EPCOR optimizing lead management ahead of new drinking water guidelines
As Health Canada’s new guidelines come into effect next year for lead in drinking water, Edmonton-based water utility EPCOR is eyeing fixes to assist...
Study finds liquid gated membranes cut energy, emissions in water filtering
Collaborators at the University of Waterloo and Northeastern University have joined forces for a study conducted by the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering...
Quebec City wins jury prize for best drinking water at Réseau symposium
At a ceremony held by Réseau Environnement at its 41st Symposium on Water Management in October, more than 350 municipal stakeholders came together for...
Finalists named in $10 million Barley Prize to remove phosphorus from water
After more than two years of testing their technologies in laboratories and in the Lake Simcoe watershed, the four finalists in the George Barley...
Quebec’s Hull Water Treatment Plant preps for boil water advisory ahead of upgrades
Continuing modernization upgrades at the Hull Water Treatment Plant in Quebec means at least a five-day boil water advisory for about 70,000 residents, which...
Alberta orders bridge removal, remedial plan to protect fish, creek bed
A Water Management Order has been issued to an Alberta-based contracting firm, which must now provide a remedial plan for the removal of a...
U.S. water CEOs talk water reuse progress at annual WateReuse symposium
Top water CEOs spoke about incredible growth opportunities in the water reuse sector, during a roundtable discussion at the Annual WateReuse Symposium.
Infrastructure announcements for northern Canadian communities
The Government of Canada recently made a number of infrastructure announcements under the Small Communities Fund, for northern Canadian communities. Northwest Territories The community of Behchokǫ̀...
Accidents at water and wastewater plants injure workers
With two deaths at Canadian water plants in recent months, and two worker deaths in Texas, 10 people were injured in a wastewater plant explosion in Chicago
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