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Kerry is the editor of Water Canada. She is also the associate editor of ReNew Canada.

Kerry has written 41 posts on Water Canada.

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March: Conservation Challenge Month

Posted on 09 March 2010

Last June, Kevin Freedman challenged himself to live with only 25 litres of water per day for a month, while still maintaining a healthy, hygienic lifestyle. He garnered lots of press in his hometown of [...]

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Management Material

Management Material

Posted on 08 March 2010

As we’ve learned from highly-publicized events in Walkerton, North Battleford and Kashechewan, there are major consequences when water and wastewater treatment services don’t meet the required [...]

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Ontario: New Leader in Clean Water?

Ontario: New Leader in Clean Water?

Posted on 02 March 2010

Ontario is gearing up to be a leader in clean water, or so says its premier, Dalton McGuinty. At last week's Liberal party Heritage dinner, McGuinty revealed a few of the major points of the upcoming [...]

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World Water Day Approaches

World Water Day Approaches

Posted on 23 February 2010

It's one month until World Water Day, and all over the globe businesses and organizations are ramping up with plans to spread awareness on this year's theme: water quality. Yesterday, EcoWater [...]

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FCM Dispatch: Day Two

Posted on 11 February 2010

Today's biggest water news started with a morning announcement from the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC). In partnership with FCM, IBC is offering the Watershed Awards—a new annual awards program to [...]

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FCM Dispatch: Day One

FCM Dispatch: Day One

Posted on 10 February 2010

"Here's your ATM machine," said architect Avi Friedman, pointing to an image of the majestic Peace River in Alberta. During his keynote speech this afternoon at FCM's Sustainable Communities conference [...]

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Haiti Relief: What can you do?

Haiti Relief: What can you do?

Posted on 22 January 2010

While long-term rebuilding is most certainly an issue that Haitians will have to face in the months and years following last week’s earthquake, the Rotary Club of Stratford, Ontario, has offered [...]

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Infusing Intelligence

Infusing Intelligence

Posted on 20 January 2010

It's like the world is trying to tell us that the timing for our next issue on water infrastructure couldn't be better. First the burst next door, now this. On the eve of 2010, IBM released a video [...]

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Next Issue: Crumbling Water Infrastructure

Next Issue: Crumbling Water Infrastructure

Posted on 14 January 2010

As if we needed further inspiration for our March/April issue on aging water infrastructure. Just now, the (unoccupied, luckily) building next door to our offices fell victim to a watermain break (see [...]

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Really Big Water Projects

Really Big Water Projects

Posted on 12 January 2010

Water plays a big part in ReNew Canada's 2010 list of the nation's Top 100 infrastructure projects, which represents over $68 billion in investment. Taking the number one spot again this year [...]

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