Canadian wastewater operators are leading the charge to create an international standard defining what is truly “flushable.” Working in the wastewater facilities and sewers of…
Tecvalco Ltd., a Niagara Falls Ont.-based company has partnered with Soneera Water, to be the exclusive manufacturer and sales representative for Soneera’s wastewater treatment technology…
The Government of Alberta is making investments in water infrastructure that will create jobs and ensure clean water in communities across the province. In Budget…
Capital expenditures (CAPEX) for U.S. municipal water & wastewater utilities are expected to exceed $532 billion between 2016 and 2025, according to new forecasts just-released…
After a five-year, $3.3 million study, Rob Jamieson, head of the Dalhousie Centre, and his team at Dalhousie University have come to the conclusion that…
It was a dazzling celebration of water leadership and innovation. On June 23, Water Canada celebrated it 2016 Water’s Next winners and nominees at a…
The consumer thirst for craft beer and locally made food has been great for small businesses, creating many jobs in both large urban centres and…
New Brunswick announced this week that the province’s moratorium on hydraulic fracturing will remain indefinitely. As a result of the findings from the Commission on…
The City of West Kelowna has begun an estimated $1,362,045 project to replace the Horizon Village Lift Station with a new sanitary sewer system. The…
There is a popular theory among North Americans that, in the future, robots might replace people in the workplace. Given self-driving cars are a reality…
Water Canada magazine has announced the finalists of the 2016 Water’s Next Awards. The Water’s Next Awards program honours the achievements and ideas of individuals…
The federal government delivered its 2016 budget on World Water Day. Tabled on March 22, 2016, it included welcome water-related commitments, including funding to rebuild…
There is widespread consensus that Canada’s water systems are in urgent need of investment, replacement, and renewal. For many cities and communities, however, the upfront…
A group of Canadian researchers have published new research that points to hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells, not wastewater disposal, as the cause…
Stantec Inc. has announced a merger with Broomfield, Colorado-based MWH Global—the biggest deal in the engineering and infrastructure design consulting companyt’s 62-year history. The Edmonton-based…
Today, Ellen Schwartzel, acting environmental commissioner of Ontario, released the Commission’s Annual Report for 2014-2015 entitled, “Small Things Matter.” In it, the commissioner recommended that…
What started as a measure of preventative maintenance, escalated into a federal election issue. News that the City of Montréal was set to release eight…
The Alberta Municipal Water/Wastewater Partnership (AMWWP) and Water for Life have announced the recipients of grants to support drinking water and wastewater projects across the…
Municipal wastewater treatment produces vast amounts of sludge that is expensive to dispose. That’s why researchers in from Universiti Teknologi MARA in Malaysia are working…
A statement released this week by 14 groups from Canada and the U.S., including World Wildlife Fund Canada, says that cutting phosphorous in Lake Erie…
The Province of British Columbia is providing $50,000 in funding to the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of BC (ASTTBC) to ensure consistent licensing standards…
The Canadian Water Network (CWN) is investing nearly $200,000 in a research project aimed at addressing the disproportionate burden First Nations communities in Canada face…
The federal government has announced the plans for a $330.8-million investment over two years for First Nation water and wastewater systems on reserve. The funds…
As the infrastructure deficit exceeds capital and operational budgets, the leaders in charge of Canada’s municipal water and wastewater assets and operations are being asked…