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Depending on where you are, it may be getting harder to buy a bottle of water. In response to concerns over the environmental, economic, and…

The size of the Yukon’s Peel Watershed is often compared to New Brunswick or Scotland, but the enormity of more than 67,000 square kilometres of…

With the 2013 Calgary and Toronto floods still fresh in our minds, and the bone-chilling cold of the polar vortex lingering well into spring, Canadians…

Community wastewater treatment plants and botanical gardens generally don’t have all that much in common. One is a noisy industrial facility while the other is…

What happens when data streams from an intensely instrumented watershed are combined with next-generation analytics in a high-powered computing environment? The answer is an unprecedented…

When it comes to water perception and management, the public is the chief driver of change. Unfortunately, a shocking number of Canadians appear to be…

Like many jurisdictions, Ontario is working to ensure the financial and environmental sustainability of municipal water, wastewater, and stormwater systems. While “doing more with less”…

A new agricultural alternative is sprouting up in some of North America’s largest cities. Forget images of cattle grazing on a hot summer’s day or…

In the Canadian water industry, professionals from different regions work with unique natural challenges and political systems. Organizers behind the Water Initiative for the Future…

If a pipe bursts underground, does it still show up on your bill? Thanks in part to inattention and years of relatively cheap water rates,…

On the East Coast of Canada, a contentious debate rages on over the Prince Edward Island Potato Board’s request to have a moratorium lifted on…

On the surface, the grate is inconspicuous—
it doesn’t appear to be any different than all the other sewer grates in the city of Toronto. The…

It has been estimated by the U.S. Department of Energy that Americans flush 350 billion kilowatt-hours of energy into sewers each year. This wasted energy…

Environmental groups are testing the litigation waters in British Columbia to challenge government actions that put the marine environment at risk. Right now, British Columbia…

First Nations in this country still struggle daily to get what every Canadian expects as a right: clean drinking water and proper sanitation. Numerous international…

Flooded basements. Extended power outages. Watermain breaks. Downtown districts at a standstill. Frozen or submerged transit. Major cities across Canada found themselves dealing with extreme…

A recent Canadian report questioned 17 experts about their vision of a water sustainable city: what such a city would look and feel like, emerging…

Seaterra Program $782.7 million Location: Southern Vancouver Island, 
British Columbia Owner: Capital Regional District Project/Construction Manager: Stantec Engineer: CH2M HILL (preliminary planning/study); C.N. Ryzuk &…

Since two-thirds of the Netherlands is vulnerable to flooding, it’s safe to say the Dutch know a thing or two about flood control. For hundreds…

When the Town of Rothesay, 
New Brunswick began to receive complaints about dirty water, it was discovered that the source of the problem was a…

Across the country, small towns are facing the problem of sewage lagoons nearing capacity or reaching the end of their lives. On First Nation reserves…

It took more than a decade, but one of Canada’s most polluted sites has been refashioned into park space. In all, this $400-million, award-winning Sydney…

“I grew up with a family cottage in the Muskoka Lakes region and spent most summers in the water, so that gave me an appreciation…

The birthplace of Confederation is gearing up for a major change—at least in regard to the monthly water bill. In October 2013, Charlottetown city council…