Monday, April 21, 2025
Trent Hills Celebrates Government of Canada Grant
Rick Norlock, MP for Northumberland-Quinte West, was in Trent Hills yesterday to celebrate the $404,377 Ontario Potable Water Program (OPWP) grant awarded to the municipality.…
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Saskatoon Sewage Spill Up to 60 Million Litres: CBC
An investigation is underway in Saskatoon after a large quantity of raw sewage spilled into the South Saskatchewan River on July 19, CBC News reports.…
Heraeus Noblelight Showing New Innovations at International Water Events
Heraeus Noblelight will be showcasing its latest UV lamp innovations at Aquatech 2008 in Amsterdam and will be represented at IWA 2008 in Vienna. The…
Collingwood Charges Companies for Sewer Infractions
The Town of Collingwood has charged two east-end industries with violating the sewer use bylaw, reports the Enterprise-Bulletin. On Thursday, the mayor’s office announced charges…
CWQA OffersTwo-Day Water Treatment Basics Course
The Canadian Water Quality Association will host a two-day course on water treatment basics this month in Toronto. The seminar takes place Aug 27 and…
Labrador Town Investigates Water Corrosion Problems: CBC
According to a CBC News report, the Labrador town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay is looking for a new source of drinking water due to complaints…
High Court Water Buzz
One summer evening in 1928, a woman in Paisley, Scotland found a decomposed snail in her ginger beer. She sued the maker of the drink…
Edmonton Firm to Test New Technology at Mexico Plant
According to a Canada.com report, Edmonton-based Seair Inc. has won approval for a two-month trial of its gas-diffusion technology at a wastewater treatment plant in…
Water China 2009 / PVP China 2009 – China’s no. 1 platform for the Water Industry
The largest Chinese trade fair for the water industry, the Water China / PVP China in Canton (Guangzhou), will be held March 4 to 6,…
Waterite Technologies Enters Agreement with WILO Canada
Winnipeg-baed Waterite Technologies, Inc.announced Friday that its Filtrex sales division has entered a distribution agreement with WILO Canada Inc. to represent and distribute WILO pump…
Quebec Upholds Deadline on the Sale of Uncertified Product
The province of Quebec is enforcing the changes to the plumbing code that have been in development since last year. The Canadian Water Qualtiy Association…
Expanding Their Eco-Imagination
As part of an expansion to its “ecomagination” strategy, the General Electric Co. (GE) announced on May 28 that it would reduce its global water…
Pentair and GE Form Joint Venture
Pentair, Inc. and GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of the General Electric Company, announced on Monday a joint venture to combine their respective…
B.C. Ombudsman Releases Drinking Water Safety Report
In a report released June 18 titled Fit to Drink: Challenges in Providing Safe Drinking Water in British Columbia, the province’s ombudsman Kim Carter issued…
AWWA to Embark on Workforce Sustainability Project
At the close of the American Water Works Association’s Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE08), incoming AWWA president Mike Leonard announced the “Water Sector Workforce Sustainability…
Ontario to Develop Plan to Protect Lake Simcoe
The Province of Ontario announced this week it is taking a major step to address the effects more than 200 years of human activity have…
Water Service Cut Off at Manitoba First Nation: CBC
CBC News reported that a water company in southern Manitoba has shut off service to the Roseau River First Nation because the band hasn’t been…
AWWA Welcomes New President
Mike Leonard, water operations manager for the City of Roswell, Georgia, assumed the presidency of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) on Wednesday night at…
Gowlings Clean Tech Award Presented to Nexterra Energy Corp.
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP presented Nexterra Energy Corp. with the first-ever Gowlings Clean Tech Award as a part of the 22nd annual CATAAlliance Annual Innovation…
Government Considers Low-Flow Regulations: Canadian Press
According to a Canadian Press article, the Government of Canada is looking at regulations that would require manufacturers to sell low-flow plumbing fixtures as a…
Village of Casselman Receives OPWP Grant
The Village of Casselman, Ont., located about 50 kilometres east of Ottawa, received a $70,738 grant under the Ontario Potable Water Program (OPWP) on Monday.…
CIPH Lead Forum Update
On May 27, the Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heating (CIPH) co-sponsored a forum titled “Industry Compliance: The Future of Lead In Plumbing Products.” Over…
Winner of 2008 Stockholm Industry Water Award Announced
Pioneering work to develop the world’s largest water purification plant for groundwater recharge has earned the Orange County Water District and the Orange County Sanitation…
Schwarzenegger Declares Drought in California
According to anews release from the Earth Times, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed a statewide drought Wednesday after two years of below average rain and…