Western Canada

For the first time in the city’s history, all of Winnipeg was put under a boil water advisory on the morning of January 27 after…

Federal and provincial representatives came together with local officials in Reston, Manitoba on January 19 to announce funding for a new flood protection project. In…

The State of Minnesota will sign Manitoba’s Lake Friendly Accord, according to a January 20 announcement from Minister of Conservation and Water Stewardship Gord Mackintosh…

The Saskatchewan town of Ituna will receive joint federal and provincial funding to help complete upgrades to its water supply infrastructure. The project will include…

The City of North Battleford, Saskatchewan, announced on January 16 the commission of a biosolids management project incorporating technology developed by Lystek International Inc., a…

The Capital Regional District (CRD) Core Area Liquid Waste Management committee recommended that the CRD board approve the formation of a wastewater and resource recovery…

The Town of Nanton in southern Alberta has announced plans for a new wastewater treatment plant, scheduled to be operational by the end of 2015.…

The Government of Manitoba is committing almost $12 million to help improve water and wastewater systems in 12 municipalities in the province’s west region. The…

The City of Calgary is steadily approaching its goal of converting all municipal water customers to metered billing. All commercial and industrial customers have switched…

The $7.9 million Sicamous’ water treatment facility upgrades are underway. Once the upgrades are complete, the facility will not only help protect the water supply,…

Manitoba’s Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation Steve Ashton announced on December 16 the release of a 2014 Fall Conditions Report on soil moisture levels at…

The Little Shuswap Lake and Okanagan Indian Bands, both located in British Columbia, celebrated the completion of water system upgrades in their communities on December…

Alberta Health Services (AHS) has identified elevated arsenic and manganese levels in several private wells near Edmonton. The manganese levels discovered were in some cases…

The Sci’anew (Cheanuh) Beecher Bay Band First Nation in British Columbia will receive $40,000 in funding from the First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund to…

Winnipeg is bracing for another winter of frigid temperatures, and the City is recommending that property owners take all measures to protect internal plumbing from…

The Manitoban government has introduced a proposed piece of new legislation in an effort to control the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS) like zebra…

The Woodland Cree First Nation has completed the $4-million Marten Lake, Alberta water pipeline and fill station, ensuring safe drinking water for the registered population…

The Government of Saskatchewan announced on November 26 the $10-million rehabilitation of a four kilometre section of the M1 Canal. The canal is a 22.5…

The municipalities of Lakeview and Westbourne on the shore of Lake Manitoba have donated thousands of acres of wetland for conservation. The Big Grass Marsh…

Alberta Provincial Court has ordered Norellco Contractors Ltd. to pay $185,000 after the company released chlorinated water into the Sturgeon River. Norellco pleaded guilty to…

The City of Armstrong, British Columbia announced the installation of nearly 1,800 residential water meters on November 20, an important component of the city’s Water…

The British Columbia Ministry of Environment has approved the Elk Valley Water Quality Plan, which will address the management of selenium and other substances related…

The federal government and Government of Manitoba have announced funding for water infrastructure projects in five communities in Manitoba’s Parkland Region. Federal funding will come…

On November 13, the governments of Canada and Manitoba announced funding for five water and wastewater projects to take place in communities in the southeast…