be eligible for a $75 rebate for installing high-efficiency (4.8-litre flush) or dual flush (usually three- and six-litre flush) CSA-approved toilets, with a maximum of two toilet rebates per installation address. Residents that received a toilet rebate under the 2009 program are eligible for one additional rebate for [...]
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