Friday, April 18, 2025
Oilsands Panel Unveiled
In response to concerns about industrial pollution in the Athabasca River and connecting waterways, Canada’s environment minister, Jim Prentice, has appointed an independent advisory panel…
Western Canada
Third Party to Review Oilsands Water Data
A committee of independent scientists will be created to review water monitoring data collected from Alberta’s oil sands region, announced the Province earlier this week.…
Canada-Manitoba Sign Lake Winnipeg Clean-Up Memorandum
Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety and Member of Parliament for Provencher, on behalf of Canada’s Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, and Manitoba’s Minister of Water Stewardship,…
Esquimalt’s “Wrong Plan”
The Township of Esquimalt has launched a new website, TheWrongPlan.ca, in opposition to Victoria’s Capital Regional District (CRD) plans for sewage treatment. In August, the…
Calgary Awards US$5.9M Pipe Contract
Insituform Technologies, Inc. has been awarded a contract with a first year value of US$5.9 million by the City of Calgary. Upon completion of the…
Penner Approves CRD’s Sewage Plan
The B.C. government has approved a wastewater management strategy proposed by the Capital Regional District (CRD) that will for the first time treat up to…
Shell, Dawson Creek Agree on Reclamation Plant
As we reported in our May/June issue, the City of Dawson Creek, B.C., and Shell recently reached an agreement to build the City’s Reclaimed Water…
Okanagan Tracks Water Resources Data
A computer model developed to determine the amount of water resources required for agricultural land in the Okanagan now and in the future is helping…
Funds Target Climate Change Risks: Drought, Floods
Funding for a series of projects to advance regional adaptation to climate change decision making was announced last week by the governments of Canada, Manitoba,…
Edmonton Completes $7.5M Stormwater Wetland
What was once an old gravel pit in Hermitage Park has been transformed into the City of Edmonton’s first wetland built exclusively for stormwater treatment…
Cranbrook Breaks Ground on $14.5M Wastewater Project
Last week Cranbrook, British Columbia held an official groundbreaking to commemorate the start of construction on the anticipated $14.5 million City of Cranbrook Wastewater Improvement…
FilterBoxx Signs Agreement with GE
Recognizing the importance of finding efficient and economical ways to recover heavy oil from the oil sands regions, GE and Calgary-based FilterBoxx Water & Environmental…
Alberta Funds Flooding Recovery
Two new provincial disaster recovery programs totaling $203.5-million will help citizens and municipalities in southern Alberta recover from recent flooding and severe weather. “These storms…
Manitoba District Celebrates Completion of IWM Plan
Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick today congratulated the Seine-Rat River Conservation District and its project management team for completing the Seine River integrated watershed management…
Groups Call for B.C. Public Trust in New Water Act
A new report released by Ecojustice and POLIS Water Sustainability Project outlines how the B.C. government can become leaders in responsible freshwater management by embracing…
Western Premiers Agree to Water Charter
The Western Premiers have been a busy bunch during their two-day conference in Vancouver. Yesterday, they discussed a new strategy to conserve and manage Canada’s…
ConocoPhillips to Donate Medicine River Water Licence
The Water Conservation Trust of Canada announced today it has been named a recipient in a landmark application to transfer an Alberta water licence. ConocoPhillips…
EPCOR Acquires Arizona Water Provider for US $35M
EPCOR Utilities Inc. has signed an agreement for the acquisition of all outstanding shares of Chaparral City Water Company of Arizona. Chaparral, a subsidiary of…
$30M for Water Security Research
Great video with Dr. Howard Wheater, the University of Saskatchewan’s new Canada Excellence Research Chair in Water Security. Water Canada spoke with Dr. Wheater in…
Two Alberta Wastewater Plants Open
This week two Canadian wastewater treatment plants celebrated completion. In Calgary, the new $430-million Pine Creek Wastewater Treatment Centre was officially opened by Mayor Dave…
Seymour-Cap Plant Now Open
The largest water filtration plant in Canada has officially opened in Metro Vancouver. “This project has not only made metro Vancouver a leader in water…
UVic Releases Water Pricing Report
A new University of Victoria report is stimulating a national dialogue on water pricing as part of a sustainable approach to management. Worth Every Penny:…
B.C. Building Code Supports Water Conservation
British Columbia is updating its building code to further protect and preserve water by requiring the installation of high-efficiency toilets and urinals in new buildings…
AAEE Awards Calgary’s Pine Creek Facility
The City of Calgary’s Pine Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTP) has earned a 2010 Excellence in Environmental Engineering Award from the American Academy of Environmental…