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B.C. to charge up to $2.25 for bottling 1 million litres of groundwater
THE CANADIAN PRESS FEBRUARY 5, 2015 VICTORIA — Companies will pay little more than a toonie to bottle as much groundwater as can fill a 25-metre swimming pool....
Special report: Leaking oil and gas wells across Canada ‘a threat to the environment and public safety’
Energy firms are boring another 10,000 wells a year as controversial fracking operations in Western Canada extend their reach BY MARGARET MUNRO, POSTMEDIA NEWS Serge Fortier has been....
AWWA announces changes to commonly used standards
IMPORTANT OVERHAUL OF WIDELY USED STANDARD The revision (ANSI/AWWA C651-14) is the result of multiple years of review, research, and discussion by the committee. The update also takes into....
Show us the money on water quality
Castanet, January 27, 2015 Water advisories are so frequent in the Okanagan since Interior Health raised its drinking water standards a few years ago, they have become....
Working Together to Prevent Aquatic Invasive Species
Columbia Basin Trust, January 8, 2015 Four invasive species committees and Columbia Basin Trust have come together with the goal to develop one cohesive strategy and implementation....
The facts: Zebra and Quagga Mussels
Invasive Species Council of BC Species: Dreissena polymorpha & Dreissena bugensis Zebra (Dreissena polymorpha) and quagga mussels (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) are fingernail-sized, freshwater mollusks that can easily attach....
New regulations to protect Canadian lakes and waterways
December 7, 2014 - Oliver Daily News Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Gail Shea has announced new proposed Invasive Species Regulations that create new regulatory tools that....
Manitoba Introduces Proposed New Legislation to Stop Spread of Zebra Mussels
December 4, 2014: Water Canada The Manitoban government has introduced a proposed piece of new legislation in an effort to control the spread of aquatic invasive species....