Tuesday, April 22, 2025
SaskWater Signs Water Supply Agreement with City of Meadow Lake
SaskWater and the City of Meadow Lake have signed a water supply agreement that includes the sale of the city’s water treatment plant to the…
Special Advisor on Flooding Recognizes Critical Role of CAs
Conservation Ontario is pleased that the report released by Ontario’s Special Advisor on Flooding recognizes the critical role that conservation authorities play in Ontario’s flood…
Okanagan Basin Water Board Launches Call for Grant Applications
The Okanagan Basin Water Board is now accepting applications to its Water Conservation and Quality Improvement grant program. New in 2019, the board approved a…
Ontario Announces Members of Advisory Panel on Climate Change
The advisory panel on climate change consists of experts on climate change resiliency who have experience in a variety of sectors, including the not-for-profit, agriculture,…
SPONSORED: Visit Canada’s Premier Cleantech Destination in 2020
Peterborough & the Kawarthas is a region that has been shaped by three things: innovative minds, a commitment to sustainability, and its connection to water.…
International Secretariat for Water Launches #WaterGeneration
The International Secretariat for Water (ISW) has launched #WaterGeneration, a new global hub for youth, water, and sustainable development. “The International Secretariat for Water is…
Ontario Government Releases Report from Special Advisor on Flooding
The Ontario government’s Special Advisor on Flooding delivered his report on October 31, 2019. In July 2019, Natural Resources Minister John Yakabuski named Doug McNeil…
New Position Paper Outlines Need for Watershed Security Fund in B.C.
A new Watershed Security Fund Position Paper describes an opportunity for British Columbia’s provincial government to create an enduring legacy for freshwater in the province. The paper…
Researchers Engineer Soil Moisture Sensor to Reduce Water Consumption
A team of University of Connecticut researchers engineered a soil moisture sensor that responds to the global need to regulate water consumption in agriculture. The…
Plastic Pollution in the Great Lakes Presents a Growing Concern: Study
New research suggests that the growing intensity and scale of plastic pollution in the Great Lake poses serious risks to human health and will continue…
Health Threat from Blue-Green Blooms Extends Beyond Single Toxin
As blue-green algae proliferates around the world, a University of Saskatchewan researcher cautions that current municipal drinking water monitoring that focuses on a single toxin…
Supercluster Signs $4.65 Million Agreement for Fresh Water Data Commons Project
A new Digital Technology Supercluster has signed a Master Project Agreement to proceed with the $4.65 million Fresh Water Data Commons (FWDC) Project. The project…
Canada Falling Short of U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals: Report
Canada could lead the world in helping to achieve water sustainability but is falling short of reaching the goals set out by the United Nations,…
Scarborough Waterfront Project Environmental Assessment Receives Final Approval
Undertaken by Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) in partnership with the City of Toronto, the project will see the creation of additional accessible community…
City of Prince Albert, S.K. Completes Water Reservoir Project
The City of Prince Albert has officially announced that construction has finished on a 15-million-litre above-ground reservoir and associated works, such as a new 227-square-metre…
Ontario Approves Outfall Environmental Assessment for Duffin Creek Plant
The regions of Durham and York are proceeding with the proposed treatment enhancements at the Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant in Pickering. The regions…
Water Prices Increasingly Unaffordable for Low Income Households
Environmentalists and water economists have long argued that Canadian households have not conserved water in part because it is priced at excessively low levels. Somewhat…
SPONSORED: Peterborough & the Kawarthas: A Cleantech Powerhouse
Peterborough & the Kawarthas is a region that has been shaped by three things: innovative minds, a commitment to sustainability, and its connection to water.…
LIFT SEE IT Accepting Applications for Travel Scholarships in 2020
Scholarships are available once again to enable utility personnel to visit other utilities with innovations of interest through the Leaders Innovation Forum for Technology (LIFT)…
Acuva Technologies Launches Next-Generation Water Purification System
Acuva Technologies Inc.—a company based in B.C. that designs, manufactures, and integrates UV-LED drinking water purification systems—recently announced two new additions to its growing portfolio…
OWA Applauds Proposed Amendment to Ontario Water Resources Act
The Ontario Waterpower Association (OWA) is extremely pleased with the provincial government’s inclusion of a key amendment to the Ontario Water Resources Act in the…
Mayor of Ajax Issues Statement on Provincial Decision that Impacts Local Plant
The mayor of Ajax, Shaun Collier, has issued a statement in response to a decision made by the Ontario government that impacts treatment requirements at…
Alberta Confirms Funding for Flood Resilience Projects in 2019 Budget
Alberta’s 2019 Budget includes more than $43 million for 15 projects that will increase flood resilience in municipalities and Indigenous communities across the province. “Albertans…
York University Research Uses AI to Predict Flood Risk in Real Time
Researchers from York University can now predict river water levels days in advance of floods using artificial intelligence and data from two rivers: the Don…