Saturday, April 19, 2025
City of Ottawa Releases Plan to Clean Up River
Hot on the heels of last week’s sewer overflows, the City of Ottawa has released a plan to clean up and protect the Ottawa River.…
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$32M for Kirkland Lake Wastewater Facility
Canada and Ontario are setting aside a joint investment of $32 million towards the construction of a new wastewater treatment facility in Kirkland Lake. “Ontario’s…
$9.9M for Regina Water Projects
The end of January saw a funding announcement of nearly $45.8 million from the federal, provincial and municipal governments for 15 new infrastructure projects across…
Water Funds for Quebec
Two municipalities in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Region, Saint Félix d’Otis and L’Anse Saint Jean, will share $532,273 under the federal-provincial gas tax agreement. The communities will…
RBC Blue Water Commits $1M to Haiti
The RBC Blue Water Project has committed $1 million to support the efforts of ONE DROP and Oxfam to provide access to water and sanitation…
Flyovers Give Understanding of Groundwater
What flies above will soon give improved knowledge about what flows below. Starting January 16, residents and motorists may notice low-flying aircraft streaking across the…
Toronto Chooses Neptune for AMR Contract
Hot on the heels of Monday’s smart metering report from Oracle, the City of Toronto announced on Wednesday that it has selected Neptune Technology Group…
Nestlé Donates to Haiti Relief Efforts
Nestlé Waters North America (which includes Nestlé Waters Canada) has pledged to donate $1 million in bottled water products to support disaster relief efforts and…
Fredericton to See Upgrades
The water and wastewater systems in Fredericton will receive $1.4 million in upgrades through a federal-provincial-city project. The feds are contributing $470,601 under the Infrastructure…
Newalta and BioteQ Join Forces
Canadian company Newalta Corp. says it will purchase 3.6 million shares of BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc. for $4 million as part of an agreement between…
Smart Metering is Critical: Report
Sixty-eight per cent of water utility managers believe it is critical that water utilities adopt smart meter technologies, says Testing the Waters, a new study…
IONA Wins Contract in Wetaskiwin
The envision Group has announced that it’s wholly owned subsidiary, IONA Contractors Ltd. (IONA), has been awarded a $2.7-million contract with the City of Wetaskiwin,…
Pollution Data Would Help Drinking Water Protection: Report
Federal pollution data would give valuable additional information to the program created to protect sources of Ontarians’ drinking water, says a new report from the…
Imagine H2O Finalists Announced
The judges for the first-ever Imagine H2O Prize have chosen ten finalists of the global competition. Created to help find sustainable solutions to global water…
Global Water Experts to Meet in Canada
More than two dozen leading United Nations water experts will convene in Hamilton, Ontario from February 2-4 to plan fresh strategy for a coordinated approach…
Seair Sells to Oil Sands Operation
Edmonton-based Seair Inc. has sold six large industrial water treatment units to an oil sands facility for use in treating groundwater prior to mining. The…
A Five-Year Plan for Petitcodiac
Petitcodiac Riverkeeper’s five-year strategic plan to protect and restore New Brunswick’s Petitcodiac River watershed was released on Friday, presenting the organization’s vision for the river…
KSB Opens Montreal Office
KSB Pumps Inc. has opened a new regional office in Montreal that will focus on customers and consulting engineering firms in Quebec. Located nearby Montréal-Trudeau…
WRI to Measure Water Risks and Opportunities
Think tank the World Resources Institute (WRI), in partnership with General Electric and Goldman Sachs, has launched an initiative to measure water-related risks facing companies…
$10M for Quebec Water Infrastructure
The municipality of Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies will receive over $10.5 million in joint funding under the Communities component of the Building Canada Fund–Quebec, for drinking water supply,…
Demand for Treatment Products to Reach US$59B by 2013
World demand for water treatment products is projected to increase 5.7 percent per year to US$59 billion in 2013, well above the rate of economic…
MB: New Rules Affect Failing Private Wastewater Systems
Provincial efforts to improve Manitoba’s environment with a focus on Lake Winnipeg have taken another step with the proclamation of a strengthened Environment Act, Conservation…
BioteQ Wins Export Award
Vancouver-based BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc. has received the 2009 Canada Export Achievement Award for the Pacific Region. Presented by Export Development Canada and PROFIT Magazine,…
Winnipeg Sees SEWPCC Commitments
Today marked a three-level commitment of support for improvements to the existing South End Water Pollution Control Centre in Winnipeg. The project involves improvements to…