Major water, wastewater upgrades set for Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan communities
First Nations residents in Nova Scotia’s Inverness County, as well as several Saskatchewan communities, will soon benefit from substantial water and wastewater infrastructure funding...
New funding means sewer upgrades planned for southeast Labrador
A series of wastewater upgrades continue in southeast Labrador, where the federal government has recently allocated more than $1.5 million for modern water infrastructure.
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Canada’s budget boosts infrastructure to combat pandemic’s economic fallout
While infrastructure is not the defining centrepiece of Canada’s 2021 federal budget, spending on items like Canada’s first-ever National Infrastructure Assessment, women in engineering,...
ECO Canada releases report on financial compensation of environmental workers
According to ECO Canada’s latest labour market outlook, employers will need to hire approximately 172,700 new environmental workers by 2025 due to sector growth and retirement. This represents nearly 25% of 2020 environmental employment levels (about 620,100). Around 74,400 of these will be new green jobs resulting from sector growth.
Accelerating digital transformation in the water industry to improve efficiency
Tech-savvy water utility managers understand that centralizing operational data into one unified system can help achieve both goals, while boosting efficiency and improving long-term asset performance.
Florida cyberattack raises public awareness of threats to water plants
As utilities increasingly take advantage of the automation available through modern SCADA technology, they will also need to upgrade their cybersecurity measures to protect their more technologically-advanced systems.
Ottawa’s Zibi waterfront development planning carbon-neutral energy system
The federal government is giving $23 million to Hydro Ottawa to create a district energy system for Ottawa–Gatineau’s planned carbon-neutral waterfront development dubbed Zibi.
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CIB makes billion-dollar move to spur private investment in First Nations infrastructure
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) has launched the Indigenous Community Infrastructure Initiative, which plans to invest at least $1 billion to support access to...
Asset management funding approved for 55 communities in Alberta, Saskatchewan
Canada is investing more than $1.1 million in 25 new Alberta infrastructure projects and $1.3 million in 30 new Saskatchewan infrastructure projects for small...
Challenging wastewater lagoon cleanout for a remote Yukon community
There are no surface roads to Old Crow, located north of the Arctic Circle in Yukon Territory, so all equipment needed to be flown in. This provided a challenge as most dredges are too large to be transported by air.
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Treatment options for PFAS contaminated groundwater
There are two general types of approaches currently employed to treat PFAS-contaminated groundwater: ex situ and in situ.
