Friday, April 18, 2025
$2.3M for Madawaska Upgrades
Residents of three Madawaska County, New Brunswick communities will see nearly $2.3 million in drinking water and wastewater collection systems upgrades. Saint-Léonard will use more…
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$93.3M for York, Durham Wastewater Improvements
The governments of Canada and Ontario have set aside a total of $93.3 million in funding to support the Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant…
BIOREM Awarded Three Projects in China
Guelph-based BIOREM Inc., designer and manufacturer of air pollution control systems, last week announced three new municipal orders from its China office. The three orders,…
Cold Snap
Just south of the Arctic Circle in the small Nunavut hamlet of Chesterfield Inlet—or in Inuktitut, Igluligaarjuk—a sewage truck dumps its potent—smelling load into a…
Dawson Signs with Corix
The City of Dawson and Yukon government announced yesterday that a contract has been signed with Vancouver-based Corix Water Systems for the design and construction…
Water Figures in Neighbourhood Funding
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) are partnering in the EQuilibriumTM Communities Initiative to provide support and promote leading edge…
MBR Market Will Reach $1.3B by 2015
The global membrane bioreactors (MBR) market will reach $1.3 billion by 2015, says a new report by Global Industry Analysts. The technology’s growth will be…
First PRECO Group Announced
A first group of 22 Quebec municipalities will receive $15,802,500 under the federal-provincial agreement pertaining to the water and wastewater pipeline renewal program, le Programme…
Trojan Wins Stockholm Industry Water Award
London, Ontario-based Trojan Technologies, a developer and proponent of large-scale ultraviolet (UV) water disinfection systems used worldwide, has won the 2009 Stockholm Industry Water Award.…
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.…
FCM’s GMF: $2.1M for Quebec
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has announced a Green Municipal Fund (GMF) grant of $2.1 million for sustainable development projects in 14 Quebec municipalities.…
CMHC Announces Infrastructure Loans
Municipalities can begin applying for direct, low-cost loans for shovel-ready infrastructure projects through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), the feds announced yesterday. Under…
GLV Acquires Dewatering Technology
GLV Inc. has acquired the municipal and industrial wastewater sludge treatment technology developed by Elcotech Technologies, a young company based in Boucherville, Quebec. Conventional mechanical…
Still Work to Be Done: Strahl on First Nations Water
First Nations will have access to the same quality of safe and reliable water as all Canadians, said Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and…
B.C. Wastewater Treatment Study Funded
B.C.’s Capital Regional District (CRD) will receive federal and provincial financial support to plan wastewater treatment for its core area municipalities. The Governments of Canada…
EPCOR Takes on Banff
In more EPCOR news, the Town of Banff has agreed to make EPCOR Utilities Inc. as the new operator for its wastewater treatment plant. Under…
Gas Tax Funding Speeds Up and Doubles
John Baird, Canada’s Transport and Infrastructure Minister, announced today a shot in the arm for municipal infrastructure. Ongoing federal gas tax transfers to the provinces…
Gold Bar Now Owned and Operated by EPCOR
EPCOR Utilities Inc. (EPCOR) officially became the owner and operator of the Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment Plant today. Edmonton City Council authorized the transfer of…
Manitoba Assaults Phosphorus
New measures were announced last week by Manitoba’s Conservation Minister Stan Struthers as part of an aggressive plan to reduce phosphorus that promotes growth of…
Visit CWT at AMERICANA
AMERICANA, the International Environmental Technology Trade Show and Conference, is happening from March 17-19 in Montreal, Quebec. Visit Canadian Water Treatment at Booth #1030! Check…
SDTC Encourages Water Treatment Funding Applications
The largest single funder of clean technology in Canada is calling for Statements of Interest for its fifteenth round of funding. Although applications to all…
Water Winners at 2008 CEAs
The Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards, honouring projects by Canadian engineering firms, were announced on February 24. The winners were selected from 67 entries by a…
Aecon Hopes to Strengthen Place in Water Market
Aecon Group Inc. has agreed to acquire Lockerbie & Hole Inc. for approximately $220 million. “We believe this is a unique opportunity for Aecon to…
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…