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Water Canada

In the face of unprecedented changes, Canadian water utilities are challenged to plan effectively for an inherently unpredictable future. Canadian Water Network (CWN) is leading a national adaptive planning project to help prepare utilities for a range of future risks. This project is supported by Natural Resources Canada’s Climate Change Adaptation Program. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

Circle of Blue

National Science Foundation grants, including water research grants, have been reviewed for ideological influence. Click here to read the story.

Groundwater

With greater volatility in weather and climate, seasonal changes in water quality are becoming more frequent and pronounced. This leaves many treatment plant operators battling to respond and cope. Click here to read the story.

Inside Climate News

The freeze of payments to farmers, cities, Native American tribes and groups that protect watersheds could trickle down to threaten western economies, electricity supplies and agricultural production. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Governance.

Water Canada

Every winter, Ontario applies millions of tonnes of road salt to keep highways, streets, and sidewalks safe from ice and snow. While this practice helps prevent accidents, it has a hidden consequence road salt doesn’t simply disappear after use. Instead, it seeps into groundwater, rivers, and lakes, increasing chloride levels in drinking water sources. Click here to read the story.

The Guardian

Since releasing a couple into an enclosure on his Cornwall farm in 2017, he says they [beavers] have saved it from drought, prevented flooding in the nearby village, boosted the local economy and even improved oyster beds in Falmouth Bay. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

February 28, 2025
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Ecology, Ecosystem, Environment, International

CBC

A $9,000 fine levied against a coal company for releasing mine-contaminated wastewater into a northwestern Alberta river is a weak reprimand for the toxic leak, critics say. Wastewater from CST metallurgical coal mine near Grande Cache, about 430 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, spilled from the site, sending harmful plumes of fine tailings into the river. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

Water Canada

Brock’s Rankin Family Pavilion will be awash with artwork and exhibits to mark the University’s second annual World Water Day Celebration on Friday, March 21.”Water is such an integral part of our lives, especially in Niagara where we are surrounded by the Great Lakes and Niagara River, but often we don’t give it the spotlight it deserves,” she says. “This is a chance to take a moment and appreciate not only the incredible water-focused work, art, courses and research happening at Brock and in the region, but also how we are intricately connected with water.”. Click here to read the story.

ABC News Australia

Documents have revealed WA’s Water Corporation had serious concerns over what might happen should Alcoa’s bauxite operation contaminate Serpentine Dam. The Water Corporation had planned for a potential crisis, in which it would have to issue ‘boil water’ notices or deliver bottled water to thousands of residents. Click here to read the story.

Yale Environment 360

Wildfires, floods, intense heat, droughts, and other extreme events fueled by climate change are threatening water systems in the U.S. and around the globe. Experts warn of the increasing threat of contamination and the need to improve infrastructure to keep drinking water safe. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Climate and Severe Weather.

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