Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Town of Banff to replace aging watermains and sewers in 2025-26
The Town of Banff has opened the tendering for reconstruction of Caribou Street, between Lynx Street and Banff Avenue, proposed to start in the fall…
pipes
Significant amount of drinking water being wasted due to leaky pipes: Report
Millions of cubic metres of treated drinking water are being pumped into the ground every year across Ontario municipalities as a result of broken and…
Water Quality Could Change in Buildings Closed During COVID-19 Pandemic: Study
The quality of water left sitting in pipes could change in buildings—such as restaurants and schools—that are closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. “We…
Municipal Leaders Urge Residents to Think About What They Flush
Canadian municipal leaders and wastewater professionals are urging everyone to NOT flush anything but the 3P’s—pee, poop, and paper (toilet paper). There is never a…
Winnipeg Releases Results from Lead Water Quality Testing Program
The City of Winnipeg has released results from its 2019 lead water quality testing program. The testing program was launched in August, following the introduction…
Nova Scotia Communities Receive Water Infrastructure Funding
Officials from all three levels of government came together to announce funding to support improvements to water and wastewater infrastructure in the municipalities of Antigonish,…
Funding Announced for Pelly Crossing Water Infrastructure
The governments of Canada and Yukon are providing funding for three local infrastructure projects in Pelly Crossing. The installation of upgrades to the Taraw Water…
Study Examines Why Some Cities Turn Off Pipes at Night
For more than a billion people around the world, running water comes from “intermittent systems” that turn on and off at various times of the…
Montreal Waterworks Distributor, DGI, Acquires Corix Water Products
Montreal’s Deschênes Group Inc. (DGI) has acquired Corix Water Products (CWP), a division of Corix Infrastructure Inc. The acquisition has given DGI access to the…
Wolseley Appoints New Senior Leadership
Today, Wolseley Canada Inc. announced the appointment of Kelly Martin to the position of Chief Financial Officer; the promotion of Brian Scott to the position of…
Souris, P.E.I. Upgrades Water Infrastructure for the First Time since ’61
The last time Souris upgraded its water and sewer lines, Swiss Family Robinson was playing in theatres, Bobby Lewis’s “Tossin’ and Turnin’” was the number…
More Than $10M for Quebec Water Infrastructure
The Canadian and Quebec governments are investing in water infrastructure projects in both Beaumont and Saguenay. The federal, provincial, and municipal governments will each contribute…
Feds Announce Limits for Lead in Drinking Water
The Government of Canada’s Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water has released a report for public consultation on lead in drinking water for the purposes of…
Aquam Updates AWWA Report on Lead Pipes
A landmark paper on lead pipe rehabilitation and replacement techniques published by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) 15 years ago has been revisited by…
Saint John Water Ties First Place For Local Storytelling With Data Award
Saint John Water in New Brunswick has tied for first place in the “Storytelling with Data” category at the Data Visualization Exhibition during the Canada…
City of Guelph Suffers Costs of Last Year’s Frozen Pipe Emergency
The City of Guelph, Ontario has determined that it will need to dip into reserve funds and scale back on planned projects to cover the…
Thunder Bay pilot project to reduce lead in drinking water raises concerns
The City of Thunder Bay has announced the beginning of a Corrosion Control Pilot Study in the Hodder Pressure Zone starting in December 2015. This…
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…
RCCAO Links Energy Costs and Water Maintenance: Report
Ontario consumers are paying $700 million per year for water that never reaches their taps. A new study (PDF) released today by the Residential and…
Pure Acquires Pipe Eye
Calgary-headquartered Pure Technologies Ltd. has acquired the assets of Pipe Eye International, a provider of long-range specialty robotic inspection services based in Las Vegas, Nevada.…
Sewer Rehabilitation Continues in Hamilton: US$6M
Insituform Technologies, Inc. today announced that it was awarded an additional US$6.0 million in sewer pipe rehabilitation work for the City of Hamilton, Ont. This…