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Water Canada

The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) announced that the Erickson Water System in Electoral Area B has been awarded $3,502,332 in grant funding from the Provincial Water Meter Pilot Project. The Pilot Project is investing $50 million in water metering for nineteen small, rural and First Nations communities across the province, with specific focus on the single-family residential sector. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

CBC

Aiports, military bases, former landfills and firefighting training sites across Canada are polluted with forever chemicals – and a CBC News analysis has revealed some of those site could pose a threat to drinking water. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

May 29, 2025
5:17 pm
Canada, Ecosystem, Environment, Infrastructure, Research

Discover Moose Jaw

The incident occurred when one of the City of Moose Jaw’s pumps shut down twice during control system upgrades related to the ongoing plant renewal project. Once the issue was identified, the system’s computers automatically shut down operations. Both the City of Moose Jaw and the Water Security Agency (WSA) were notified, and a root cause analysis was launched. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

CBC

In a statement to CBC News, Transport Canada said the risk management plan for the airport site includes “provisions to monitor for contaminant migration and potential impacts to drinking water.”. Click here to read the story.

CBC

This year, the Territorial Planning Unit has deployed new, cylindrical devices, which measure short and long-term water temperatures, pH levels and dissolved oxygen in the water. Click here to read the story.

May 28, 2025
5:36 pm
Canada, Ecology, Ecosystem, Environment, ON

Global News

The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta says there’s nothing to suggest malpractice by the city led to the rupture and that it was complying with group regulations. The feeder main was expected to function for 100 years, but the report says relaxed standards around the time it was built in the 1970s may have led to the premature failure. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

EurekAlert!

Fertilizer might be stronger than we thought. A new international study featuring faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York found that fertilizer can help plants survive short-term periods of extreme drought, findings which could have implications for agriculture and food systems in a world facing climate stressors. Click here to read the story.

The Albertan

The dam and reservoir, which would be located near Ardley, about 70 kilometres east of Red Deer, is a concept that goes back as far as 1954. The provincial government has issued a request for proposals to undertake a feasibility study of the proposed project. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

CBC

Just how Halifax Water communicated with residents about the boil-water order was, in part, the subject of two blunt emails a municipal councillor sent to a pair of Halifax Water officials. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

Cabin Radio

Lead is a toxic metal that can have harmful effects if exposure is sustained over time above certain concentrations. Corroded pipes are a common way by which lead can enter a water supply, though no cause has so far been identified in these two instances. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

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