Nicole Hancock
Indigenous community hosts full moon ceremony ...

Kristen Villebrun and Wendy Bush hoped they wouldn't have to pray for Chedoke Creek, but four years after they first raised alarm about the water's condition, they were part of an Indigenous full moon ceremony to do just that. About 50 people showed up near Princess Point on the dark and frigid Monday evening for the monthly ceremony, which was particularly special as it focused on Chedoke Creek. The body of water that runs into Cootes Paradise had about 24 billion litres of sewage and storm water runoff leak into it due to a gate being left open.

Indigenous community hosts full moon ceremony to heal Chedoke Creek

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Boil water advisory in effect for Wellington on the Lake residents

Boil water advisory in effect for Wellington on the Lake residents

A lack of communication between a private water testing firm for Wellington on the Lake and Prince Edward County has caused confusion for residents of a Wellington housing development. Thursday afternoon the county issued a warning that someone was going door to door telling people in the Wellington on the Lake housing development that a boil water advisory was in effect and the county issued a press release saying the advisory was a scam. However, Thursday evening before 9 o’clock, the county issued another release saying that a boil water advisory was in fact in effect. Wellington on the Lake is a separate drinking water system that receives water from the Wellington Drinking Water System.

Governments Partner to Modernize Placentia’s Drinking Water System

Governments Partner to Modernize Placentia’s Drinking Water System

A joint investment of more than $6.6 million from the Provincial and Federal Governments and the Town of Placentia was announced today to help the town improve its drinking water infrastructure. This investment will help the town replace 5.3 kilometres of aging watermain pipes to develop a more reliable and efficient system. Phase one of the project will see work from the Roman Catholic Church in Dunville to Fox Harbour Road including Fox Harbour Road, and phase two will address another section from Fox Harbour Road to the end of the system.

Water Liberty Guide Reviews - The Cleanest Quality Drinking Water System?

Water Liberty Guide Reviews - The Cleanest Quality Drinking Water System?

Major catastrophes or disasters can lead to a water crisis, making people fight for drinking water for survival. Water scarcity has been reported in several parts of the world, posing a threat to humanity. It won't be long before the water problem becomes widespread. Before that time comes, we need to have ways to obtain clean and fresh water naturally.

New $84.4M water system in Abbotsford, B.C., aims for climate resilience

New $84.4M water system in Abbotsford, B.C., aims for climate resilience

The City of Abbotsford is getting funding help from the B.C. government to bolster its drinking water system against floods, wildfires and other climate-related disasters. Municipal Affairs Minister Nathan Cullen said Wednesday the $62 million in government funds will support a new well and water-treatment system to serve more than 165,000 people in Abbotsford, Mission and the Matsqui First Nation.

'Lynn Marie' completes tunnelling journey

'Lynn Marie' completes tunnelling journey

A historic tunnel excavation has been completed on the Second Narrows Water Supply Tunnel in Vancouver. The infrastructure project aims to make the region’s drinking water system more earthquake resilient and help meet growing demand for safe drinking water. “The tunnel underneath the Burrard Inlet was excavated with the first slurry tunnel boring machine to be used in Canada, and the work was being done up to 100 metres underground,” said Sav Dhaliwal, chair of Metro Vancouver’s board of directors, in a statement. “Completing this tunnel is an important milestone in this project and a remarkable testament to the innovation that is being used in Metro Vancouver to bring clean drinking water from the North Shore to the rest of the region.”

Rule changes for boil-water advisories could impact communities, says Municipalities N.L.

Rule changes for boil-water advisories could impact communities, says Municipalities N.L.

A new ruling from the provincial government on boil-water advisories could impact communities that can't afford clean water, according to the president of Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador. Municipal Affairs Minister Derrick Bragg said the new rule change will require municipalities looking for funding from the provincial government to make clean, safe drinking water their top priority. Towns under a boil-water advisory would have to address the advisory before they apply for funding.

Windsor delays adding fluoride back to drinking water by one year

Windsor delays adding fluoride back to drinking water by one year

According to the report presented to WUC, the additional testing is primarily necessary to determine how fluoride will interact with the phosphoric acid already present in the system as a mechanism to prevent lead from leaching into the water supply. "WUC will be the first known water utility to add fluoride to the drinking supply which already contains phosphoric acid for purposes of lead mitigation," reads an excerpt from the report. "While other utilities have both additives … no other utility (in North American based on research to date) is known to have fluoride added subsequent to the addition of phosphoric acid."

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