Several Canadian water and wastewater technology companies have been honoured with Deloitte’s 2012 Technology Green 15 award, including Bionest Technologies (Quebec), H2O Innovation (Quebec), HG…
The federal government has selected the India-Canada Centre for Innovative Multidisciplinary Partnership to Accelerate Transformation and Sustainability (IC-IMPACTS) as the winner of the Canada-India Research…
Ottawa-based Seprotech Systems has approved, subject to the final approval of the TSX Venture Exchange, the proposed acquisition of WESA Group Inc., a company focused…
The Canadian Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA) is now accepting nominations for its 2012 Utility Excellence Awards. The awards highlight the work of water and…
The Canadian Water Network is issuing five calls to the water research community, with up to $3.2 million in research support available. The funding opportunities are…
A new online reference guide is giving water quality professionals access to a database of water contaminant information, and the regulatory standards associated with them. The WaterTrax…
Five Canadian companies received recognition for their water technologies in the annual Artemis Top 50, announced this Thursday. APG-Neuros (Blainville, Québec) Aqua-Pure Ventures (Calgary), ENBALA…
Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital has invested in Vancouver’s Axine Water Technologies, developers of a low-cost solution for treating toxic organic pollutants in wastewater. The investment…
Canada’s first-ever report card on the state of its public works assets has been released, and it turns out that the system with the worst…
The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) has launched the first Atlantic Region study of the impact of collective rain barrel use with the Town of…
Changes in Canadian lake water chemistry have left small water organisms vulnerable to their predators, which may pose a serious environmental threat, according to a…
The governance of Canada’s massive Mackenzie River Basin holds enormous national and global importance due to the watershed’s impact on the Arctic Ocean, international migratory…
Two First Nation communities celebrated water infrastructure grand openings last week. The Wagmatcook Band of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia opened its new wastewater treatment…
Canada has joined the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee (ACRCC), the latest step in the United States’ effort to ensure comprehensive action to protect the…
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced federal support for the second phase of the Lake Winnipeg Basin Initiative (LWBI) which will focus on improving water quality…
Canadian water charity WaterCan announced its renewed and expanded partnership with the federal government through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) last week. The five-year…
Meeting the new federal wastewater regulations is an important national project that requires a national funding plan supported by all orders of government, according to…
After over three years of discussion, including very public feedback the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the Canadian Water and Wastewater Association, the federal government…
The governments of Canada and British Columbia and the Capital Regional District (CRD) have announced funding for the construction of a new wastewater treatment system…
RBC has announced its 2012 RBC Blue Water Project Leadership Grant recipients. Thirty organizations from five countries, selected from 219 applicants from around the world,…
Water and wastewater utility company American Water recently announced that Emilie Bedard, a doctoral student at Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, has been chosen as the recipient of…
Robert Lambe is the new executive director of the recently constructed Invasive Species Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. As the former regional director general…
This week, mayors from Québec, Ontario and the United States made a Declaration on Water Sustainability, committing to common sustainable water management practices to protect…
Water researchers at Brock University have received federal funds to set-up a research network to look at the economic, political and social aspects of water-related…