Thursday, April 24, 2025
Report Addresses Flood Resilience in Bow River Basin
The Government of Alberta has begun implementing the advice from a report that identifies ways to improve flood resilience in Calgary and better manage water…
Optimizing Asset Management Through Environmental Management Standards
There are an increasing number of municipalities in Ontario adopting environmental management standards (EMS) for their wastewater and stormwater systems in the form of ISO…
Island Water Tech. Approved to Address Florida Failing Septics
The State of Florida has a major wastewater issue that is being made significantly worse by the presence of thousands of failing septic systems. This…
Electroflocculation System Exceeds Standards by 400 Percent
The town of Unity Saskatchewan is experiencing higher-than-expected results with a first-of-its-kind-in-Canada wastewater treatment system that was installed at the beginning of January 2017. The…
Greenhouse Gas Footprints of Reservoirs Revealed
When hydropower reservoirs trap organic matter, it leads to higher local greenhouse gas emissions. The emissions are not increased; rather, they are displaced. A new tool…
Pure Technologies Secures $10M Contract with DC Water
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) has awarded Mississauga-based, Pure Technologies, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Pure Technologies U.S. Inc., a contract worth…
Study Confirms Cause of Flint Water Crisis
A study of lead service lines in Flint’s damaged drinking water system reveals a Swiss cheese pattern in the pipes’ interior crust, with holes where…
Jacobs Adds to Water Portfolio with CH2M Hill Acquisition
Jacobs Engineering Group and CH2M HILL Companies announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Jacobs will acquire all of the outstanding…
Burlington Chosen to Pilot Home Flood Protection Program
The University of Waterloo, Province of Ontario and City of Burlington announced the launch of the Home Flood Protection Program at Burlington City Hall to…
New Head Research Scientist for IISD ELA
The International Institute for Sustainable Development Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA) has announced its new Head Research Scientist, Vince Palace. Palace is an aquatic toxicologist with…
Students on Ice Arctic Education Program Launches
The 2017 expedition of the Students on Ice program launched today at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa. The 15-day Arctic expedition will take over…
Sustainable Forestry Initiative Opens Request For Proposals
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) announced the opening of its annual request for proposals for the SFI Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant Program. The grants…
Pure Technologies Renews Contract with Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department
Pure Technologies announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Pure Technologies U.S. has been awarded new work through Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD) worth up to US$30…
AFN Points to Water Priorities on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
To mark the tenth anniversary of the United Nations International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on August 9, Assembly of First Nations (AFN) national Chief Perry…
U.S. Army Corps Releases Asian Carp Study
Following a five month delay and political interference, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released the study that evaluated control options and technologies to…
Funding for Haldimand, Ont. Farmers for Cover Crops
The Grand River Conservation Authority is providing farmer in Haldimand County funds to plant a cover crop, a best management practice that is growing in…
Agreement Reached on Out-of-Basin Diversion of Great Lakes Water
The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Council (Compact Council) and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (Cities Initiative) have made a…
Pure Technologies Shows Q2 Growth in Canada and Water Market
Yesterday, the water transmission main and water force main provider, Pure Technologies Ltd., announced its financial performance for the quarter ended June 30, 2017. The…
Risk of Phragmites in the Great Lakes Basin
In April, the Great Lakes Ecological Forecasting project based at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre, published Bogged Down in Phragmites: Assessing Risk in the Great…
A Vision for Canada as a Leader on the Global Water Stage
On this most important anniversary for our country, we have opportunity to reflect upon the role water has played in shaping our identity. When people…
Portraits of Resilience: Teens Take on Climate Change
Portraits of Resilience: Teens Take on Climate Change is a new Ontario Science Centre installation that documents the effects of climate change from the perspective of…
Toronto Region Conservation Authority Announces New CEO
Today, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) announced their selection of John MacKenzie as the new chief executive officer. After a year-long North American search,…
Reframing Water Security for a Human Wellbeing Approach
A recent article published in the journal Water Security, Advancing human capabilities for water security: A relational approach, argues that water security needs to move away…
Michigan Posts $1M Challenge for Solutions to Asian Carp
Governor Rick Snyder and the Michigan Legislature have launched a $1 million global search for innovative solutions to the impending invasion of the Asian carp.…