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Groundwater DVD Makes a Splash

An eight-minute DVD on groundwater is being distributed by Conservation Ontario across the province. The Groundwater, Ours to Protect video, produced by Quinte Conservation in…

Quebec Sees Gas Tax Results

Saint-Raphael, Que. will see funds from the Federal Gas Tax Revenues and the province’s contribution. The municipality will use the first payment of $190,375 to…

Water Bankruptcy

Another study-this time international-has claimed that water is underpriced and overused. The world simply cannot manage water in the future in the same way as…

GENIVAR Acquires WSA and Envirotel

The GENIVAR Income Fund has acquired two consulting engineering firms: Montreal-based WSA Trenchless Consultants Inc. and Sherbrooke-based Envirotel 3000 Inc. WSA specializes in municipal infrastructure,…

Water is Underpriced: Report

The current state of municipal water pricing in Canada is significantly flawed, with costs that include underfunded water agencies, aging infrastructure, excessive consumption and stifled…

Seprotech Acquires Envirosearch

Seprotech Systems Inc., a provider and operator of pre-engineered water and wastewater treatment plants, has closed the purchase of Envirosearch Operations Incorporated, a private company…

Tetra Tech Acquires Wardrop

Tetra Tech, Inc. has acquired Wardrop Engineering, Inc., a Canadian firm that specializes in resource management, energy and infrastructure design. Wardrop has about 1,200 employees…

Death to Bacteria

In our rush to use new technologies in the improvement of man-made materials or to clean up the environment, sometimes we forget to consider or…

Opportunity Knocks

Water tariffs are on the rise throughout North America and around the world, as we all try to figure out how we’re going to meet…

Medication Present in St. Lawrence River

Chemotherapy products and certain hypertension and cholesterol medications are present in the St. Lawrence River. A study conducted by Université de Montréal researchers reveals that…

BX Creek Gets a Facelift

Through a provincial grant from the General Strategic Priorites Fund, the City of Vernon, B.C. has been awarded $801,800 representing the full cost of the…