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The Pinnacle Gazette

Severe flooding has struck various parts of Quebec, compelling authorities to declare states of emergency and initiate evacuations as multiple rivers swell past safe limits. The emergency, prompted by unseasonably warm temperatures and recent heavy rains, particularly impacted municipalities like Drummondville, Beauceville, and Nicolet. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Flood.

Texas Tribune

Towns and cities could be on a path toward a severe shortage of water by 2030, data compiled in the state’s 2022 water plan by the Texas Water Development Board indicates. This would happen if there is recurring, record-breaking drought conditions across the state, and if water entities and state leaders fail to put in place key strategies to secure water supplies. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

March 17, 2025
11:07 am
Environment, Infrastructure, International

BIV News

A mining company has been handed a $114,750 penalty for repeatedly sending cobalt-laced waste into a B.C. river at levels as high as 7,000 per cent above legal limits. Click here to read the story.

CTV News

The city reminds that water should be boiled even if a home filtering device is installed. In addition, schools, businesses and institutions in the ares should shut off water fountains and make annoucements about the state of the water. Click here to read the story.

CTV News

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Sudbury and North Bay on Friday, with 20-40 mm of rain expected this weekend. Click here to read the story.

BBC News

Almost a month’s worth of rain fell in Florence on Friday morning while landslides and mudslides were reported in Bologna, where some residents were evacuated on Thursday evening ahead of heavy rain overnight. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Climate and Severe Weather.

Global News

If passed, Budget 2025 would also allocate $240.1 million to build and repair water management infrastructure to provide irrigation for the agricultural section and flood mitigation for Alberta communities. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

CBC

A boil-water advisory in place since 1989 has been lifted in one Newfoundland fishing community, but dozens of other rural towns in the province are still struggling with long-standing government orders to avoid drinking tap water. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

EurekAlert!

Hydrology experts at Flinders University are calling for urgent investigations into the operation of bore-fields that access fresh groundwater on Pacific islands, including Kiribati, where rising sea levels are already putting local water supplies at risk. “These atoll islands have the most threatened fresh groundwater on earth, and are relied upon by some of the most remote communities,” says Flinders University’s Professor Adrian Werner. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

Construction Dive

Design and engineering firm Stantec will oversee development and construction of the $800 million Mojave Groundwater Bank project in California’s Mojave Desert, water company Cadiz announced at the end of February. The project, which will pull water from an ancient aquifer beneath the Mojave Desert, will supply California and Arizona. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.

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