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This is a friendly reminder to all to have a look at what you have made available on your websites.  While it is nice show people what water and wastewater treatment plants are all about, we have to be careful not to give away information that could potentially used against us.  I have seen sites […]

On August 26, CBC reported that heavy rains flooded part of the Yukon’s North Klondike Highway, which remained closed Tuesday morning between Carmacks and Braeburn. The recent rainfall caused flooding at Kilometre 342, affecting a 75-kilometre stretch of the highway. Territorial highway crews began work at the site on August 25 using pumps and heavy equipment to repair […]

On August 25, CBC reported that farmers in Manitoba’s Interlake region are trying to salvage what’s left of their crops after heavy rain in the past few days has caused flooding in much of the area. Two roads were flooded and virtually every ditch and culvert was filled with water in the Bifrost area, about […]

On August 21, the Manitoba Water Stewardship’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre issued a flood watch for the Interlake Region of Manitoba, which could be elevated to a flood warning on August 22, depending on updated rainfall forecasts. A strong storm system, on its way to Manitoba from Saskatchewan and Montana, could produce heavy rainfall from August […]

On August 18, CBC reported that the Trans-Canada Highway between Gander and Gambo in central Newfoundland remained closed the morning of August 18 as crews worked to stabilize the road after flooding. Government officials feared a landslide after heavy rains over the weekend. The section of highway was first closed on Friday night, including the […]

Aboriginal leaders in Fort Chipewyan, Alta., hope a conference on water quality that began Friday will unite First Nations and environmental activists in lobbying governments to protect the Athabasca River watershed.
Delegates from across Western Canada, and even as far afield as Washington state, began the three-day Keepers of the Water conference Friday morning in Fort […]

The worst drought in decades has prompted local officials in northwest Alberta to declare an agricultural disaster as hot weather and a lack of rain have created dry, cracked fields and shriveled crops.
“This is probably the worst year since 1963,” said Everett McDonald, the reeve of the county located about 450 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.
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CBC reported that federal and provincial governments made an announcement on August 12 in Truro, Nova Scotia, that several Nova Scotia communities have access to a $8.7-million funding pool to upgrade their drinking water and stormwater systems.
The money is earmarked for drinking water projects in Digby, Hebron, Middle Musquodoboit, Cornwallis Park, Truro, Bible Hill, Kentville […]