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Inside Halton

According to the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA), the contamination of Walkerton’s municipal water supply was a wake-up call for citizens and leaders across Canada. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

CKLB Radio

While the Peel River water level is average for this time of year, reports the GNWT’s Department of Environment and Climate Change, water levels and flow rates remain low across most of the rest of the NWT. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Drought.

Huntsville Doppler

Across Muskoka, the signs are impossible to ignore. Floods are more frequent, water quality is slipping, and land use pressures are intensifying. All of this is happening as our climate shifts under our feet. These are not isolated issues—they are part of a growing pattern of environmental stress that threatens the homes we cherish, the lakes we love, and the livelihoods we depend on. Click here to read the story.

CBC

People living near the Ottawa River are being cautioned about higher water levels this weekend, with several conservation authorities issuing flood warnings. 25 to 30 cm expected. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Flood.

CTV News

A Calgary flood advocacy group is calling on the Alberta government to accelerate upstream flood protection efforts along the Bow River, warning that critical infrastructure remains years away as environmental and Indigenous opposition to key dam options continues to grow. The Calgary River Communities Action Group (CRCAG) says residents living near the Bow remain vulnerable more than a decade after the 2013 flood, with major protections still years from completion. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

Water Canada

All Manitobans with a private well or cistern supplying their drinking water should test their water at least once per year. The ideal time for homeowners to test water is in spring after snowmelt, flooding, heavy rainstorms or any time homeowners notice a difference in the colour, clarity, odor or taste of well or cistern water. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

May 7, 2025
8:25 am
Canada, Ecosystem, Environment, Infrastructure, MB

Smart Water Magazine

The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation of India (NHPC) has cut the flow of the Chenab River — one of the key Indus basin rivers originating in the Himalayas and supplying water to Pakistan — by 90 percent, highlighting a new sign of rising tensions between the two countries. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Drought.

EurekAlert!

A new study from North Carolina State University researchers finds that conversion of forests to urban development or agriculture near streams can have harmful effects on water quality downstream, presenting both health concerns and raising the cost of water treatment. Click here to read the story.

Water Canada

As populations grow, so do the demands on infrastructure. In Clarence-Rockland, Ontario, an estimated 21,000 new residents will rely on the city’s water supply over the next 20 years. Jacobs is supporting multiple projects to upgrade and expand the city’s water system to meet this future demand. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

Texas Tribune

As oil and gas are extracted, water flows back up. It is all but unusable — unless treated. Often referred to as produced water, the grimy backwash is full of dirt, minerals and hundreds of chemicals, some of which can be radioactive. Companies must dispose of it somehow. Most, with state permission, inject it underground. Increasingly, oil producers are cleaning it up just enough to reuse it for more fracking. Click here to read the story.

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