Enviro-law groups warn Ontario’s Bill 66 puts business before source water protection
Some members of the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) recall that red tape reduction was culprit number one when it came time to find...
Communities resolve drinking water service woes in time for holiday season
Boil advisories in Ontario’s Halton Region for parts of Milton, and the southern Manitoba town of Carman, have been lifted in time for the...
Fraser report finds optimism on freshwater quality, wastewater progress
A new report by the Fraser Institute offers optimism over Canada’s freshwater quality and improvements to municipal wastewater treatment.
Ontario ECO report says province is stalled on fighting sewer overflows
Ontario’s appointed environment watchdog said new pushes to reduce sewage overflows into lakes and rivers have been missing in action due largely to regulatory...
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...
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Municipalities wanted for new water loss testing project
By Fabian Papa and Bradley Jenks In recognition of the intrinsic connection between water supply and energy consumption, and more particularly the needless use of...
