Tuesday, April 22, 2025
New Study Explores Canadian Attitudes on Flooding
Increased rates of flooding are taking a toll on Canadians with 31 per cent worried they will experience flooding in the next 12 months. This…
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Transport Canada Provides Additional Safeguards to 25 Rivers
Twenty-five wild and free-flowing rivers and Canadian Heritage Rivers will receive additional oversight under the Canadian Navigable Waters Act. The rivers have officially been added…
International Water Association Elects Tom Mollenkopf as President
The International Water Association (IWA) has elected Tom Mollenkopf as president of the Association for the period October 2020 until August 2022. He will take…
IJC Appoints Montreal City Councillor Suzie Miron to Board
The International Joint Commission (IJC) announced that it has appointed Suzie Miron, a city councillor in Montreal, as a Canadian local member to the International…
Maggie Romuld Joins CWRA as its Executive Director
Maggie Romuld has started her new role as the executive director of the Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA). Maggie Romuld has been a member of…
TMAC Resources Inc. Fined for Failure to Comply with Metal Mining Effluent Regulations
Nunavut-based TMAC Resources Inc. has been ordered to pay $50,000, in the Nunavut Court of Justice, after pleading guilty to one offence under the Fisheries Act…
Toronto City Council Declares Climate Emergency
Toronto City Council has voted unanimously to declare a climate emergency and to adopt a stronger emissions reduction target for Toronto. “We have joined cities…
Genome BC Invests in Acuva Technologies
Genome BC has invested $1 million in Acuva Technologies, a company based in British Columbia that provides advanced UV-LED water purification solutions. “Our province still has communities…
CVC Seeks Nominations for Friends of the Credit Conservation Awards
Do you know someone who works hard to protect nature through on-the-ground action? Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) is seeking nominations for its annual Friends of the…
City of Guelph and Dolime Quarry Develop Proposal to Protect Drinking Water
The City of Guelph and the owners of the Dolime Quarry have reached a potential solution to address the City’s concerns about how operations at…
Nova Scotia Invests Nearly $1M in Water and Wastewater Projects
Eight communities across Nova Scotia will receive more than $922,000 for water and wastewater projects through the Provincial Capital Assistance Program. “We heard from municipalities,…
Richer Data Can Help Improve Flood Hazard Maps: Study
Richer data can help improve the accuracy of flood hazard maps that are used by governments, insurers, and investors to determine the flood risk, according…
City of Brandon, M.B. to Start Water Treatment Facility Upgrades in October 2019
The first phase of a multi-year upgrade of the municipal water treatment facility in the City of Brandon is poised to begin in October 2019,…
Recycling Salty Water Could Help Control Detrimental Microbes in Drill Sites: Study
Recycling salty water produced from hydraulic fracturing may be effective for managing microbes at well sites in Alberta, according to a new study by University…
Foresight Cleantech Creates Partnership with Okanagan College and UBC
The Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre, Okanagan College, and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have established a new partnership to create jobs, create intellectual property,…
WEF Announces Winners of Student Design Competition
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) has announced that students from the University of British Columbia and University of Colorado are the winners of the 2019…
Local Mayors Call for Immediate Change to Water Levels
The elected leaders of six municipalities—Belleville, Brighton, Greater Napanee, Prince Edward County, Quinte West, and Tyendinaga—met on September 24, 2019 in Quinte West to discuss…
Water Environment Federation Announces 2019-2020 Board of Trustees
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) has announced its 2019-2020 Board of Trustees that were confirmed by WEF’s House of Delegates during WEFTEC 2019 in Chicago.…
City of Kitchener Wins Water Efficiency Excellence Award
The Region of Waterloo has recognized the City of Kitchener as a local leader in water efficiency. The city partnered with the Region’s Water Efficient…
Measuring Water and Climate Risk in an Uncertain World
Water is the ultimate Goldilocks product – too little and the land shrivels into desert, too much and we’re paddling. Still, managing water flow has…
Choices Made Now Critical for the Future of Our Ocean and Cryosphere: IPCC
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report highlights the urgency of prioritizing timely, ambitious, and coordinated action to address unprecedented and enduring…
Governments can Prevent PFAS Pollution in Great Lakes: Report
As communities across the Great Lakes region grapple with contaminated drinking water due to toxic PFAS chemicals, a new National Wildlife Federation report outlines how…
Stratford, P.E.I. Approves Tender for Wastewater Delivery System
The Town of Stratford in P.E.I. has approved a resolution to award the tender for its wastewater delivery system to the Charlottetown Pollution Control Plant.…
Ottawa Completes Tunneling for Combined Sewage Storage Tunnel
A tunnel-boring machine has completed its four-kilometre east-west journey, marking a major milestone for the Combined Sewage Storage Tunnel project. With the two-kilometre north-south tunnel already completed…