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The Guardian

The Colorado River basin has lost 27.8m acre-feet of groundwater in the past 20 years, an amount of water nearly equivalent to the full capacity of Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, a new study has found. Click here to read the story.

Guelph Today

Presenting the township’s preliminary recommended water and wastewater servicing strategy at a Centre Wellington council meeting Monday evening, staff said upgrading water and wastewater infrastructure to accommodate the township’s growth to 2051 will cost approximately $200 million, with $68.85 million flagged for water projects and $130.4 million for wastewater projects. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

Water Canada

Alberta’s government has released new Bow and Elbow River flood maps showing that Calgary’s flood risk along the Elbow River has been drastically reduced thanks to the recently completed Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir and other projects. More projects are already underway to keep strengthening flood protections in the city. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Flood.

Water Canada

“The Brickyard facility is an important component of future development in this area,” says Brett Newstead, General Manager of Planning and Infrastructure. “This pond construction will facilitate the community growth for needed housing and recreation infrastructure for the Town of Stony Plain.”. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

Smart Water Magazine

A recent study has introduced a novel data-driven model that distinguishes between human-induced and natural water consumption in croplands, providing valuable insights into the sustainability of arid lake ecosystems. Click here to read the story.

Lethbridge News Now However, the Oldman Reservoir is the largest of the three and the one that feeds Lethbridge. While it has more storage than a year ago (when it was at 53 per cent), it remains below normal for this time of year. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

Grist

The disappearance of glaciers is also creating opportunities for the multibillion-dollar mining industry. Like migrating salmon, mineral exploration companies are moving quickly into areas exposed by melting ice, hoping to strike the next big lode. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Glaciers.

Smart Water Magazine

Canadians are among some of the most water-rich people globally, with access to about 20 per cent of the world’s freshwater supply and seven per cent of the world’s renewable freshwater supply. As a result, Canadians are among the most water-greedy nations in the world, with per-capita water use in the average Canadian household coming in at more than 220 litres a day. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Governance.

Smart Water Magazine

There is increasing evidence that boat wakes erode the shoreline, disrupt aquatic ecosystems, degrade water quality and pose a safety hazard to those at the shoreline or also on the water. Click here to read the story.

Nature

In recent years, measures proposed to address urban flooding caused by extreme rainfall often demand substantial investment, restricting their broad implementation. This study quantitatively assessed the inundation situations of 138 capital cities under both normal and extreme rainfall conditions. Using machine learning techniques, we found that grey infrastructure—closely commensurate with a city’s economic development—dominates flood reduction during normal rainfall events. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Flood.

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