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Posted on February 7, 2011
The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) unveiled its homegrown Streamlined Water Use Reporting Tool (SWURT) to the public last Friday in West Kelowna, British Columbia.
“SWURT will help our water utilities keep an ongoing record of how much water we are using," said Dr. Anna Warwick Sears, OBWB's executive director. "This is critical for managing our water supplies and preparing for the shortages that are expected with a growing population and climate change. We’re also very pleased to know that this tool will likely be adopted by the rest of the province in the months ahead, helping ensure a sustainable water supply for all British [...]
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Posted on February 4, 2011
Low-flying helicopters will be mapping 18,000 square kilometres of underground water resources in southern Alberta, starting February 5. Residents and motorists may notice helicopters towing specialized equipment in the skies within an area stretching from approximately Calgary and Drumheller to Fort Macleod and Vauxhall.
The technique, called airborne geophysics, uses electromagnetic waves to help locate underground water supplies by measuring the electrical properties of the earth, rock and water below ground level without disturbing the land.
Helicopters will fly 75 metres from the ground towing a ring-shaped radio receiver [...]
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Posted on January 27, 2011
Manitoba Hydro has committed more than $1.35 million over six years to help fund further research into ongoing water quality and biological changes in Lake Winnipeg.
The first installment of the $1.35 million includes $226,000 for the current year ending March 31 and equivalent funding for the next five years.
"As we look to further develop the hydroelectric potential of the Nelson River, research will become even more critical," said Bob Brennan, president and CEO of Manitoba Hydro. "Lake Winnipeg is an important part of Manitoba Hydro's operations. We are very interested in supporting solid scientific research, like that facilitated [...]
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Posted on January 24, 2011
Manitoba will invest $22 million in equipment and technology to improve flood-fighting capacity and preparedness as it faces the potential for widespread spring flooding, Premier Greg Selinger announced today.
About $21 million of the funding will go towards acquiring resources and equipment as required to further support the level of provincial flood fighting and preparedness including:
two additional mobile sandbag machines and related equipment for a total of five machines for deployment where needed;
additional portable diking systems including;
43 kilometres of box-like frames that are filled with gravel or sand to be [...]
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Posted on January 20, 2011
Today, WWF-Canada released Securing Environmental Flows in the Athabasca River, a report that urges government agencies to demonstrate their commitment to protecting Alberta’s lower Athabasca River over the long term.
The report picks up from the close of the Phase 2 Framework Committee (P2FC), a multi-stakeholder group with representation from the Alberta and federal governments, a First Nation, a Métis association, industry, and environmental organizations, including WWF-Canada, convened to develop recommendations for a new water management plan for the lower Athabasca.
Participants in the P2FC process were unable to reach [...]
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Posted on January 19, 2011
Calgary's Pure Technologies has entered into an agreement to purchase the business of the Inspection Division of Specialized Technical Services Est., an Abu Dhabi-based company involved in inspection and monitoring of water, wastewater and oil & gas pipelines for up to $2.38 million.
Under the terms of the transaction, Pure will acquire ownership of all of the equipment and work in progress of the business, which will be incorporated into the recently-established Abu Dhabi branch office of Pure Technologies. [...]
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Posted on January 17, 2011
Ridgeline Energy Services Inc., a provider of environmental solutions to oil and natural gas producers based in Western Canada, has entered into an agreement to install and operate a fully integrated water treatment facility for a major natural gas exploration and development company in northeastern British Columbia.
The water treatment facility is scalable and will be capable of handling in excess of 4,000 cubic metres per day of return frac water, process water, camp wastewater and drilling wastewater.
By installing this water treatment facility the client will be able to expand its well development program of drilling and fracing [...]
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Posted on January 13, 2011
Our intern Brad wrote a great post on Calgary's fluoride debate this week. What's your opinion?
Got more to say? Leave a comment below. [...]
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Posted on January 13, 2011
California-based Tetra Tech announced this week that it intends to acquire the assets of Fransen Engineering of Richmond, British Columbia. Fransen provides engineering and technical support to industrial clients with specific expertise in water treatment and tailings management for oil sands producers. Fransen currently employs about 180 people and generated approximately US$27 million in revenue over the past 12 months. Tetra Tech intends to complete the transaction in the second quarter of fiscal year 2011.
"Water use and tailings management are the top priority for oil sands [...]
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Posted on January 3, 2011
Happy New Year! A brief news roundup following a two-week break:
1. Shortly after the Royal Society of Canada released its oil sands report and just before the holidays began, Minister of the Environment John Baird released the results of the independent report on the oilsands chaired by Elizabeth Dowdeswell and an advisory panel originally appointed by former minister Jim Prentice.
"For too long, we have heard concerns about the quality of the water downstream of the oil sands. People have argued about what impact oil sands development has had on water quality, but we have been unsure about whether we had the data we needed to [...]
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