Saturday, April 19, 2025
Grass Carp Eggs Found in Lake Erie Tributary
Yesterday, the U.S.’s Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee and the bi-national Council of Great Lakes Fishery Agencies announced the discovery of grass carp eggs in…
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H2O Innovation Renews U.S. O&M Contracts, Expands Municipal Projects
H2O Innovation Inc. has announced that Utility Partners, LLC (UP), its business line providing operation and maintenance services (O&M) in the United States, recently renewed…
WSP Acquires U.S.-based Groundwater Engineering Firm
WSP Global Inc. has announced its acquisition of Leggette, Brashears and Graham, Inc. (LBG), a 150-employee groundwater and environmental engineering services firm based in the…
Xylem Stands Firm in Its Commitment to Paris Climate Accord
Following the announcement that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, Xylem, a global water technology company, issued the following statement: “Addressing the…
International Community Meets in Stockholm for World Water Week
Yesterday, World Water Week began with events and programing in Stockholm, Sweden, led by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). “World Water Week is a…
China Adds 3,300 Water Projects to National Pool in 2017
According to China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), master implementation plans for 228 prefectural cities concerning water pollution control will be added to the national…
Canadian Water Manager Made President of Intl. Ozone Association
The International Board of Directors of the International Ozone Association (IOA) elected Dr. Saad Y. Jasim as the President-Elect for the International Ozone Association, starting…
Water at the NAFTA Table
As the first round of NAFTA negotiations wrap-up, there have been no signs that water is on Minister Chrystia Freeland’s agenda. Ralph Pentland spoke to Water…
Lystek Signs Multi-Year Biosolids Contract
Cambridge, Ontario’s Lystek International Ltd. has been awarded a multi-year contract by the City of Petaluma for Diversified Reuse of Biosolids. Under the terms of…
WSP Working to Acquire Opus International Consultants
WSP Global Inc. and UEM Edgenta Berhad have announced that they have entered into an agreement under which WSP will acquire UEM Edgenta’s 61.2 per…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
Clearford Water Systems Shows Market Growth in UV Treatment
Ottawa-based Clearford Water Systems Inc. has released unaudited consolidated financial statements, which shows revenue slightly below $1 million for the last quarter, while the UV…
Ontario Startup Wins Milwaukee Accelerator Competition
The Milwaukee, WI-based Water Council and Guest of Honor Wisconsin Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch announced the fifth round of winners of the BREW Accelerator and…