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May 10, 2013

BluMetric Environmental Inc. awarded million dollar U.S. contract

BluMetric Environmental Inc. has been awarded a US$1 million contract for the supply of wastewater treatment equipment to a municipality in New York State.

May 6, 2013

Ottawa Convention Centre wins top award from CEO

Consulting Engineers of Ontario (CEO) has recognized outstanding contributions by the industry to the social, economic and environmental quality of life in Ontario in its 2013 awards.

April 29, 2013

Manitoba announces $12 million for municipal water infrastructure

Manitoba has launched a three-year, $12-million Municipal Water Infrastructure Fund for water and waste-water projects in communities around Manitoba.

April 29, 2013

New water tech test hub slated for London

A testing facility at a London sewage treatment plant is one of the projects a partnership of eight Ontario universities is undertaking to establish southern Ontario as a hub for companies to research, demonstrate and test new water technologies.

April 22, 2013

New Brunswick engineering excellence honoured through ACEC-NB awards

The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – New Brunswick (ACEC-NB) has saluted engineering excellence in its annual awards program. The awards are the highest recognition for the province’s consulting engineering industry.

April 18, 2013

Maple Reinders secures Port Granby contract

The Canadian federal government has awarded a $28.8-million contract to Maple Reinders Engineering and Construction of Mississauga, Ont. to construct a waste water treatment plant at the site of the planned Port Granby Project long-term, low-level radioactive waste management facility.

April 17, 2013

Underground explosion injures workers

An underground explosion near 14th Avenue and York-Durham Townline sent four workers to the hospital on April 10. At the time of the explosion, several men were boring through the ground about 40 metres below the surface as part of the York/Durham waste pipeline project.

April 2, 2013

Haitian school rebuild moves forward

Despite setbacks, plans to rebuild Haitian trades school École Lakay are moving forward, the Canadian Construction Association’s (CCA) board of directors recently heard.

March 26, 2013

Federal budget delivers $70 billion for infrastructure over 10 years

The federal government has committed to $70 billion in infrastructure funding over 10 years through both current and new initiatives, it announced in Thursday’s 2013 budget.

March 21, 2013

$7 billion boost for First Nations reserve infrastructure

The federal government is investing $7 billion over the next 10 years to improve water and wastewater infrastructure on First Nations reserves, it announced in its 2013 budget.

June 24, 2011

Aqua-Pure Ventures of Calgary honoured for work in fracturing shale deposits for natural gas

Calgary-based Aqua-Pure Ventures Inc. has been chosen by The Artemis Project as a 2011 Top 50 Water Companies Competition winner, for its work in recycling water used to hydraulically fracture shale deposits to release natural gas in the North Texas Barnett Shale. Aqua-Pure supplies Nomad 2000 units to distill the water using mechanical vapour recompression (MVR), separating contaminants from the effluent.

June 24, 2011

Procurement alliances will be key to securing water work, C.D. Howe Institute report finds

Contractors who want to be part of addressing Canada’s massive sewer and water infrastructure deficit need to align themselves with consortiums capable of delivering design-build-finance-operate (DBFO) contracts and to become active in promoting policies that will see such contracts become commonplace, says Elizabeth Brubaker, executive director of Environment Probe. Brubaker wrote a report titled A Bridge Over Troubled Waters for the C.D. Howe Institute.

June 24, 2011

Bennett Contracting works on reservoir, pumping station expansion in Mississauga, Ontario

The 40-year-old Streetsville Reservoir and Pumping Station in Mississauga, Ontario is receiving a major overhaul. Millgrove, Ontario-based Bennett Contracting is the general contractor in charge of the $16 million first phase.

June 24, 2011

Mueller Water Products’ Echologics unit detects leaks in water pipes

A Canadian company has developed a leak-detection and water pipe-condition assessment technology that’s making its mark across North America.

June 24, 2011

Aquatech Dewatering drains tailrace section of dam on Abitibi River in Ontario

Ontario Power Generation hired Barclay Construction Group to remediate concrete at the Abitibi Canyon Generating Station near Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario. Barclay in turn hired Aquatech Dewatering Co. of Concord, Ontario to drain the tailrace section.

June 24, 2011

Newfoundland agency in talks with NATO on use of water quality monitoring technology

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is currently in talks with the Water Resources Management Division (WRMD) of Newfoundland and Labrador to use its water monitoring technology to monitor the Dead Sea and the Jordan River in the Middle East. WRMD transmits data from sensors, which measure factors including temperature, pH level, turbidity, specific conductance and dissolved oxygen, via satellite.

June 24, 2011

Veolia Canada provides consulting for wastewater plants in Winnipeg

Under a 30-year consulting contract, Veolia Canada will provide advice and expertise regarding the operation and maintenance of Winnipeg water pollution control centres. A new biosolids plant will be used to convert treated sewage into either compost or agricultural fertilizer and may also be converted to pellets that can be burned to generate electricity.

June 24, 2011

Xogen technology aims to eliminate biosolids in wastewater treatment in Orangeville, Ontario

After first introducing its innovative wastewater treatment concept to the Town of Orangeville, Ontario in 2009, Xogen and its pilot project are up and running and treating 1,800 litres of wastewater per hour. Xogen is an electrolytic process that not only aims to eliminate biosolids, but also requires a much smaller facilities footprint than conventional treatment approaches.

June 24, 2011

Genivar engineer compiles history of Thunder Bay, Ontario water supply tunnel

Larry Betuzzi, structural engineer with Genivar, did extensive research on the Loch Lomond Water Supply System, originally started by the city of Fort William in 1906 and decommissioned by its successor City of Thunder Bay, Ontario in 2007.

June 24, 2011

Peat filter system treats sewage at Milton, Ontario community centre

The Campbellville Community Centre & Nassagaweya Tennis Courts Redevelopment in Milton, Ontario does not have access to a sewer, so Slagter Construction was contracted to install an EcoFlo Peat Filter System. The community centre itself was designed by +VG Architects and built by general contractor DeFaveri Construction.

June 24, 2011

How the Lakeview Water Treatment Plant in Mississauga, Ontario will save space

A new 41,519-square-foot, 400 mega litres-per-day Lakeview Water Treatment plant is now under construction in Mississauga, Ontario. Kenaidan Contracting is the general contractor and CH2M Hill is the consultant on the project, which will use a combination of ozonation, ultrafiltration (UF) and ultraviolet (UV) technology.