Unsafe tap water is common in Newfoundland. This town just overcame a 1989 boil order
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 […]
Compare and contrast: Stantec joins $800M Mojave Desert water project
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 […]
Tests showed potentially dangerous lead levels at hundreds of Ontario schools last year. A new report urges the province to act
Toronto Star Provincial test data shows that half of all public schools in Ontario have reported lead levels that have exceeded the federal safety guideline at least once in the […]
Compare and contrast: Building Climate Resilience through Nature-Based Infrastructure in Drakenstein, South Africa
IISD Together with local partners and C40 Cities Finance Facility, we developed a Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) to assess the benefits of investing in NBI in river sub-catchments between the […]
Zombie water apocalypse: Is Trump’s rhetoric over Canada’s water science-fiction or reality?
The Conversation – Canada Interest from the United States in Canada’s water is concerning, though nothing new. In the most recent development, the U.S. has paused negotiations the Columbia River […]
Yukon government continues work on removing lead from drinking water at 24 schools, programs
CBC Twenty-four schools and associated buildings in the Yukon have at least one drinking water source that exceeds the national guideline for maximum lead concentration, according to recent testing results. […]
US pauses water-sharing negotiations with Canada over Columbia River
The Guardian British Columbia’s energy ministry said officials south of the border were “conducting a broad review” of the Columbia River Treaty, the 61-year-old pact that governs transnational flood control, […]
Compare and contrast: Flood and drought risk increasing in cities – study
BBC News The world’s 100 most populated cities are becoming increasingly exposed to flooding and drought, according to new research. The research found that 17% of the cities studied were […]
Compare and contrast: Spain near end of four-year drought: weather agency
France 24 But a long-term measurement taking into account precipitation over the three previous years shows that the “amount of rain accumulated… remains below normal” in the country on the […]
Repeated water issues in NW Calgary frustrate Bowness residents
City News Calgary “We had a break on this street earlier in the week, we repaired that one and while we were putting that back in service another break happened […]