Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Courtenay celebrates completion of 1st Street Lift Station
The City of Courtenay, B.C. is celebrating the completion of the 1st Street Lift Station, a critical piece of City infrastructure that provides sewer service…
British Columbia
BC funds replacement of flood-damaged dikes in Merritt
New funding from the Province of British Columbia will allow the City of Merritt to rebuild two damaged dikes to higher standards to better protect…
Canada, BC governments finalize an agreement for the Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund
The governments of Canada and British Columbia have finalized an agreement under the Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund (CHIF). The agreement provides $250 million in federal funding over five years for phase…
The Government of Canada works to protect British Columbia’s aquatic ecosystems
The health of our oceans and waterways is essential to sustaining aquatic species and ecosystems, and plays a crucial role in our own health and…
Federal government invests in shoreline adaptation and restoration for the Tsleil-Waututh Nation
Erosion and flood protection improvements will help preserve the səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) shores after a joint investment of more than $10.1 million from the federal government and…
Grindrod Water Treatment Plant infrastructure upgrades
The Regional District of North Okanagan is excited to announce that the Grindrod Water Treatment Plant will see infrastructure upgrades this year to extend the…
MWGK Review Team to audit North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant Program
The MWGK Independent Review Team has been selected to conduct the independent audit of the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant Program. The team will be…
CIMA+ awarded major contract for Metro Vancouver Water Supply Program Management
CIMA+, one of Canada’s largest employee-owned consulting engineering firms, has been selected by Metro Vancouver for the Coquitlam Lake Water Supply Program Management. CIMA+ will…
Council approves directions for the Healthy Waters Plan
Council unanimously approved the key directions for the Healthy Waters Plan that will guide long-range sewage and rainwater management in Vancouver. The recommendations include a shift for the…
Funding helps build resilient communities through stronger climate adaptation
To strengthen defences against the effects of climate change on communities, the Province is funding disaster-risk reduction and climate adaptation projects throughout British Columbia. “B.C.…
Federal government invests in improved flood protection in the Village of Tahsis
Improvements to flood protection infrastructure will help the Village of Tahsis become more resilient to riverbank and coastal floods after a combined investment of more…
Improved water security is coming to the Sunshine Coast
Crucial conservation upgrades are being developed to solve the heightening water crisis due to drought on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast after an investment of more than $117 million from the…
City of Port Alberni develops action plan for treatment plant operations
The City of Port Alberni has responded to a letter from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy (Ministry) addressing certain deficiencies in the…
Waterworks bylaw changes require meters for new developments
To help further reduce water waste in the City of Cranbrook, BC, and to improve leak detection across the entire water system, changes are coming…
Federal government partners with Port Coquitlam to strengthen flood protection efforts
The federal government is investing $9.6 million in two projects to mitigate flooding risks to the community by upgrading critical infrastructure. This was announced by Ron McKinnon,…
Upgrades to disaster mitigation infrastructure to help protect Gingolx Harbour
Critical disaster mitigation infrastructure upgrades are planned for Gingolx Harbour, British Columbia, the largest harbour within the Nisga’a First Nation territory, after an investment of…
City of Kimberley announces updates to wastewater treatment plant project
In December 2023, it was announced that the City of Kimberley, British Columbia, would build a new wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) after confirmation of combined…
Wetland restoration to increase water access and enhance biodiversity on ʔaq̓am lands
The ʔaq̓am wetland project’s goal is to restore the waterbodies to what is understood to be their precontact state, strengthening protection of the environment and…
Delta Water Products announces leadership transition: Chris Les appointed CEO
Delta Water Products announced a significant milestone in its growth. Effective December 1, 2024, Chris Les will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer, ushering…
Water starts flowing in one of the largest restoration projects in Western Canada
The taps have been turned on at Red Slough in one of the largest salmon restoration projects in Western Canada due to the efforts of the Katzie…
Researcher wins Mitacs Innovation Award for clean water breakthrough in Kenyan school
Growing up in the forest of Kilgoris and the Kisii rural village in Kenya, where he witnessed many people becoming ill and some dying from…
Federal government partners with City of Delta to protect community from flood risks
The federal government is investing $7.6 million to protect people, essential transportation corridors, farmlands, and businesses in the City of Delta, B.C. from increasingly intense rainstorms…
New dam protecting Canmore from floods
Alberta’s government celebrates the completion of a new dam that will help protect Canmore against the flood hazards faced by the mountain community. Steep mountain…
Construction starts this month on Stanley Park Water Supply Tunnel Project
Metro Vancouver is set to begin construction in mid-November on the Stanley Park Water Supply Tunnel. This major project will replace aging infrastructure to strengthen…