Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Water Canada Announces Editor’s Departure
The team at Water Canada and Actual Media would like to announce that after three wonderful years, Katherine Balpataky will be leaving her role as…
Global Reporting Initiative Updates its Corporate Water and Effluent Standard
Companies operating in areas with water stress have an urgent responsibility to track their impacts, to make informed decisions that trigger meaningful action and the…
Canada Green Building Council Appoints A New Chief Commercial Officer
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has announced that Brent Gilmour has accepted a new role of chief commercial officer (CCO). As part of the…
Global Study Assesses Water Quality Using Drone-based Technologies
Experts are testing drones equipped with sensor technologies to enhance the monitoring of water worldwide as part of the $8.5 billion MONOCLE project funded by…
Peace River Watershed Mapping Identifies Conservation Needs
More than $2 million is available to watershed conservation projects in the Peace River Basin through the Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) – a…
Scientists Uncover New Molecular Properties of Water
Liquid water is known to be an excellent transporter of its own autoionization products; that is, the charged species obtained when a water molecule (H2O)…
New Canadian Blockchain Centre Powered by Water
A new Canadian centre specializing in the blockchain applications for industry has received approval for its application to run its operations with hydro-electricity from the Board of…
The Shift from a Linear Economy to a Circular Economy is Necessary and Possible
We have been playing a dramatic game of chicken with the natural limits of the planet for centuries. On one side is human behaviour and…
Greywater Dumping In Arctic Waters Set to Double By 2035
A gap in Canadian regulations governing greywater disposal in the Arctic could lead to a significant increase in pollution in highly sensitive waters in the future…
Canadian Chicken Farmers Achieve Significant Water Use Reduction
Canadian chicken farmers have reported a 45 per cent reduction in water consumption following the release of a recent lifecycle assessment by the Chicken Farmers…
Vancouver Accelerator Centre Appoints New Director
Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre announced that Jeanette Jackson has been appointed as its new managing director. Ms. Jackson will be responsible for strategic and operational…
Water Treatment Technology Selectively Sequesters Toxins from Water
Engineers from Rice University in Houston, Texas, United States are developing ionic water treatment technology that saves money and energy by selectively removing only hazardous contaminants…
New Study on the Growth of Water-based Microorganisms
Groundwater and surface water contains a myriad of microorganisms and very little has been known about how the water-based bacterial community develops in those waters.…
Soil and Groundwater Quality Guidelines Available for Public Comment
Documents published by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment(CCME) regarding the Canadian Soil and Groundwater Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Environmental and…
Ware Malcomb Hires a New Engineering Manager for Toronto
Ware Malcomb, an international design firm, has announced that David Newson has joined the firm as engineering manager for the Toronto office. In this position,…
New Research on Manure Infiltration of Groundwater
Add just enough fertilizer, and crops thrive. Add too much, and you may end up with contaminated surface and groundwater. That’s what researchers at the…
Canadian Municipality Recognized as “Utility of the Future”
The Region of Waterloo in Ontario was one of 32 North American water utilities that have been recognized for transformational work in community engagement, watershed…
Managing Lead in Canadian Drinking Water
Some older Canadian homes still have lead water pipes, posing an important and complex public health challenge. About one per cent of water service lines…
Scientists Develop Rapid Test for Soil Nitrogen
Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for healthy agricultural crops, but when applied in excess can result in negative impacts to surface and groundwater sources. Most routine…
Minding the First “R” in Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Somewhere around the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 a bunch of hippies said, “hey man, we should use less stuff, share what we…
Nearly $9M of New Funding Announced for Local Great Lakes Projects
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna visited Port Colborne, Ontario, on the shores of Lake Erie, today to announce an $8.95 million investment over four years for 36…
Great Lakes Champion Retires from the Public Service
U.S. Consul General Juan Alsace is retiring after 32 years of service to the country. Juan and his wife Nancy will start the next chapter…
B.C. Company Awarded $350K To Further Test Oxidation Technology
BI Pure Water has secured a $350,000 federal grant to develop a production version of its new advanced oxidation process (AOP), Biperliminate, for wastewater treatment.…
Recommendations to Address Toxic Flame Retardants in Great Lakes
Human exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants has increased exponentially over the last three decades and recent studies have linked this exposure with…