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Manitoba Seeks Input on New Groundwater and Water Well Act

Posted on March 28, 2012

Manitoba is seeking input from the public, the water well-drilling industry, the geothermal industry, and other stakeholders on a new Groundwater and Water Well Act. Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh made the announcement last week on World Water Day, asking the public to review and provide comments on the proposed changes. "More than 25 per cent of Manitobans regularly rely on groundwater for a variety of uses," said Mackintosh in a recent press release. "The province's original legislation was first proclaimed almost 50 years ago. While it has had updates since then, this new act would ensure [...]

	Join Us at GLOBE 2012 in Vancouver this March Posted on March 3, 2012 Join ReNew Canada and Water Canada at GLOBE 2012. [...]
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$1.2B in Sewage Treatment Upgrades for Winnipeg

Posted on March 1, 2012

The City of Winnipeg needs to find $1.2 billion for upgrades to its sewage treatment facilities. In order to fund Provincially mandated upgrades, the City's Public Service has recommended an increase in the sewer rate of $.13 per cubic metre, and an increase to the Block 1 water rate of one cent per cubic metre. In 2003, the Province ordered the City of Winnipeg to undertake upgrades to remove nitrogen and phosphorous. According to the City, it only contributes five per cent of the nitrogen and phosphorus flowing into Lake Winnipeg. Nevertheless, the planning work is under way. Construction is expected to take five to seven years. "When [...]

	BC Solicits Opinions on Water Data Sharing Posted on March 1, 2012 While water-related information in BC is highly distributed, no one individual or organization is ultimately responsible for it. This poses challenges to the water science practitioners who rely on the sharing of data and information for sustainable water management. [...]
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	North Saskatchewan Riverkeeper Launches "Water in Focus" Photography Contest Posted on March 1, 2012 The North Saskatchewan Riverkeeper (NSRK) is launching its first annual „Water in Focus‟ amateur photography contest and photo exhibition presented by Volvo of Edmonton. [...]
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Manitoba Improves Strategy for Floods and Water Management

Posted on February 9, 2012

Manitoba is undertaking four initiatives to help improve action against floods and water management, announced the Province’s Infrastructure and Transportation Minister, Steve Ashton, this week. Flood review task force Chaired by civil engineer David Farlinger, the task force will release a public report by late summer examining a number of areas and focusing on how they can be improved for future flood events including, provincial and municipal preparedness and response, flood forecasting, public communications and information sharing, operation of flood control infrastructure, and flood protection works. Lake Manitoba and [...]

Feds and Alberta Release Oil Sands Monitoring Plan

Posted on February 7, 2012

The federal government and Alberta unveiled the long-awaited Joint Canada-Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil Sands Monitoring in Edmonton last Friday. Spurred by University of Alberta researchers Erin Kelly and David Schindler, the governments established an independent review panel in 2010 and in July 2011 revealed the second phase of its resulting plan. The plan, they say, commits to a "scientifically rigorous, comprehensive, integrated, and transparent environmental monitoring program for the region," indicating that it will require sampling more sites for more substances more frequently to determine the long-term cumulative effects [...]

Parksville Receives Funds for ASR

Posted on January 2, 2012

The Englishman River Water Service (ERWS), a joint venture between the City of Parksville and the Regional District of Nanaimo, British Columbia, has been awarded more than $1.3 million from the federal Gas Tax Fund for a project to store and recover water in an aquifer. Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) is a relatively new technology that is intended to manage peak demands and reduce overall demand on water treatment plants. The project will help excess water from the Englishman River flow through the treatment plant, and into wells. In the summer months, water will be withdrawn from the wells and pumped into the distribution [...]

Matrix Solutions and AquaResource Merge

Posted on December 2, 2011

Ontario's AquaResource Inc. will become a division of Calgary-based Matrix Solutions Inc. effective January 1, 2012. The merger expands the geographic reach and industry base of each company nationally and internationally. The two companies have collaborated on numerous initiatives over the past several years and the merger is complementary in terms of expertise, clients, and strategy. Matrix's Robert Pockar will remain president and CEO, while employees of both companies continue on in their current roles with projects and services agreements proceeding as scheduled through the existing offices. Paul Martin and David Van Vliet [...]

Three Make Evans-Thomas P3 Shortlist

Posted on November 21, 2011

EPCOR, Plenary Environment, and SNC Lavalin/Black & Veatch have been shortlisted for the Alberta government’s Evan-Thomas Water Treatment and Wastewater Treatment Facility public-private partnership (P3) project in Edmonton. “The number of quality industry candidates responding to this competition demonstrates that Alberta’s public-private partnership delivery model continues to be a viable option for providing public infrastructure,” said Jeff Johnson, Minister of Infrastructure. “As we move forward, our focus will be on finding value for Alberta taxpayers in the delivery of this state-of-the-art water treatment and [...]