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Penner Approves CRD’s Sewage Plan

Penner Approves CRD’s Sewage Plan

Posted on 27 August 2010

The B.C. government has approved a wastewater management strategy proposed by the Capital Regional District (CRD) that will for the first time treat up to 40 billion litres of sewage per year before it [...]

Shell, Dawson Creek Agree on Reclamation Plant

Shell, Dawson Creek Agree on Reclamation Plant

Posted on 24 August 2010

As we reported in our May/June issue, the City of Dawson Creek, B.C., and Shell recently reached an agreement to build the City’s Reclaimed Water Plant (RWP). This 10-year agreement is subject to elector [...]

Okanagan Tracks Water Resources Data

Okanagan Tracks Water Resources Data

Posted on 24 August 2010

A computer model developed to determine the amount of water resources required for agricultural land in the Okanagan now and in the future is helping identify, develop, and protect long-term agricultural [...]

Manitoba to Develop New Conservation Plan

Manitoba to Develop New Conservation Plan

Posted on 24 August 2010

Water conservation efforts in Manitoba will be further improved with the development of a new strategic plan by Manitoba Water Stewardship and the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable [...]

Liberals Release Report on Water and Oil Sands

Liberals Release Report on Water and Oil Sands

Posted on 18 August 2010

Liberal members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development today released their report from the committee’s study of the impact of oilsands development [...]

Windsor Adds Water to Smart Grid

Windsor Adds Water to Smart Grid

Posted on 16 August 2010

The City of Windsor has signed on to become one of Ontario’s first municipal participants to connect its water and wastewater facilities to the next generation of smart grid services. The City [...]

Premiers Endorse Water Charter

Premiers Endorse Water Charter

Posted on 09 August 2010

Last Wednesday's Council of the Federation results announced that Canada's Premiers have endorsed what the Western Premiers agreed to back in June: a Canada-wide Water Charter. The Premiers agreed to [...]

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Cabinet Shuffles

Posted on 19 August 2010

Lots of shuffles within cabinets in the past week, some of which may affect water policy. In Ontario, Premier Dalton McGuinty has transferred former Minister of the Environment John Gerretsen to [...]

What’s Your Procedure?

Posted on 21 July 2010
Written by Kerry Freek
Kerry Freek

On the evening of July 14, there was a power failure at a water filtration plant on the Ottawa River. The next day, the City of Gatineau issued a news release warning residents to boil their drinking water [...]

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