Utilities Kingston shows worker clearing grease, fat in sewer to raise disposal awareness
A new awareness campaign from Utilities Kingston includes a YouTube video showing just how challenging it can be for workers to clear out hardened...
Endress+Hauser’s Burlington Customer Experience Centre adds LEED Gold Certification
Endress+Hauser Canada’s Customer Experience Centre in Burlington, Ont., which opened officially last year, has added LEED Gold certification to its list of achievements and...
Supervisor sentenced to three years for negligence in New Brunswick WWTP death
A New Brunswick construction supervisor who failed to follow safety protocols for his workers has been sentenced to three years in prison for the...
Saint John’s tension with scrapyard grows after hazardous fire leads some to shelter in...
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Canadian Brownfields Network welcomes new executive director
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Man arrested following excavator rampage that damaged Winnipeg water treatment plant
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Welsh firefighters test use of UV-treated wastewater as droughts increase
While firefighters can access fresh water from pump trucks or hydrants, and even utilize special foams and swimming pools when the situation calls for...
Ministry of Labour investigating fatal fall at Toronto WWTP
A worker died after falling 30-stories in August at Toronto’s Ashbridges Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant during construction on the Coxwell Bypass Tunnel project.
The Ministry...
Brita water filters accused of falsely advertising ability to reduce water contaminants, lawsuit claims
A new class action lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court claims that popular home water filtration company, Brita, is misleading consumers about...
Zurich researchers develop technique to extract clean water from fog
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Water utility communications improved customer trust, AWWA survey finds
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Smart window maker fined nearly $5M for illegal wastewater discharges
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Canada must double electricity generation by 2050, report says
Provinces and territories will have to make significant investments in their electricity systems over the coming decades to support the growing demand for electricity,...
Endress+Hauser Canada announces channel partnership with Contro Valve Equipment
Endress+Hauser Canada announces the addition of Contro Valve Equipment Inc. as a full-service channel partner for select sales territories in Ontario, Quebec and the...
NOVA Chemicals considering Ontario plant to treat post-consumer plastic waste
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Alberta company ordered to clean up sea cans full of year-old biomedical waste
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Calgary’s costs to reintroduce fluoride triple due to inflation, infrastructure upgrades
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Hamilton pleads guilty, pays record water fine over ‘sewergate’ creek spill
The Ontario City of Hamilton has pleaded guilty and been fined $2.1 million by the province for a major stormwater runoff and sanitary sewage...
Ontario cat litter manufacturer fined after it delayed reporting spill
A clumping cat litter company in Brantford, Ontario, has been fined more than $90,000 for an incident that spilled some 200 litres of a...
Senators group launches website as public info hub for climate change
A group of serving senators want to use their knowledge of the legislative system to inform the public about climate change and they have...
Former employee charged for remote computer attack on California water treatment plant
A former water plant contractor for instrumentation and control technology has been charged with intentionally causing damage to a protected computer. The new indictment...
Asahi/America, Inc. announces opening of newly constructed fabrication facility
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Water use rises after B.C. community imposes restrictions during drought
A district mayor for Port Hardy on the northeast end of Vancouver Island says her small community has struggled to accept ongoing water restrictions...
McIntosh Perry joins France-based Egis
Canadian firm McIntosh Perry Consulting Engineers Ltd. has entered into an agreement to join Egis, a France-based consulting, construction and engineering company that will...
Canadian Brownfields Network Welcomes 2023-24 Board of Directors
The Canadian Brownfields Network (CBN) has elected its new Board for 2023-24, welcoming a new President, two new Vice-Presidents, and four new Board members.
Krista...
UGSI Solutions rebrands as cleanwater1
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Walkerton Clean Water Centre developing specialized training for water system operators, supervisors and managers
A new series of courses is being developed by the Walkerton Clean Water Centre (WCWC) to help water system operators, supervisors and managers become...
Klir announces Microsoft ChatGPT integration for its unified water management platform
Water management software company Klir, announced the launch of new generative AI capabilities though the latest iteration of its platform, Klir Comply, on June...
Canadians make strong showing as host of AWWA’s ACE23 in Toronto
Not only is one out of 10 American Water Works Association (AWWA) members from Canada, those members also made quite the splash at the...
New AWWA survey shows growing optimism for future of water sector
This year marks the 20th edition of the American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) State of the Water Industry survey, and responses continue a six-year...
Supervisor found guilty in New Brunswick WWTP drowning death
A construction supervisor has been found guilty of criminal negligence in relation to an 18-year-old who drowned during a leak test for a new...
Canadian Coast Guard debuts new green wastewater system on icebreaker
The Canadian Coast Guard says its new on-board wastewater electrochemical treatment technology system (WETT-S) eliminates about 75% more suspended solids, including heavy metals and...
CEPA amendments aim to strengthen federal management of toxic chemicals
*The following regulatory news article is intended to be an overview of the report or legislation and not a replacement for the actual guidance...
ACEC-Ontario honours 10 engineering projects of distinction at 20th annual awards
From a sewer and coastal flood protection master plan to bridge replacements, the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – Ontario celebrated 10 projects of...
PEO drops Canadian experience requirement from engineering licence application
Professional Engineers Ontario has become the first association to remove the Canadian experience requirement from its licence application criteria following provincial legislation that bans...
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GM BluePlan joins GEI Consultants in May merger
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Quebec biorefinery, electrolyzer set to be largest in Canada
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Wardens issue call for new poems to modernize Iron Ring Ceremony
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*The following regulatory news article is intended to be a preview of the legislation and not a replacement for the actual guidance from the...
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What’s happening around Canada for World Water Day 2023
World Water Day 2023 is about accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis. Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine has put together a...
CANECT chairs named to 2023 Lexpert guide for top lawyers in Canada
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Xylem’s $7.5B purchase of Evoqua builds ‘powerful platform for solving water’
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Calls to modernize Canadian Iron Ring ceremony for new engineers continue
Engineers Canada, as well as some provincial and territorial engineering regulators, are calling for changes to the private iron ring ceremony for Canadian engineering...
Conservation Ontario fears push for new housing may create environmental risks
As Bill 23 moves quickly through the Ontario Legislature before many new municipal governments have even convened, questions are circling around whether the push...
Hayward Gordon acquired by EBARA Corporation Japan
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According to a...
CIMA+ acquires Calgary-based water resource leader Westhoff Engineering
A Calgary-based firm with expertise in water project management, Westhoff Engineering Resources Inc., has been acquired by CIMA+, one of Canada’s largest privately-owned consulting...
WSP finalizes acquisition of Wood’s environment and infrastructure business
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WSP President and...
Chemline Plastics introduces SM Series metering ball valve
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Calgary faced 7,200 sewer backups last year
The City of Calgary had more than 7,200 calls to 311 last year related to sewer backups, a number of which can be blamed on residents continuing to flush clog-forming wet wipes.
UK bill aims to ban plastic in wet wipes as massive blockages persist
A U.K. Member of Parliament is trying to ban plastic in wet wipes, and the discovery of an “island” of blocked-up wipes on the banks of the River Thames in west London is bringing her bill back into the spotlight.
Groups partner to protect Great Lakes, advance corporate sustainability
A new partnership between the Council of the Great Lakes Region and The Water Council provides a framework to advance corporate sustainability performance and water stewardship across the region.
BC-based wastewater energy transfer system making inroads in Ontario
A British Columbia-based wastewater energy transfer company has signed a new deal to install its technology to heat water in a new Ottawa housing complex.
Ban on single-use plastics import, manufacture starts December
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Closed landfills are being renewed as solar farms across North America
More than 10,000 closed and inactive landfills across the U.S. alone could be given new lives as solar power hubs.
Canadians agree on range of environmental issues, U of T study finds
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Endress+Hauser Canada opens new ‘green’, LEED certified Customer Experience Centre
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According to Imbrium, this latest...
Black Engineers of Canada ramps up skills training, mentorships
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The Dewatering Institute’s Inaugural Annual Awards
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Researchers call for unified definition of vague ‘green infrastructure’
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UK water utility discovers record-breaking ‘Sea Dragon’ fossil in reservoir
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Keurig fined $3M over misleading coffee pod recycling claims
Canada’s Competition Bureau says Keurig Canada’s persistence in claiming unrealistic levels of recyclability for its popular single-use K-Cup coffee pods has led to a...
Endress+Hauser launches Netilion system for monitoring and optimizing entire water networks
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Major corporate moves shake up environmental engineering sector
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Next stage of Canada’s single-use plastics ban faces delay
The Canadian government says more time is needed to find acceptable alternatives to single-use plastics items that were set to be banned by year’s...
Endress+Hauser transitions to new Customer Experience Centre in Burlington, ON
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The...
Ontario bill targets removal of licensure barriers for immigrant engineers
A new Ontario bill aims to eliminate the requirement for Canadian work experience, often cited as the most significant barrier for Canadian immigrants seeking...
Canada makes new environmental pledges at UN climate conference
While the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Scotland continues until Friday, Canada has already made several key environmental commitments, including the...
Ocean cleanup vessels may burn plastic pollution as ‘blue diesel’
Ocean cleanup vessels may be considering a move away from storing recovered plastics on board to burning it as fuel for the voyage.
Vessels must...
Consulting engineering awards celebrate 20 Canadian projects
The 53rd Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards, co-organized by The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – Canada (ACEC) and Canadian Consulting Engineer magazine, held a...
Seventy Canadian groups sign plastics pact to pivot towards circular economy
Some 70 organizations have signed onto a pact that offers a new roadmap towards plastic reduction and the creation of a circular economy in...
Stantec to acquire Cardno’s North America and Asia Pacific groups
Edmonton-based engineering firm Stantec announced it has entered into agreements to acquire Cardno Limited’s North America and Asia Pacific engineering and consulting groups in...
Face mask pollution shedding microplastics from UV exposure, study finds
While face mask pollution has been a common sight throughout the pandemic, Canadian researchers are now learning that sun exposure could be making microplastic...
Canadian Election Primer 2021: Party perspectives on the environment
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California forces manufacturers to prove products are recyclable
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Canada funding consumer alternative to plastic microbeads in cosmetics, skin care
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Tatham Engineering to acquire Ontario-based Runge Engineering
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Endress+Hauser W.I.N. initiative promotes diversity, inclusion of women, minorities
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Canada and global economy paying high price for invasive species
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More Indigenous engineers needed for basic representation in sector
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Highs and lows emerge from online STEM learning during pandemic
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IBI acquires Cole Engineering to form ‘significant’ infrastructure engineering team
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Canada moves one step closer to single-use plastics ban for 2021
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