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Waterloo Region is shifting into high gear to fix a capacity crunch threatening its water network. Regional staff have rolled out an aggressive mix of infrastructure builds, well rehabilitations, and policy updates designed to secure the long-term sustainability of the area’s municipal supply.

The immediate focus is the Mannheim Service Area, the backbone network suppl...


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The Township of Ramara officially broke ground today on the Wastewater Treatment Facility 202 (Bayshore Village) project, marking a major step forward in modernizing the Township’s drinking water and wastewater system and protecting the local environment.

The project will replace aging spray irrigation fields with a modern underground tile bed system, improving year-ro...


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It is the resolution the Canadian water sector has been waiting for—and one it will be dissecting for years to come.

Just last week, Metro Vancouver and its original contractor, Acciona Wastewater Solutions, quietly put an end to their bitter, multi-million-dollar legal warfare. Through a mediated out-of-court agreement, the Spanish infrastructure giant agreed to pay t...


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A new study points to drugs in wastewater as a new set of compounds affecting freshwater fish in rivers.

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have found several chemical substances such as opioids and anti-depressants are present in Ontario freshwater fish living downstream from treatment plants.

University of Waterloo department of biology professor and Wa...


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Pikangikum First Nation has renewed a state of emergency over its collapsing water and wastewater systems nearly one year after first declaring the crisis, citing continued federal inaction despite repeated requests for intervention.

The community’s only water treatment plant operates beyond capacity, with more than 300 homes without direct water service. Daily water r...


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