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Water Canada

The City of Sarnia is undertaking a major infrastructure project to address the increased risk of basement flooding and sewer overflows due to more frequent and intense storms. This upgrade will replace the combined sewers with separate storm and sanitary sewers, enhance the wastewater collection system, replace the water main, and fully repave sidewalks and roads. This will reduce economic losses and protect the community from future flooding disruptions. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

CBC

Williamson, like roughly 90 per cent of residents in Grassy Narrows First Nation, has been impacted by mercury poisoning that dates back to the 1960s and ’70s, when the Dryden Paper Mill dumped about nine tonnes of the toxin into the English-Wabigoon River System in northwestern Ontario. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Governance.

The Conversation – United States

The U.S. Supreme Court has limited how flexible the Environmental Protection Agency and states can be in regulating water pollution under the Clean Water Act in a ruling issued March 4, 2025. However, the justices kept the decision relatively narrow. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Governance.

Phys.org

Deforestation in the Amazon causes more rain in the wet season and less rain in the dry season, according to new research published Wednesday underscoring the rainforest’s “pivotal” role in regulating local and global climate. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Flood.

March 6, 2025
11:21 am
Ecosystem, Environment, International, Research

Al Jazeera

Indonesian authorities are using cloud seeding to mitigate heavy rainfall that has caused severe flooding in the capital, Jakarta, and its surrounding areas, killing at least one person and displacing thousands. The deluge, which began on Monday, has affected Jakarta, home to about 11 million people, along with the neighbouring cities of Bogor, Bekasi, and Tangerang. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Flood.

CityNews Kitchener

The current forecast is calling for anywhere from 15 to 25 millimetres of rain throughout the day, with a flood watch now in effect through the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA). “The river system is largely ice covered and there is a heavy snowpack across most of the watershed,” said the GRCA in a statement. “The warm conditions and rain will generate runoff and will likely be sufficient to cause the river ice cover to break up and start moving, which raises the risk of ice jam formation and associated flood potential.”. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Flood.

CBC

Both Coral Harbour and Igloolik have experienced boil-water advisories in recent months due to issues with their water treatment plants. Coral Harbour has seen two since mid-October due to inconsistent chlorine levels, while Igloolik was under a boil-water advisory for nearly five months due to cloudy water. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

Inside Climate News

The Delaware River Basin Commission says the current plan to boost downstream flows may not be enough to repel a “salt front” in the tidal Delaware River. Click here to read the story.

Water Canada

The Grindrod Water Utility is a single building that houses a packaged water treatment system. Raw water is diverted from the Shuswap River and pumped into the single train packaged up-flow clarifier and filtration process. Due to the water treatment process, the piping within the facility has been experiencing corrosion and aging. In addition to adding two water meters within the treatment plan, this project will upgrade the existing piping and valves to improve reliability and extend the service life of the system. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

The Guardian

Severe thunderstorms are forecast to batter the southern and central United States on Tuesday, with a threat of tornadoes, damaging winds, blizzards, flash flooding and dust storms possible from the southern Plains into the lower Mississippi Valley and south-east. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Flood.

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