WASTEWATER
Funding announced for upgrades to solid waste management and water and wastewater systems in Nunavut
Canada's Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, Amarjeet Sohi, and Nunavut Minister of Community and Government Services, Joe Savikataaq, announced over $230 million in joint...
Disperse Yellow 3 dye to be added to CEPA Schedule 1 List of Toxic Substances
The federal government has made a recommendation to add Disperse Yellow 3 – an azo disperse dye – to Schedule 1 (List of Toxic...
WATER
Ontario introduces new water bottling fee
Beginning August 1, 2017, water bottlers in Ontario will pay $503.71 for every million litres of groundwater taken. The announcement was made by the...
Crypto outbreaks linked to swimming have doubled since 2014
Outbreaks of a parasitic infection linked to swimming pools and water playgrounds are increasingly being reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
STORMWATER
Edmonton evaluates LID stormwater management in cold climate conditions
Low impact development is a stormwater management and land development approach that mimics the natural hydrological cycle to manage stormwater.
New commercial development meets Moncton’s strict stormwater runoff regulations
To satisfy the city’s Zero Net Increase for Stormwater Runoff Law, the underground system used 87 StormTech® MC-3500 chambers.
BIOSOLIDS
Analyzing digester heating requirements
An analysis of Ashbridges Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant led to some conclusions that may be used for digester heating design and operation purposes.
Dry phase anaerobic digestion of organic waste: Resource recovery
If energy recovery is part of a organics recycling strategy, two well-proven routes are available: thermal processes and anaerobic digestion .
HAZMAT & REMEDIATION
Company sentenced to pay $3.5 million for Obed Mountain mine spill
Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC (formerly known as Coal Valley Resources Inc.) pleaded guilty in Alberta Provincial Court on June 9, 2017, to two...
Alberta to ‘boost’ the cleanup of old oil and gas sites to create jobs
The Alberta government introduced legislation on May 18, 2017, that would allow it to lend the Orphan Well Association (OWA) $235 million to speed...
INFRASTRUCTURE
Recent Canadian infrastructure funding announcements
Alberta
The government of Alberta announced on May 29, 2017, more than $131 million from the Water for Life and the Alberta Municipal Water/Wastewater Partnership...
Funding announced for Canadian water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure projects
Funding was recently announced for a number of environmental and infrastructure projects across Canada. Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine has compiled these announcements and...
Funding announced for upgrades to solid waste management and water and wastewater systems in Nunavut
Canada's Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, Amarjeet Sohi, and Nunavut Minister of Community and Government Services, Joe Savikataaq, announced over $230 million in joint...
