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Manitoba Expands Fight Against Zebra Mussels
Posted on June 23, 2014: Water Canada Manitoba has completed a number of important steps in the fight against an influx of zebra mussels on Lake Winnipeg,....
Fracking waste water being injected into old wells in northeastern B.C.
Toxic waste water equal in volume to 24 World Trade Center towers has been injected into a single 46-year-old natural gas well in northeastern British Columbia,....
Guidance for Issuing and Rescinding Boil Water Advisories – Health Canada Consultation
Consultation period ends June 16, 2014: Draft Guidance Document The Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water (CDW) has assessed the available information on issuing and rescinding boil water....
Daphne Bramham: How dry we are — and how wasteful
Desert cities like Las Vegas are facing some hard questions, and we’re not much help BY DAPHNE BRAMHAM, VANCOUVER SUN There’s a kind of apocalyptic madness in the....
Portland to drain 38 million gallons of city water after teen urinated in reservoir
BY STEVEN DUBOIS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS APRIL 16, 2014 The Mount Tabor #1 reservoir in Portland will be drained due to contamination. PORTLAND, Ore. -....
Infrastructure plan much ado about too little, cities say
By Susana Mas, CBC News Posted: Mar 27, 2014 The federal government is coming under increasing scrutiny over the amount of money it has budgeted for infrastructure spending, as local and provincial....
B.C. environmental groups in court to argue against water use for fracking
BY STEVEN CHUA, THE CANADIAN PRESS MARCH 16, 2014 VANCOUVER — A coalition of environmental groups will be in a Vancouver court Monday arguing against the use of....
Battle lines being drawn in diplomatic water wars
B.C. seeks to maintain 50-year-old Columbia River Treaty against U.S. interest to claw back payments BY DERRICK PENNER, VANCOUVER SUN VANCOUVER -- B.C. will take a stand on....