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Are municipal bans on bottled water effective in driving sustainable behaviours around drinking water? Posted on July 7, 2014 Written by Ashlee Jollymore Depending on where you are, it may....
North Idaho prepares for water wars
Out-of-state demand growing for North Idaho water By JEFF SELLE/jselle@cdapress.com COEUR d'ALENE - It's a complicated process, but an important one when it comes to protecting individual water rights....
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Consultation period ends June 16, 2014: Draft Guidance Document The Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water (CDW) has assessed the available information on issuing and rescinding boil water....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....