Saturday, April 26, 2025
OPCEA Concerned about FCM Resolution
OPCEA wants FCM to take a step back. In a press release today, the Ontario Pollution Control Equipment Association (OPCEA) stated that it believes both…
International
More Canadian Companies Look to China
Quebec-based BioSpec Global Solutions Inc., and partner ICBS Ltd. have announced that they’re filing Eurasian patents in anticipation of entry into China. “China is one…
Laliberté Makes for Space
“Humanitarian space explorer” Guy Laliberté blasted into orbit early this morning, becoming Canada’s first space tourist. The Cirque du Soleil and ONE DROP Foundation founder…
Eimco Sees $30M in New Contracts
GLV Inc.’s water treatment group, Eimco Water Technologies, has been awarded new major contracts worth close to $30.3 million. Among the major orders awarded in…
Imagine H2O Competition Opens
The inaugural Imagine H2O Prize competition has opened for submissions. The competition offers prizes of $70,000 in cash and in-kind services, to be awarded to…
“Protectionist” Water Industry Dispute Continues
Dan McCarthy, president and CEO of global water business Black & Veatch, is fighting back against “protectionist approaches” in the water industry. Yesterday, he advocated…
Global Water Roundtable Created: Stockholm
A new initiative launched during World Water Week in Stockholm will establish global standards for water stewardship, with the goal of addressing the global threat…
Nexterra and ANDRITZ Partner
Vancouver-based Nexterra Systems Corp., a supplier of biomass gasification solutions, and Austrian company ANDRITZ, working in customized plants, process technologies, and services for the hydropower,…
Water Issues Top Environmental Concern: Survey
A global public opinion survey on attitudes about fresh water sustainability, management and conservation finds that people around the world view water issues as the…
RBC Donates $4.1M
RBC today announced its latest round of RBC Blue Water Project Leadership Grant recipients. Thirty-one organizations, selected out of 159 applicants from around the world,…
BIOREM Awarded Three Projects in China
Guelph-based BIOREM Inc., designer and manufacturer of air pollution control systems, last week announced three new municipal orders from its China office. The three orders,…
$1.1M for Lake Winnipeg
Funding of $1.1 million to help clean up the Lake Winnipeg watershed will help develop an integrated water resource management approach, which is critical to…
First Asset Acquires Criterion
First Asset Capital Corp. will acquire the mutual fund business of Criterion Investments from VenGrowth Asset Management. Criterion launched Canada’s first global water infrastructure fund…
MBR Market Will Reach $1.3B by 2015
The global membrane bioreactors (MBR) market will reach $1.3 billion by 2015, says a new report by Global Industry Analysts. The technology’s growth will be…
Trojan Wins Stockholm Industry Water Award
London, Ontario-based Trojan Technologies, a developer and proponent of large-scale ultraviolet (UV) water disinfection systems used worldwide, has won the 2009 Stockholm Industry Water Award.…
More Experts Call for Great Lakes Amendments
Another group is campaigning for renegotiation of the “outdated” Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. Great Lakes United, a cross-border group of 38 leading Great Lakes…
Manitoba and Israel Collaborate on Wetland and Watershed Research
A joint Manitoba-Israel collaboration on research into wetlands and watersheds will be supported by a $100,000 grant from the province, Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick…
Pure Acquires Pipe Eye
Calgary-headquartered Pure Technologies Ltd. has acquired the assets of Pipe Eye International, a provider of long-range specialty robotic inspection services based in Las Vegas, Nevada.…
FLOW Brings Attention to Transboundary Issues on IJC Centennial
Boundary Waters Week (June 5-14) will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Boundary Waters Treaty with a series of events in Niagara Falls, but the…
BIOREM Awarded $1.3M in New Orders
BIOREM Inc. announced this week the receipt of two recent orders totaling $1.3 million for projects in the midwest and western coast of the United…
H2O Innovation Acquires PWT
Canadian water treatment systems manufacturer H2O Innovation Inc. has announced the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Professional Water Technologies (PWT) in an…
Water: To Infinity and Beyond?
Michel Fich is looking for water in space. This morning, the University of Waterloo professor of physics and astronomy celebrated the successful launch of the…
To Restore and Protect
At precisely 2:30 p.m. in Cornwall, Ontario, the audience at the 16th Annual International Conference on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Ecosystem was…
SNC-Lavalin Acquires Chilean Firm
Montreal’s SNC-Lavalin has acquired of VST Ingenieros Ltda, a leading Chilean consulting engineering firm specialized in mining geotechnical work with expertise and technology in the…