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Quebec-based GreeNovel Inc. has built a demonstration plant where it can recycle e-waste plastics contaminated with hazardous substances such as brominated flame retardants, lead, and cadmium, by...

https://esemag.com/infrastructure/quebecs-greenovel-making-waves-for-recycling-contaminated-e-waste/

Alberta’s new tire-derived fuel (TDF) pilot project will test the viability of turning 1.5 million used tires into some 15,750 tonnes of shredded rubber that can be converted into fuel at Lafar...

https://esemag.com/news/alberta-launches-tire-derived-fuel-pilot-at-new-lafarge-facility/

A new report reveals that nearly 18% of Canadian homes — or one in five — contain radon levels at or above 200 becquerels per cubic metre (Bq/m³), the threshold at which Health Canada advise...

https://esemag.com/hazmat-remediation/new-report-warns-rising-radon-levels-across-canada-are-increasing-lung-cancer-risk/

Three northern Alberta Indigenous groups say Transport Canada withheld a report that noted evidence of soil and water contamination involving nickel, arsenic and harmful hydrocarbons that exceede...

https://esemag.com/hazmat-remediation/alberta-indigenous-groups-say-transport-canada-withheld-report-that-found-soil-water-contamination-at-fort-chipewyan-dock/

*The following regulatory news article is intended to be an overview of the report, legislation or proposal, and not a replacement for the actual guidance or information from the government. For ...

https://esemag.com/news/ontario-proposes-delay-on-restrictions-for-landfilling-certain-soils-and-mapping-naturally-occurring-background-concentrations/

Mercer Peace River Pulp Ltd. has been fined $1 million for releasing nearly 31 million litres of pulp mill effluent — which federal officials determined to be toxic to fish — into Alberta’s...

https://esemag.com/wastewater/alberta-pulp-mill-fined-1m-for-major-overflow-of-spill-pond-effluent/

From styrene used in plastic manufacturing, to octocrylene found in sunscreen, Environment and Climate Change Canada and Health Canada are seeking input on a proposed list of more than 30 chemica...

https://esemag.com/hazmat-remediation/canada-proposes-risk-assessments-for-more-than-30-chemicals/

A Port Coquitlam company has been fined $150,000 by the British Columbia Ministry of Environment for environmental violations after waste was found to have entered the Pitt River, according to th...

https://esemag.com/infrastructure/port-coquitlam-company-fined-150k-for-waste-entering-b-c-river/

The Canada Water Agency has launched as a standalone federal entity headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, after being conceived in 2019. Previously within Environment and Climate Change Canada for...

https://esemag.com/water/canada-water-agency-officially-opens-in-winnipeg/

A cutting-edge mobile environmental science lab is delivering hands-on learning to students across Alberta’s Livingstone Range School Division.  The all-season, 27-foot-long mobile lab runs on...

https://esemag.com/news/mobile-environmental-science-learning-lab-rolls-out-to-alberta-towns/

Pipeline leak detection research at the University of Calgary is attempting to find ways to reduce energy lost in water treatment when incidents such as Calgary’s major feeder main break in Jun...

https://esemag.com/water/watch-pipeline-leak-detection-research-continues-at-ucalgary-in-wake-of-feeder-main-crisis/

The U.S. has finalized a new lead pipe rule, mandating the complete replacement of lead pipes nationwide within the next decade, with $168 million in funding allocated to eight states to support ...

https://esemag.com/news/u-s-now-requires-full-lead-pipe-replacement-within-a-decade/

An Aecon Group Inc. consortium will lead the design and construction of a new Winnipeg biosolids facility, as well as modifications to the existing primary clarification at the North End Water Po...

https://esemag.com/news/aecon-group-consortium-leads-biosolids-facilities-upgrade-project-in-winnipeg/

Four Ottawa-area organizations have partnered to continue wastewater surveillance in the nation’s capital after the province ceased surveillance programs across Ontario on July 31. The Universi...

https://esemag.com/wastewater/ottawa-groups-rally-to-continue-local-wastewater-surveillance-after-provincial-cuts/

The Windsor Utilities Commission (WUC) has begun the decommissioning process of its historic water treatment plant located at 3665 Wyandotte Street East. For 88 years, from 1924 until its closure...

https://esemag.com/water/windsor-decommissions-historic-water-treatment-plant-saves-artifacts/

Infrastructure upgrades to Alberta’s Evan Thomas Water & Wastewater Treatment Plant in Kananaskis received a P3 Service Delivery Award at The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships’...

https://esemag.com/wastewater/alberta-wtp-and-wwtp-in-kananaskis-earns-p3-service-delivery-award/

Health Canada has opened consultations for feedback on proposed maximum allowable concentrations pertaining to the three natural radionuclides: (Pb-210 , Ra-226 and Ra-228 ).  In a new technica...

https://esemag.com/hazardous-materials/consultations-open-for-radiological-parameters-in-canadian-drinking-water/

The fast growing Region of Waterloo is initiating an update to its Water Supply Strategy and inviting the public to weigh in on current water supply sources, assess future water demand, and inves...

https://esemag.com/water/waterloo-region-launches-water-supply-consultations/

Work is underway by Brilun Construction Ltd. to increase capacity at the Inverness County wastewater treatment plant in Nova Scotia, where all three levels of government are each contributing $18...

https://esemag.com/wastewater/construction-begins-on-inverness-wwtp-in-nova-scotia/

The Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, has revealed a digital security breach at the Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant that occurred on October 1. In a statement, local officials ...

https://esemag.com/water/ontario-and-new-jersey-water-system-cyberattacks-occur-days-apart/

For the second consecutive year, the City of Charlottetown’s Water & Sewer Utility has been crowned “Best of the Best” in the Tap Water Taste Test Regional Competition at the Atlantic Canad...

https://esemag.com/water/charlottetown-wins-best-of-the-best-tap-water-award-for-second-year-at-acwwa/

By Heather Exner-Pirot My interest here is not to question the rights of Indigenous Peoples to clean drinking water or the jurisdiction that First Nations have over water on reserve. Like almost ...

https://esemag.com/water/committee-testimony-on-first-nations-clean-water-act-warns-of-uncertainty-conflict-and-delays-over-bill/

ABB has introduced the UviTec™ optical water analyzer product family, which is the successor of the optical sensor technology developed by Real Tech, a Whitby, Ontario-based company that ABB ac...

https://esemag.com/news/abb-introduces-uvitec-successor-to-real-tech/

A Quebec law firm is looking to widen a class action lawsuit against some nine manufacturers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances for contaminating private wells in the province with che...

https://esemag.com/water/quebec-law-firm-launches-class-action-against-pfas-manufacturers-for-water-contamination/

Janelle Snache says she couldn’t resist the opportunity to join the drinking water system operator internship offered by Water First Education & Training Inc. in her home community of Rama Firs...

https://esemag.com/water/fourth-cohort-of-indigenous-grads-complete-water-firsts-drinking-water-internship/

Environment and Climate Change Canada has announced substantial new funding for Ontario projects designed to reduce phosphorus that could lead to eutrophication in the Great Lakes ecosystem.  T...

https://esemag.com/water/canada-invests-50m-to-combat-risk-of-toxic-algae-in-great-lakes-ecosystem/

Health Canada has released a final notice of the objective for a maximum level of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water.   Better known as PFAS, the new threshold of 30 ng/L repl...

https://esemag.com/hazardous-materials/health-canada-confirms-30-ng-l-pfas-threshold-for-drinking-water/

As Ontario continues to roll out announcements from its Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund, the Town of Collingwood is celebrating a $70-million investment towards an expansion of its water trea...

https://esemag.com/wastewater/collingwood-gets-70m-boost-towards-major-expansion-at-raymond-a-barker-wtp/

A Capital Regional District (CRD) work crew on Vancouver Island near Sooke, British Columbia, repaired a watermain overnight on September 27 due to a break caused by a fallen tree, according to C...

https://esemag.com/water/fallen-tree-leads-to-watermain-break-on-vancouver-island/

Alberta is moving forward with the relocated Ghost Dam option as the new reservoir for the Bow River because it has a smaller project footprint and fewer overall impacts to the environment, prope...

https://esemag.com/water/alberta-selects-ghost-dam-relocation-site-for-new-bow-river-reservoir/

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says $49 million in grant funding is now available to provide technical training assistance for rural, small and tribal communities facing wastewate...

https://esemag.com/news/epa-funds-technical-support-for-wastewater-management-systems-in-rural-tribal-communities/

The Town of Oakville, Ontario, is launching a survey and hosting a series of public meetings throughout October to determine the feasibility of introducing a stormwater fee. Oakville’s Rainwate...

https://esemag.com/stormwater/oakville-ramps-up-stormwater-fee-engagement-throughout-october/

Alberta is investing nearly half the cost of a $6.1-million front-end engineering and design study led by Varme Energy to advance Canada’s first facility that uses carbon capture to turn munici...

https://esemag.com/solid-waste/alberta-funds-major-waste-to-energy-engineering-study-for-new-facility/

The partnership between Greatario, a leading liquid storage solutions provider, and global tank manufacturer Balmoral, aims to strengthen Canada’s essential drinking water, wastewater, and indu...

https://esemag.com/storage-tanks/greatario-and-balmoral-celebrate-partnership-providing-canadian-liquid-storage-infrastructure/

An Edmonton-based numbered company specializing in biomedical waste disposal has pleaded guilty to improperly storing a range of hazardous items such as spent X-ray developers and chemotherapy ma...

https://esemag.com/hazmat-remediation/edmonton-company-fined-for-improperly-storing-sea-cans-of-biomedical-waste/

As British Columbia’s Coastal GasLink Pipeline project focuses on final cleanup and reclamation activities, the 670-kilometre liquefied natural gas (LNG) project has a new round of fines totall...

https://esemag.com/infrastructure/fines-continue-to-mount-for-b-c-coastal-gaslink-project-during-cleanup-phase/

The federal government is investing more than $581,000 in four Ontario projects through the Great Lakes Freshwater Ecosystem Initiative to curb the release of chemicals such as PFAS and 6PPD-quin...

https://esemag.com/water/four-ontario-universities-funded-to-research-impacts-of-pfas-6ppd-in-great-lakes/

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is investing more than $16 million for 10 U.S. institutions to further research PFAS uptake and bioaccumulation in plants, as well as strategies to ...

https://esemag.com/biosolids/epa-funds-pfas-biosolids-research-as-it-moves-to-dismiss-texas-farmers-lawsuit/

Following the introduction of regulatory requirements in 2020, British Columbia is on track to achieve its 2025 target of reducing methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 45% from 2014 l...

https://esemag.com/infrastructure/b-c-on-track-to-achieve-2025-methane-reduction-target-as-amendments-take-effect/

Two incidents involving hazardous materials impacted the Montreal area in September, including an asbestos discovery that closed a high school, and a lithium battery fire that led to a port neigh...

https://esemag.com/hazmat-remediation/port-battery-fire-and-asbestos-school-closure-mark-hazardous-month-for-montreal/

A numbered company has been fined $50,000 after federal environmental enforcement officers discovered the “intentional” release of 2,000 litres of hydrocarbons from an underground storage tan...

https://esemag.com/infrastructure/toronto-company-fined-50k-for-hydrocarbon-release-into-taylor-massey-creek/

Ontario is proposing a series of amendments that impact four producer responsibility regulations, each with the aim of increasing flexibility and simplifying requirements for producers, while ens...

https://esemag.com/hazmat-remediation/ontario-proposes-resource-recovery-amendments-for-batteries-tires-hazardous-products/

Following some six months of consultation, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has decided to allow fuels and materials for batteries to be transported across the Ambassador Bridge t...

https://esemag.com/hazmat-remediation/michigan-lifts-restrictions-on-hazmat-transport-for-ambassador-bridge-into-windsor/

Regulatory Review by WeirFoulds LLP The post Businesses face tight deadlines for PFAS reporting in supply chains appeared first on Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine .

https://esemag.com/environmental-compliance/businesses-face-tight-deadlines-for-pfas-reporting-in-supply-chains/

Calgary is one of the first municipalities in North America to begin researching control and containment strategies for invasive carp species. The post Study aims to control invasive fish in Ca...

https://esemag.com/stormwater/study-aims-to-control-invasive-fish-in-calgarys-stormwater-ponds/

Intelligent pump technology represents a paradigm shift in the design and operation of pumping systems, offering enhanced efficiency, reliability, and control capabilities. The post The role of...

https://esemag.com/water/the-role-of-pump-technology-in-achieving-net-zero-goals/

By J. Scott Poynor One promising PFAS removal technology was recently successfully deployed at a petroleum storage facility, which faced PFAS problems associated with its fire-suppression equipme...

https://esemag.com/hazardous-materials/decontaminating-fire-fighting-equipment-to-prevent-pfas-from-entering-water-supplies/

By Peter Hooge and Shengtao Weng Since its founding in 1908, the City of Melville in east-central Saskatchewan has endured challenges providing reliable, quality drinking water to residents. In ...

https://esemag.com/water/melville-water-supply-system-provides-resilient-cost-efficient-drinking-water/

By Arun Thankarajah Ongoing leaks can waste a lot of energy, resources, and money, especially on flat terrain where municipal pumping is required to keep the system pressurized and water is purch...

https://esemag.com/water/watermain-leaks-can-be-a-costly-contributor-to-energy-consumption-and-non-revenue-water/

By David Nesseth To dive even deeper into the psychological barriers at play with the reuse of wastewater, University of Saskatchewan researcher Dr. Kerry McPhedran is planning a series of focus ...

https://esemag.com/wastewater/gauging-public-perceptions-regarding-direct-wastewater-reuse/

By Steve Davey For a number of years now, many water, wastewater and environmental industry associations have committees and activities for new and young professionals. These have proved to be a ...

https://esemag.com/editorial/associations-putting-more-efforts-into-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/

In a circular economy, chemical recycling can play a key role in waste conversion into sustainable products and clean energy. The post Chemical recycling of waste into green products has many b...

https://esemag.com/solid-waste/chemical-recycling-of-waste-into-green-products-has-many-benefits/

Smart surveillance enables the quick detection of pollutants and toxic particles, thereby aiding in the preservation of resources. The post Leveraging surveillance technology for improved envir...

https://esemag.com/environmental-compliance/leveraging-surveillance-technology-for-improved-environmental-stewardship/

Earlier this year, the Environmental Operators Certification Program visited the new Tofino wastewater treatment facility. The post A game changer: Inside Tofino’s new wastewater treatment fa...

https://esemag.com/wastewater/a-game-changer-inside-tofinos-new-wastewater-treatment-facility/

By INVENT In the wastewater industry, understanding fluid mechanics is not just a scientific exercise but a necessity. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has revolutionized the way we approach an...

https://esemag.com/wastewater/cfd-simulations-in-wastewater-industry-can-help-bridge-theory-and-reality/

In the water and wastewater industry, the presence of VOCs poses significant challenges to both environmental safety and human health. The post Enhancing safety through effective VOC contaminat...

https://esemag.com/air-pollution/enhancing-safety-through-effective-voc-contamination-measurement-in-water-and-wastewater/

Innovations in lightweight skid nozzle stabilizing attachments are enabling sewer crews to move up the line more easily than ever. The post Advanced skids, nozzles improve sewer cleaning perfor...

https://esemag.com/wastewater/advanced-skids-nozzles-improve-sewer-cleaning-performance-while-reducing-water-and-power-requirements/

Low-cost paddlewheel flow meters offer high accuracy solutions for many applications and are easy to install and operate. The post Using paddlewheel flow meters in proportional feed systems ap...

https://esemag.com/water/using-paddlewheel-flow-meters-in-proportional-feed-systems/

Evaporation is becoming increasingly popular as a way of effectively separating the liquid and solid waste streams of challenging effluents, including landfill leachate and industrial wastewater ...

https://esemag.com/wastewater/the-role-of-evaporation-in-treating-challenging-effluents/

UPDATE: On October 7, local officials announced that residents voted in favour of authorizing the water treatment plant loan. When the northeastern British Columbia community of Hudson’s Hope ...

https://esemag.com/site-remediation/hudsons-hope-faces-critical-wtp-loan-vote-amid-hydro-project-challenges/

Winnipeg officials say emergency repairs that followed a sewage spill into the Red River in February cost the city more than $4 million, according to a new finance committee report. Signs of a pr...

https://esemag.com/spills-and-containment/emergency-repairs-after-red-river-sewage-spill-cost-winnipeg-4-3m/

A two-day “do not use” advisory occurred in early September after Texas officials said firefighting foam entered the Grand Prairie’s water supply from a backflow event during a warehouse fi...

https://esemag.com/hazmat-remediation/texas-city-manages-two-day-water-ban-after-firefighting-foam-enters-water-supply/

Alliston Community Christian School, a private elementary school nearly 100 kilometres north of Toronto, faces a $9,500 fine from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, ...

https://esemag.com/water/ontario-private-school-fined-9-5k-for-well-water-maintenance-violations/

As a sustainable solution to global water scarcity, University of Waterloo researchers are sharing their creation of a device that uses solar power to desalinate seawater with five times the effi...

https://esemag.com/water/uwaterloo-team-says-new-portable-solar-desalination-device-shows-high-efficiency/

Following Metro Vancouver’s recent pledge to initiate an independent audit of ballooning costs around the development of the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant, local officials hired a form...

https://esemag.com/wastewater/metro-vancouver-selects-former-judge-to-lead-audit-of-north-shore-wwtp/

An innovative net-zero pilot neighbourhood in the southern Ontario City of Markham is getting a $8.7-million federal boost as the new Berczy Glen development creates a geothermal energy system to...

https://esemag.com/news/southern-ontarios-first-geothermal-housing-project-gets-8-7m-boost/

Municipal announcements are continuing to roll out from the Ontario government’s nearly $1 billion investment in 54 projects across 60 municipalities to develop, repair, rehabilitate and expand...

https://esemag.com/wastewater/more-housing-related-water-infrastructure-upgrades-announced-for-ontario/

Calgary officials say they have successfully connected the Bearspaw South feeder main to the city’s water distribution system, ending an emergency repair saga now estimated to approach $25 mill...

https://esemag.com/water/calgary-fills-feeder-main-as-new-round-of-repairs-completed/

Following a recent warning from the federal government about acute toxicity exceedance at the Niagara Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant, the Region’s Commissioner of Public Works made an extensi...

https://esemag.com/water/niagara-region-staff-says-underinvestment-may-have-led-to-wwtp-infractions/

The Nova Scotia Town of Bridgewater says three critical wastewater system upgrades supported by $69.4 million in project cost sharing will enable the development of some 3,000 new housing units i...

https://esemag.com/water/bridgewater-wwtp-overhaul-in-nova-scotia-targets-flooding-supports-growth/

Calgary officials continue to be challenged to keep the city’s water use below 485 million litres per day, which is a higher threshold recently enabled by reconfiguring pumps to change water fl...

https://esemag.com/water/calgary-reconfigures-pumps-to-increase-water-use-threshold-as-daily-numbers-climb/

Manitoba is establishing nutrient reduction targets to improve water quality for Lake Winnipeg and its tributaries, says the province’s Environment and Climate Change Minister. In recent decade...

https://esemag.com/water/manitoba-plans-nutrient-reduction-targets-for-lakes-rivers/

The British Columbia District of Tofino is celebrating the opening of its first ever wastewater treatment plant, a milestone that will end the small Vancouver Island tourist destination’s decad...

https://esemag.com/wastewater/tofino-unveils-first-ever-wwtp-for-b-c-tourist-hotspot/

As Montreal continues repairs from the massive August water main break that flooded dozens of homes and businesses east of downtown Montreal, city officials are proactively rehabilitating another...

https://esemag.com/water/montreal-schedules-water-main-liner-work-to-extend-life-of-another-pipe-following-break/

Municipal announcements have begun to roll out more details of the Ontario government’s nearly $1 billion investment in 54 projects across 60 municipalities to develop, repair, rehabilitate and...

https://esemag.com/water/details-rolling-out-for-ontarios-housing-enabling-water-infrastructure-projects/

The Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ) has launched a 60-day public consultation for its revised guidelines to mitigate risks of inflow and infiltration (I/I) for existing sanitary sewer sy...

https://esemag.com/stormwater/quebec-seeks-input-on-i-i-risk-mitigation-standard-for-existing-sanitary-sewer-systems/

After more than a decade in the making, California’s efforts to create a regulatory framework for transforming recycled wastewater into safe, reliable purified water will take effect on October...

https://esemag.com/water/californias-direct-potable-reuse-regs-reach-major-milestone/

The Saskatchewan City of North Battleford says real-time data delivered by smart water meters and a communication network has improved operational efficiency and proactively discovered leaks.  N...

https://esemag.com/water/saskatchewan-citys-new-advanced-metering-saving-money-finding-leaks/

The University of British Columbia (UBC) is touting a new PFAS-removal system that combines an activated carbon filter with a patented catalyst, trapping and breaking down the “forever chemical...

https://esemag.com/water/ubc-researchers-say-photocatalyst-removes-most-pfoa-from-water-within-three-hours/

Following EPCOR’s annual Community Day event on September 7 in Edmonton, Alberta, the general public will have access to three guided tours inside the Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment Plant. But i...

https://esemag.com/wastewater/walking-trail-signs-educate-public-about-edmontons-gold-bar-wwtp/

The federal government and Quebec are investing nearly $26.5-million in new biomethanization and composting facilities to be built at a landfill in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès.  The project, with a...

https://esemag.com/air-pollution/enercycles-quebec-biomethanization-project-on-track-for-2026/

Public health officials in Montreal say that the official development of a new beach in the east end borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve will have to wait, following the discovery of lead ...

https://esemag.com/hazmat-remediation/planned-new-beach-in-montreals-east-end-on-hold-due-to-lead-benzene-found-in-soil/

The Alberta government is not only making its pilot e-waste recycling program permanent, starting in April 2025, but is also expanding its list of recyclable items from 12 to more than 500, the A...

https://esemag.com/hazardous-materials/alberta-solidifies-e-waste-recycling-pilot-expands-items-list-invests-in-battery-scanner-for-fire-safety/

A research team from the University of Toronto (UofT) has developed a prototype engineered polymer foam filter — similar in concept to a kitchen sponge — to clean contaminated water stored on...

https://esemag.com/spills-and-containment/university-of-toronto-research-team-reaches-final-stage-in-national-oil-spill-response-competition/

The Yukon government says it has “lost confidence” in the Victoria Gold Corporation’s management team to effectively remediate the on-site cyanide contamination resulting from the June 24 h...

https://esemag.com/water/yukon-officials-lose-confidence-in-mining-company-after-failure-to-manage-cyanide-cleanup/

The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has fined Imperial Oil $50,000 for the 2022 release of wastewater containing oil sands tailings outside the lease boundary of the company’s Kearl Oil Sands Mi...

https://esemag.com/wastewater/alberta-regulator-fines-imperial-oil-over-kearl-tailings-leak-mandates-wastewater-impact-study/

A fuel supply numbered company in Mississauga, Ontario, has been fined $100,000 under the federal Fisheries Act after Environment and Climate Change Canada enforcement officers discovered diesel ...

https://esemag.com/spills-and-containment/ontario-fuel-supplier-and-b-c-mining-company-face-fines-for-diesel-tailings-impacting-creeks/

Regulatory review by Bennett Jones LLP  The post B.C. enacts environmental assessment dispute resolution regulations appeared first on Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine .

https://esemag.com/infrastructure/b-c-enacts-environmental-assessment-dispute-resolution-regulations/

A water main break in Montreal burst through the asphalt and gushed water high into the air for more than five hours on the morning of August 16, flooding scores of local homes and businesses jus...

https://esemag.com/news/major-water-main-break-sends-montreal-into-lengthy-process-of-sourcing-parts-equipment-for-repair/

A large, critical water pipe that supplies some 20% of the drinking water to the Region of Waterloo is set to shut off for one week while repairs are completed, regional officials announced. The ...

https://esemag.com/water/waterloo-region-shuts-off-critical-water-pipe-for-week-of-repairs/

Public Safety Canada has contracted flood risk intelligence firm Fathom and Aon’s Impact Forecasting team for an initiative to fill gaps in Canada’s flood hazard knowledge. Flood risk intelli...

https://esemag.com/water/fathom-aon-take-on-contract-to-fill-canadas-flood-hazard-knowledge-gap/

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) has unveiled an AI-bot to help users access specific content areas on its website. The bot can help site users more easily locate certain information on wat...

https://esemag.com/water/wef-introduces-ai-bot-to-help-website-users-find-specific-water-content/

As the Town of Erin, Ontario, continues to build a wastewater treatment plant to service the community, project officials say that a sediment control bag recently malfunctioned during project con...

https://esemag.com/wastewater/sediment-control-bag-malfunctions-during-wwtp-construction-in-ontarios-wellington-county/

Saskatchewan’s Muskoday First Nation has unveiled its new $8.6-million reverse osmosis water treatment plant supported by Indigenous Services Canada. The federal funding also included an effici...

https://esemag.com/news/saskatchewans-muskoday-first-nation-opens-8-6m-water-treatment-plant/

The City of Vancouver has selected infinitii ai for a three-year contract to implement advanced data monitoring software for sewer and drainage systems. Vancouver’s Integrated Sewer and Drainag...

https://esemag.com/infrastructure/vancouver-selects-infinitii-ai-for-sewer-drainage-monitoring-contract/

A Halifax Provincial Court judge has found three companies guilty of failing to have proper rescue equipment on hand — such as a boat or life jackets — at a Nova Scotia Power reservoir, where...

https://esemag.com/health-and-safety/three-companies-found-guilty-for-lack-of-rescue-gear-to-save-n-b-engineer-who-drowned-during-survey/

The plant is a notable work of engineering firm Gore, Nasmith, and Storrie, which designed other major Canadian water plants during the late 1920s. The post Striking architecture spurs historic...

https://esemag.com/water/striking-architecture-spurs-historical-designation-for-ottawas-lemieux-island-water-plant/

Calgary officials say acoustic monitoring and an electromagnetic and ultrasonic pipe inspection tool have flagged 16 additional portions of the Bearspaw South Feeder Main for repair, forcing the ...

https://esemag.com/water/calgary-water-restrictions-return-as-16-new-feeder-main-hotspots-flagged-for-repair/

The first round of investments from Ontario’s new Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund will inject $970 million into 54 projects across 60 municipalities to develop, repair, rehabilitate and exp...

https://esemag.com/water/ontario-invests-970m-in-54-water-infrastructure-projects-to-support-housing/

Even after more than $1.5 billion in improvements to the Seine River, heavy rains continue to create fluctuating bacteria levels that are raising questions around whether water quality levels are...

https://esemag.com/stormwater/paris-olympics-struggle-with-seine-river-quality-despite-new-underground-stormwater-basin/