Sunday, April 20, 2025
Cuts Could Erode Water Progress: Report
The slow and steady decline in federal water science and management capacity may negatively affect government’s ability to protect Canada’s freshwater resources, says the Forum…
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BC Solicits Opinions on Water Data Sharing: What Was Said
In March 2012, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) asked water professionals to participate in online focus groups, and to offer feedback via an online form.…
Peninsula Harbour Sediment Capping Project Awarded to Milestone
Milestone Environmental Contracting Inc. has been awarded the contract to complete the capping of historically contaminated sediment in the Peninsula Harbour, which is a Great…
Ostara Opens World’s Largest Municipal Nutrient Recovery Facility
A public-private partnership continues between Vancouver’s Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc. and Clean Water Services, a water resources management utility designed to protect the Tualatin Watershed. It recently announced…
NORAM Acquires Position in ECOfluid Systems
NORAM Engineering and Constructors Ltd., a company specializing in the fields of nitration, sulphuric acid, and electrochemistry, has purchased a position in British Columbia-based ECOfluid…
Sernas Joins GHD
The Sernas Group, a 220-person firm with offices in Canada and the USA, has merged wth GHD, an Australia-based engineering, architecture and environmental consulting company.…
Ontario-China Call for Water Tech Proposals
Ontario’s Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation has launched its second call for proposals under the Ontario-China Research and Innovation Fund. This year’s areas of…
Okanagan Water Study Wins Award
The Okanagan Basin Water Board and 13 partnering agencies were presented with the “Award for Excellence in the Water and Waste Community” by the B.C.…
Stantec Wins for Ottawa’s RTC System
Stantec’s water team in Ottawa has been honoured with the Environment Award for their real time control (RTC) system for the City of Ottawa’s combined…
Researchers Discover Resistance in Ontario Freshwater
McMaster University researchers have discovered that floc–“goolike” substances that occur suspended in water and that host large communities of bacteria–also contain high levels of antibiotic…
Charlottetown Begins $18M Sewer Separation Project
This month, the City of Charlottetown awarded the consulting engineering services portion of the Spring Park Combined Sewer Separation Project to the Charlottetown Office of…
Poll: Changes to the Fisheries Act
Yesterday, the federal government announced a proposal to change certain aspects of the Fisheries Act. For details, click here. We’d love to know what you…
FOCA Renews Agreement with Province of Ontario
The Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations announced this week that it has renewed its agreement with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment in support of the Ontario…
Lake Management Planning Begins on Pigeon Lake
Pigeon Lake has joined Balsam, Cameron, and Sturgeon lakes in a program that seeks to enhance the environmental health and economic sustainability of lakes across…
Feds to Introduce Changes to Fisheries Act
Current rules for protecting fish habitat are “indiscriminate and unfocused,” according to Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. In a release today, the…
Water Treatment Research Sparks Fuel Cell Innovation
This week, the Council of Ontario Universities announced that physical chemistry doctoral student Julia van Drunen has received one of five summer fellowships from the…
Climate Change Adaptation Projects in Nova Scotia
The Province recently announced that it is once again aiming to help communities prepare for the challenges linked to climate change. The Department of Environment is…
New Ways to Fund Stormwater Service
The City of Mississauga is looking for a new way to fund its stormwater management program. A stormwater financing study is underway, according to a recent…
CIPH Launches Because Water Matters
The Canadian Institute of Plumbing & Heating (CIPH) is celebrating Earth Day with the launch of its new consumer-facing website, Because Water Matters. The site…
B.C. Showcases River Remediation Project
Victoria public had the opportunity to learn more about river remediation at an open house at British Columbia’s Goldstream Provincial Park this past weekend. The…
Manitoba to Create Surface Water Management Strategy
The Manitoba government is partnering with a variety of provincial stakeholders to reduce flooding and maintain a healthy Lake Winnipeg through the creation of a…
Poll: Will We Miss the NRT?
The austere Economic Action Plan for 2012 aims to “enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of government operations, programs, and services” as part of a plan…
The Case for Green Infrastructure in Ontario
A new report by the Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition says that green infrastructure offers tangible, cost effective ways to meet the challenges of urbanization and climate change.…
Online Portal for Temporary Water Rights Licence Approval
The Saskatchewan Watershed Authority has launched a new Online Products Portal that allow businesses and residents to apply, receive approval and pay for a temporary water rights…