Expanding wastewater services in Airdrie
Water Canada Alberta’s government is investing $50 million to upgrade Airdrie’s wastewater system, helping meet growing infrastructure demands driven by rapid population growth. Click here to read the story. […]
North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant Program independent review is on hold
Water Canada Metro Vancouver’s Board of Directors determined that a review of the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant Program is not in the public interest while Metro Vancouver’s litigation with […]
Building stronger communities across rural Alberta
Water Canada Alberta’s rural communities are growing, increasing the need for reliable and effective infrastructure to support economic development and a high quality of life. That is why Alberta’s government […]
‘Sponge City’: How Copenhagen Is Adapting to a Wetter Future
Yale Environment 360 limate change is bringing ever more precipitation and rising seas to low-lying Denmark. In response to troubling predictions, Copenhagen is enacting an ambitious plan to build hundreds […]
Canada wants cities to start filtering toxic forever chemicals from public drinking water, but that’s no easy feat.
CBC As concerns grow over the health impacts of PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” Canadian regulators are tightening drinking water guidelines prompting municipalities to assess how to monitor and remove the […]
Rehabilitation and wastewater to fuel growth in pipe infrastructure, exceeding US$117 bn by 2035
Smart Water Magazine Capital expenditures on pipe infrastructure for municipal water and wastewater utilities in the U.S. and Canada are projected to reach a total of US$117.0 billion between 2025 […]
Fleming College and Mueller Canada Advance Smart Water Infrastructure Management
The Globe and Mail Fleming College’s Centre for Advancement of Water and Wastewater Technologies (CAWT) has been awarded $450,000 through an Applied Research and Development (ARD) grant from the Natural […]
Well, cistern owners warned of blue-green algae bloom on Windsor-area river
Groundwater The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is warning residents with wells or cisterns whose water source is the Ruscom River not to drink their water unless its tested for microcystins. […]
Largest park in a generation opens through transformative Port Lands Flood Protection Project
Water Canada Hundreds gathered this weekend to celebrate the opening of Biidaasige Park on Toronto’s newest island, Ookwemin Minising a major milestone in the $1.4-billion flood protection and waterfront revitalization […]
No wonder England’s water needs cleaning up – most sewage discharges aren’t even classified as pollution incidents
The Conversation – United Kingdom England’s privatised water industry may one day be considered a textbook case study of failed corporate responsibility, regulation and governance. The Cunliffe review, the recent […]