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August 2024 Articles
Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine’s August 2024 issue includes our Annual Guide to Environmental Government Offices and Associations. Articles cover a wide range of water, wastewater and environmental protection subjects. Topics include: Repairing Calgary’s critical feeder main break, piloting technologies to combat cyanobacteria, making structural changes to water and wastewater buildings, International Women in Engineering Day, stormwater upgrades, wastewater murder mystery book review, and more…
Moncton pilots treatment technologies to protect water supply from cyanobacteria
The City of Moncton is investigating technologies to fortify its water treatment plant and drinking water system in the ongoing fight against cyanobacteria.
Delivering sustainable solutions to tackle drought in agricultural areas
Many of Canada’s most vital landscapes, crucial for countless wildlife species, face increasing drought challenges. For Ducks Unlimited Canada and our partners, these challenges serve to strengthen our resolve and sharpen our focus to find ways to bring resilience to these lands, ensuring they not only survive but thrive.
CST Industries celebrates 75 years of excellence in water storage
SPONSORED: From installing water storage solutions in remote northern communities to maintaining essential municipal water systems in major cities, CST Industries has served communities from coast to coast with reliable water storage services over its 75 years in Canada.
Making structural changes to existing water, wastewater infrastructure in compliance with the Ontario Building...
With aging water and wastewater infrastructure, increasing populations, tightening regulations, and greater need for climate resiliency, much of our work as consultants in the Ontario water and wastewater industry is spent upgrading existing infrastructure.
Machine learning software offers a proactive path to water infrastructure resilience
The time is now for Canadian water professionals to undertake AI and machine learning initiatives that can significantly advance infrastructure resilience.
Repairing a critical Calgary feeder main line after a catastrophic failure
Since Calgary's Bearspaw South feeder main burst its concrete casting on June 5, many indelible images have emerged.
WEFTEC’24 marks 35 years since the ground shook in San Francisco
Thirty-five years ago, at WEFTEC 1989, the unthinkable happened — an earthquake reaching 6.9 on the Richter scale.
Earthquakes and your facility: Effects of the new National Building Code on water and...
When a major seismic event takes place the loss of a critical piece of infrastructure hinders the ability of a community to recover.
Celebrating International Women in Engineering Day
On International Women in Engineering Day, global professional services firm GHD held an informal Q&A session with six engineers from the company’s offices across Canada. They shared their thoughts on what it means to...
From wastewater to whodunit: Review of new technical murder mystery novel
The 2024 release of long-time wastewater manager John Seldon’s latest book, Murder in the Aeration, is the follow-up to Murder in the Primary.
Producing low-carbon green hydrogen from waste
In response to waste problems and hydrogen production requirements, waste steam gasification may be a cost-effective chemical recycling process
Stormwater system upgrades part of Dartmouth’s downtown revitalization project
In what’s being called a “landmark project” for Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, $32.5 million in funding will go towards replacing portions of the existing stormwater sewer in the downtown area for the city of nearly...
Nova Scotia’s New Glasgow funded for gravity sewer system
The small Nova Scotia Town of New Glasgow has received funding for a new gravity sewer system — which eliminates the need for a pumping station — to be constructed under Eighth Street to...
Buffalo Pound WTP continues to go green with addition of solar panels
The Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant in Saskatchewan is finalizing its $4-million solar power project designed to generate 1,800 kW of AC power for the facility.
The Buffalo Pound solar project, which began in...
CFIA gives inspection notice for producers, importers to arrange biosolids PFAS lab test
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says that as of October 18 it will begin to enforce an interim standard for biosolids to ensure they contain less than 50 parts per billion (ppb) of...
Series of federal drinking water guideline consultations set to begin in fall
At least four new public consultations for water quality are on track to begin in fall 2024, ranging from arsenic to haloacetic acids, as well as trihalomethanes and radiological parameters.
Water quality experts from Health...
U.S. water groups head to court over construction of EPA’s PFAS rule for drinking...
Two major U.S. water associations say they want a court to verify whether the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) constructed its PFAS regulation according to the “letter and spirit” of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Further...
AECOM takes on biological phosphorus removal for Clarkson WRRF Phase 3 expansion
AECOM has been selected to provide design and engineering services for the third major expansion of the Clarkson Water Resource Recovery Facility in Ontario’s Peel Region.
As the expansion works to increase the facility’s capacity...
Metro Vancouver approves regional cost-sharing plan for $3.8B North Shore WWTP
Metro Vancouver's board of directors has adopted a plan to distribute the costs of building the new wastewater treatment plant in North Vancouver across the entire region, with the North Shore Sewerage Area carrying...