Saturday, April 19, 2025
Laval to See Upgrades
Feds and the province of Quebec will upgrade three water treatment plants in Laval. The Governments of Canada and Quebec will contribute up to $46.82…
News
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Another group is campaigning for renegotiation of the “outdated” Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.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…
FCM Honours Well Aware
Winners of FCM’s 2009 Awards for Outstanding International Volunteer Contribution and the 2009 FCM-CH2M HILL Sustainable Community Awards were honoured this weekend at a recognition…
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.…
Capital Regional District Votes for Four Sewage Plants for $1.2B
British Columbia’s Capital Regional District’s Core Area Liquid Waste Management Committee (CALWMC) has selected a refined distributed wastewater management strategy for the Region’s Core Area.…
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…
Funds for Pemberton Potable Water Sustainability Study
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has announced a Green Municipal Fund (GMF) grant for the Village of Pemberton, British Colombia. The Village has used…
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…
Guelph Adopts WCESU Recommendations
Guelph, Ontario’s City Council voted to adopt the policy recommendations of Water Conservation and Efficiency Strategy Update (WCESU) at this week’s Council meeting. The recommendations…
Suncor Subcontractor Sentenced
Subcontractor Rodney McCabe has been ordered under house arrest for 11 months for his role in sewage being released into the Athabasca River. In 2005…
Green Party Calls for Fewer Bottles
Canada’s Green Party has voiced its opinion on bottled water by asking the federal government to avoid its purchase wherever possible, citing environmental and economic…
Eight B.C. First Nations Celebrate Completed Water Projects
Eight British Columbia First Nations have completed projects that will improve their water and wastewater systems. Since 2006, the federal government and First Nations have…
FCM’s GMF: $2.1M for Quebec
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has announced a Green Municipal Fund (GMF) grant of $2.1 million for sustainable development projects in 14 Quebec municipalities.…
Sask. Council Tackles Water Issues in Alberta
The new South Saskatchewan Regional Advisory Council (RAC) will look at key issues such as water, land use and population growth as it provides advice…
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…
Better, Faster, Longer: Gas Tax Extension for Quebec
The Canada-Quebec Gas Tax Fund has received a $1.8-billion boost and extension from 2010 and 2014. The fund supports environmentally sustainable infrastructure, such as water,…
Dessau Responds to Water Meter Controversy
In response to the hubbub over contracts a consortium that includes Dessau obtained in Montreal, Jean-Pierre Sauriol, president of Dessau, wrote an open letter. Sauriol…
Toronto Taps the Sun for Hot Water
Residents of Toronto’s Ward 30 (Toronto-Danforth) will be leading the way in using the sun for home water heating in a new program announced yesterday.…
A River Will Run Through It
As part of waterfront revitalization, Waterfront Toronto announced over the weekend its plans to naturalize the mouth of the Don River and to transform the…
Feds Invest in Water Science
The Centre for Inland Waters Hydraulics Laboratory and the Wastewater Technology Centre have received funding from the feds. More than $7.5 million over the next…
National Groundwater Report Due Next Week
On May 11, the Council of Canadian Academies will release a report entitled The Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Canada. In 2006, the Council was…