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Phys.org

Rivers join downstream, flow downhill, and eventually meet an ocean or terminal lake: These are fundamental rules of how waterways and basins are supposed to work. But rules are made to be broken. In the journal Water Resources Research, Sowby and Siegel lay out nine rivers and lakes in the Americas that defy hydrologic expectations. Click here to read the story.

Water Canada

The Province is providing the City of Merritt with $60 million to relocate and rebuild two critical dikes, on both banks of the Coldwater River, that were damaged during the flooding of November 2021. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Flood.

Water Canada

Water Canada is proud to announce the publication of its highly anticipated Top 50 Canadian Water Projects list for 2025. This annual ranking highlights the most innovative, impactful, and transformative water initiatives across the country, showcasing advancements in drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and agriculture. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

CBC

The northern Ontario city of North Bay says it is exploring options to upgrade its water treatment plant so it can treat per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly referred to as forever chemicals, although there’s no funding currently in place to do that. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

Smart Water Magazine

Alberta’s government is investing more than CAD 19 million in 10 different projects through the Drought and Flood Protection Program. Funding for all projects approved in this round will be paid out in 2025-26. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Drought.

Smart Water Magazine

As the world focuses on glacier preservation this UN World Water Day, researchers at the University of Waterloo are exploring the glaciers of the Yukon’s St. Elias Mountains. These massive bodies of ice, part of the planet’s highest coastal mountain range, are more than just stunning landscapes they are a vital source of Canada’s frozen water and key to understanding sea level rise and future water security. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Glaciers.

KelownaNow

The City of West Kelowna is anticipating manganese levels to increase in the Rose Valley Reservoir as the temperature increases in the coming months. The city said manganese levels, the chemical that was causing water discolouration last summer, have remained low and did not increase in March. Click here to read the story.

Construction Dive

Despite a recent infusion of federal dollars, the health of the country’s aging water infrastructure has plateaued amid burgeoning environmental stressors and new cleanup demands, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2025 Infrastructure Report Card released last week. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

The Conversation – Africa

As the planet gets hotter and freshwater sources dry up, cities and towns will not be able to continue the global norm of using millions of litres of clean, drinkable water to flush toilets. South Africa’s Water Research Commission recently commissioned a study into using seawater to flush toilets in Cape Town. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

EurekAlert!

Mountain snowpacks accumulate snow throughout the winter, building up stores of water that will supply communities across the American West throughout the long dry season. Now, a new study shows that as storms carry snow to the Rocky Mountains, they are also bringing mercury and other contaminants from mines in the region. The research helps scientists understand how contaminants are spread by atmospheric circulation and has implications for snowpack preservation and illuminating the lasting environmental impact of mining activities. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Glaciers.

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