A
About
Advisories of the day in Alberta
Lethbridge, AB -
2018/7/27
Lethbridge, AB -
2018/7/10
Standoff, AB -
2018/5/22
Sucker Creek Reserve, AB -
2018/5/15
Whitefish First Nation, AB -
2018/5/6
Advisories of the day in British Columbia
Vernon, BC - 2018/6/8
Osoyoos, BC -
2018/5/11
Osoyoos, BC -
2018/5/11
Salt Sring Island, BC -
2018/5/11
Ashcroft, BC -
2018/5/3
Willowbrook, BC -
2018/2/9
Pritchard, BC -
2018/2/5
Advisories of the day in Manitoba
Meacham, MB: 2018/5/3
Notre Dame de Lourdes, MB: 2018/2/15
Mallard, MB: 2018/2/6
Pritchard, MB- 2018/2/5
Swan River, MB- 2018/1/31
Swan River, MB- 2018/1/29
Advisories of the day in New Brunswick
Bouctouche, NB -
2018/8/6
St. Margaret's, NB -
2018/8/6
Hoyt, NB -
2018/1/16
Advisories of the day in Newfoundland/Labrador
Stephenville, NL - 2018/8/23
Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL - 2018/8/15
St. Lunaire-Griquet, NL - 2018/5/31
Corner Brook, NL - 2018/5/25
Roddickton-Bide Arm, NL - 2018/5/4
Port Hope Simpson, NL - 2018/2/16
Howley, NL- 2018/2/2
Humber Arm South, NL- 2018/1/19
Corner Brook, NL- 2018/1/15
Smith Sound, NL- 2018/1/11
Advisories of the day in Northwest Territories
South Slave, NT-
2018/5/20
Lutselk'e, NT-
2018/1/21
Advisories of the day in Nova Scotia
Auburn NS -
2018/5/25
Belle Cote NS -
2018/5/17
Middle Musquodoboit, NS -
2018/5/9
Advisories of the day in Nunavut
Iqaluit, NU 2018/9/13
Iqaluit, NU 2018/1/10
Advisories of the day in Ontario
River Valley Park, ON -
2018/10/26
Renfrew, ON -
2018/6/22
Hamilton Bayfront Park Beach, ON -
2018/1/12
Owen Sound, ON -
2018/1/12
Advisories of the day in Québec
Saint-Bernard, QC UPDATE- 2018/8/24
Saint-Bernard, QC - 2018/7/27
Saint-Clet, QC - 2018/7/11
Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, QC - 2018/6/18
Saint-Paulin, QC, Le Baluchon - 2018/6/3
Saint-Marcellin, QC - 2018/5/26
La Tuque, QC - 2018/5/26
Saint-François-du-Lac, QC - 2018/5/23
Rouyn-Noranda, QC - 2018/5/18
Montréal, QC - 2018/5/12
Boucherville, QC - 2018/5/8
Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, QC - 2018/3/30
Pontiac, QC - 2018/3/29
Montréal, QC - Outremont/Plateau - 2018/3/14
Saint-Tite-des-Caps, QC - 2018/2/27
Saint-Tite-des-Caps, QC - 2018/2/26
Saint-Fabien, QC -
2018/1/17
Advisories of the day in Saskatchewan
Weyburn, SK-
2018/6/26
Meath Park, SK-
2018/6/11
Ituna, SK-
2018/5/11
St. Brieux, SK-
2018/6/2
La Ronge, SK -
2018/2/28
Regina, SK -
2018/2/7
Saskatoon, SK -
2018/1/13
Advisories of the day in the Yukon
Advisory wrap-up
Daily Advisory wrap-up- ongoing
Arctic
WWF reveals grey water dumping in Arctic will double by 2035- 2018/8/29
While Europe Froze, the Arctic Reached Record Highs - 2018/3/7
B
Beaches
Queensland Beach, NS: Do not swim advisory due to enterococci - 2018/7/18
Thunder Bay City beaches under permanent swimming advisories- 2018/7/16
Hasse Lake, AB : Do not swim advisory due to fecal contamination- 2018/7/13
Holiday Water: Monitoring recreational water in Canada - 2018/7/5
Mettawas Beach, Ontario may re-open after tests - 2018/6/15
Morden, MB: Residents Advised to Stock up on Tap Water Ahead of Water Repairs - 2018/5/30
New Brunswick monitoring protocol expanded to eight provincial park beaches- 2018/5/23
Boil Water Advisory info
Blue-green, toxic Algae
How to pick a winner for a $10 million prize 2018/11/16
$10 million Barley prize - Follow-up questions to the Board of directors 2018/11/9
$10 million Barley prize - The contenders 2018/11/2
$10 million prize for a solution to toxic algae 2018/10/30
Muskoka Lakes, ON: Blue-green blooms confirmed in two lakes 2018/8/20
Federal goverrnment injects almost $4 million into Lake Winnipeg Basin Initiative - 2018/8/20
New Brunswick officials confirm blue-green algae was cause of death of 3 dogs - 2018/8/9
Florida overcome by blue-green algae and red tides - 2018/8/8
Dead zone in Gulf of Mexico smaller this summer than predicted - 2018/8/6
Saint-John River, NB: Three dogs suspected to have died from toxic blue-green algae 2018/8/1
Toronto, ON: Blue-green algae bloom at mouth of Mimiko Creek 2018/7/20
Blue-green advisory issued for Saskatchewan to keep population vigilant-2018/7/12
Township of Scugog, ON: Public alerted to the potential for blue-green algae blooms-2018/7/6
Hamilton Harbour, ON: Environmental experts discuss harmful algal blooms(HABS)-2018/5/25
Cyanobacterial Blooms: If You Can Smell Them You Are Being Exposed -2018/2/1
Bottled water
New Study Finds 93%of Bottled Water Tested Contains Microplastics, Coca-Cola and Nestlé Waters React - 2018/3/22
Rapidly growing Ontario community firm against commodification of water - Video - 2018/2/6
Aberfoyle, ON: For Nestlé, it's business as usual on expired permit - 2018/01/10
San Bernardino, California: Nestlé strikes again - 2018/1/8
C
Canada
Canada's Emergency Alert System in need of fine tuning - 2018/5/10
Climate change
IPCC report urges rapid response to limit global warming - 2018/10/12
Canadian research centres to study effects of climate change on wind power - 2018/6/3
New Paper Says Coastal Oceans Act as a Carbon Sink - 2018/2/5
Conservation
Conservation projects in Peace River Basin receive funding- 2018/9/10
North-Bay Mattawa issues low water advisory after hot dry summer- 2018/8/23
British Columbia coastal communities asked to conserve water - 2018/8/1
Red Deer, AB: City encourages conservation by picking up some of the cost - 2018/6/3
Black Diamond, AB: Alberta town showing off money-saving conservation measures 2018/5/3
Contamination
The remediation of contaminated dry cleaning sites in Kansas state
2018/10/8
Kansas officials failed to inform residents of well water contamination
2018/9/5
Saskatoon, SK: Hydrocarbons in fire hydrants expensive to repair -
2018/7/3
Michigan State allows potash waste wells near Nestlé bottling plant -
2018/6/14
Ongoing concerns over Chalk River nuclear waste storage-
2018/3/24
The St. Lawrence River Institute, A Grassroots, Cross-Cultural Approach to
Addressing Area of Concern in the St. Lawrence River - 2018/1/21
Crime
Young's Point, ON: Ringtail Camp Inc. fined $11,320 for failure to submit water samples- 2018/8/2
How a local resident sued Sydney Tar Ponds over arsenic contamination and won the day- 2018/1/2
Drinking Water
Interior Health, BC: Water Information Now Only a Few Clicks Away -2018/5/30
How Small Drinking Water Systems are regulated in the Maritimes - 2018/5/25
74 water systems in Quebec have not provided Quebec Ministry with bacterial test results for at least two months - 2018/5/4
New Reporting System for Small Drinking Water Systems in Ontario: How different health units are coping - 2018/4/25
Drought
Day 0 Moved to 2019 But Capetonians Cannot Relax - 2018/3/9
Preventing a Cape Town Crisis in Canada-The Municipalities (Part 2) - 2018/3/2
Cape Town, SA: Life in a drought
- 2018/2/25
Preventing a Cape Town Crisis in Canada - 2018/2/23
Cape Town, South Africa: Dangerously Low Water Levels May Lead to Regular Distribution Shut-off - 2018/2/22
E
Email Q&As from research@watertoday.ca
High School student from Fort Qu'Appelle, SK -2018/6/19
Emergency Preparedness
Canada's Emergency Alert System in need of fine tuning -2018/5/10
Extreme weather
Tornados hit Ottawa-Gatineau, many still not reintegrated into their homes -2018/9/25
Exploration
Cave diver and RCGS in-house explorer, Jill Heinerth, on her career and our relationship with water -2018/3/28
First Nations
Minister Carr Rolls Out $220 Million in Clean Energy Funding For Off-Grid Communities - 2018/2/19
First Nation Fire Safety
Kwanlin Dun First Nation in the Yukon Territories
-2018/12/11
Eight firefighters in community, opitciwan struggles with inadequate funding
-2018/12/4
How the Northwest Territories funds fire safety in First Nations communities
-2018/11/23
First Nation Fire Safety: ISC protection funding and a view from the communities
-2018/11/15
First Nations Water
Horse Lake First nation, AB: New water treatment system brings safe water to community - 2018/9/21
Last long-term BWA in Alberta First Nations to end soon 2018/9/7
Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation gets new water supply 2018/8/22
Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation under water shortage until end of August- 2018/7/19
DIY water tanks an alternate solution for First Nation drinking water? - 2018/6/28
Long term BWAs in 2 First Nations remain in effect past deadline - 2018/6/16
Atlantic Fist Nation Authority wants to be example for rest of Canada- 2018/6/14
Naicatchewenin First Nation, ON: BWA due to pump failure - 2018/5/24
Government announces completion of two infrastructure projects in Wendake, QC - 2018/5/22
Whitefish First Nation: Long-standing BWA to continue - 2018/5/6
Ovwerdue lifting of advisories: Miawpukek First Nation update - - 2018/4/20
Overdue lifting of long-term water advisories in three First Nation communities - 2018/4/14
Precautionary DWAS Could Be Reduced by 36% According to New Study - 2018/4/5
Chief od Slate Falls receives leadership award- 2018/3/7
Eleven BWAs lifted after fourteen years in Slate Falls Ojibwe community - 2018/3/3
Tsal'alh First Nation: New water treatment ends long-term bwa - 2018/2/15
Government announces completion of two water infrastructure projects in Wendake, QC
- 2018/5/22
Indigenous Services Canada committed to March 2021 goals as responsibility grows
- 2018/2/2
Flooding
ALUS Canada haas flood reduction projects waiting in the wings - 2018/6/1
Merritt, BC: Evacuation Orders Rescinded - 2018/5/30
Flooded BC homeowners have no intention of moving - 2018/5/20
New Brunswick floodwaters may have made wild edible plants unsafe to eat - 2018/5/16
British Columbia: Warm weather and high snowpack increase flood fears - 2018/5/8
New Brunswick Flood: Municipal drinking water holding up. Private wells at risk - 2018/5/7
NB-EMO warns that Saint John River water levels are forecasted to increase - 2018/4/30
Spring flooding in Québec, Weedon orders evacuation affecting 500 homes - 2018/4/30
Fredericton, NB: Saint John River Leaving its banks affecting homes and transportation - 2018/4/30
Flood Proofing Your Home Made Easier - 2018/4/17
Brantford, ON: Flood Waters Receding, Evacuation Lifted - 2018/2/23
Brantford, ON: State of Emergency due to flood conditions - 2018/2/22
Forest Fires
How climate change is increasing the likelyhood of forest fires- 2018/8/30
How forest fires can impact water quality ans drinking water treatment - 2018/9/7
G7 Summit Charlevoix, QC 2018
G7: Oceans blueprint and plastics charter need domestic policy and regualtion - 2018/6/12
G7: Council of Canadians seeks to send message that this should be the last summit of its kind - 2018/6/9
G7: Much to talk about as to oceans, seas and coastal commnunities - 2018/6/9
G7: Discussions on coastal health and plastics charter made difficult in current political climate - 2018/6/8
G7: Canada to sign plastics ban at summit - 2018/6/7
G7: Watertoday at the G7 Summit - 2018/6/5
G7: Germany, water-rich with regulations to maintain high quality - 2018/6/5
Geoengineering
Québec's little known and never used rain making law - 2018/1/29
Great Lakes
Lake Erie granted legal rights : a first in U.S. History- 2017/4/14
Greening Government
A look at carbon neutral plans for the Meighen Building in TorontoToronto -2018/12/28
CBC/Radio-Canada relases 10th anniversary environmental progress report, water and energy consumption down -2018/11/9
Greening Transportation
uberÉLECTRIQUE aims to transform urban ride-sharing - 2018/6/29
Groundwater
H
Holiday Water Reports
2018
Holiday Water
Report 2018 - Monitoring recreational water in Canada - 2018/7/5
Holiday Water
Report 2018 - Water in Nova Scotia Parks - 2018/5/31
Holiday Water
Report 2018 - Saskatchewan Parks Looking to Provide Safe Drinking Water in all of its Parks - 2018/5/31
Holiday Water
Report 2018 - No potable water issues in New Brunswick sixtgeen provincial parks -2018/05/26
Holiday Water
Report 2018 - BC Parks on top of drinking water in over 600 provincial parks -2018/05/26
Holiday Water
Report 2018 ; Parks Canadda saw record numbers in 2017, looks forward to welcoming families this year -2018/05/24
I
Invasive species
Preventing an invasive species from 'musseling' in - 2018/6/19
J
K
L
Lead
Legionnaires Disease
Water Supply Switch Found To be Cause of
Flint Michigan Legionnaires Disease Outbreak - 2018/2/7
M
Medical & Recreational Marijuana
Growing marijuana under Canada's new recreational laws - 2018/9/13
New recreational marijuana laws in the Maritimes - 2018/9/10
Mining
Mould
When home sweet home turns toxic
- 2019/1/1
Watch for excess moisture indoors, clean mould carefully
- 2018/12/31
Where there is water there will be mould
- 2018/12/23
Municipal Infrastructure
Montreal wastewater/stormwater infrastructure typical of older large cities - 2018/9/12
Lewisporte, NL: Residents to get improved water services - 2018/7/31
Canadian Government anounces funding for green infrastructure - 2018/8/15
Toronto, ON: New online tools allows Torontonians to view water usage data anytime, anywhere - 2018/7/13
St. John's, NL: Major investments in water wastewater infrastructure improvements - 2018/7/4
388 Québec municipalities call on provincial government for greater protection of drinking water - 2018/3/26
Hard Water Proving To Be Big Problem For City of Saint John, NB - 2018/2/14
Montréal to develop best practices and and technical expertise with new water system training centre, QC - 2018/2/13
BC Initiative Looks to Nature to Solve Infrastructure Issues and Lower Costs - 2018/1/11
N
O
Ontario
Environment Commissioner Highly Critical of Government Response to Pollution in
First Nations Territories - 2018/7/23
Oceans
State of the world fisheries report highlights abandoned fishing gear as major problem - 2018/6/26
Oil & Chemical Spills
BP reseumes drilling off the coast of Nova Scotia after drilling mud spill - 2018/7/26
BP spills drilling fluid off coast of Nova Scotia - 2018/6/26
Sept-Îles, QC: Iron ore-contaminated water spills into bay - 2018/6/7
Lévis, QC: Liberian tanker not the source of fule leak - 2018/5/11
Lévis, QC: Small fuel leak in St Lawrence River - 2018/4/26
P
Persistent Organic Contaminants
Calgon Carbon Leads the Fight Against PFOs in Water - 2018/03/14
Pesticides
Pipelines
Environment Minister comments on Northern Pulp effluent pipeline 2018/7/12
Pictou, NS: Hundreds gather for land and sea rally against Northern Pulp's effluent pipeline -2018/7/6
Antigonish, NS: Citizens protest against Trudeau decision to buy pipeline -2018/06/5
Plastic
Clean up of great Pacific garbage patch to begin in October - 2018/9/13
City of Rotterdam uses plastic to make floating island garden - 2018/8/28
Plastic Whale Company cleaning plastic out of Amsterdam canals - 2018/8/13
Politics
Québec Election 2018 - 2018/9/17
Québec Election 2018 - Water security of fundamental importance for Québec solidaire - 2018/9/17
Québec Election 2018 - Parti vert du Québec presenting a greener vision with a focus on water protection - 2018/9/27
Québec Election 2018 - Parti Libéral du Québec, protection of province's water anchored by 12-year strategy - 2018/9/29
Québec Election 2018 - It comes down to the people's decision- 2018/10/1
Pools
Edmonton, AB: Borden natural swimming pool, first of its kind in Canada - 2018/7/26
Q
R
Recycling
Remediation
Renewable Energy
Making sense of the end of cap and trade in Ontario-2018/7/19
New government program makes solar more affordable for Nova Scotia homes -2018/7/4
Maritime Link completed but overcost and environmental questions remain -2018/7/2
Canadian government makes waves with energy production announcements -2018/6/11
Launch of controversial natural gas storage facility postponed in Stewiacke, NS - 2018/5/10
Antigonish: Nova Scotia Cooperative makes buying solar panels more affordable-2018/5/4
Burlington, Vermont: A city on 100% Renewables, Lessons for Other Major Cities -2018/3/19
S
Science
Speak to your audience, an artistic approach to sharing scientific information - 2018/8/17
Sea Level Rise
Nova Scotia holding public consultation to create legislation that will protect its coastlines - 2018/7/28
Space
Italian Space Agency team presents evidence of subglacial liquid water on Mars - 2018/8/1
Sustainability
Eternal Reefs creates living memorials that promote ocean health - 2018/8/8
How sustainable death practices are making funerals greener - 2018/8/8
Sustainability meets humanitarion work - The reforestation of the Minawao Refugee camp - 2018/5/9
T
Technology
The 'Internet of Things" and Medecine Hat fire hydrants- 2018/6/21
Swarmdiver™Not Just For Military, Can Be Beneficial For Scientific Research - 2018/4/13
Titanic
Titanic survey postponed to June 2019 -
2018/1/30
Newfoundland Company Will Be First to Take 4K Images of Titanic -
2018/1/30
Trans-boundary Water
Negotiating the Modernization of the Columbia River Treaty - 2018/1/19
U
V
W
Wastewater
Over 8 million gallons of untreated wastewater released into lower Niagara River
- 2018/9/2
Lunenburg, NS threatened by ongoing fecal bacteria problem in harbour
- 2018/7/23
Hamilton, ON: Malfucntion causes sewage to leak in Chedoke Creek
- 2018/7/20
Fiften years of lobbying and 'flushability' still not standardized
- 2018/6/20
Water Regulation
Alberta Environment and Parks Attempts to Clear up Water Applications Backlog at Expense of Unknowing Ranchers - 2018/2/28
Changes Are Coming to Fisheries Act - 2018/2/24
Water Resources
Winnipeg hosting annual Western Canada Water Conference
2018/6/5
Ninth Annual Water Summit starts in mid-June in Vancouver
2018/5/22
Water Security
Watersheds
Forming advisory group a priority for Muskoka Watershed Conservation Initiative- 2018/9/4
Muskoka Lakes Watershed receives $5 million investment from Ontario Government for watershed management initiative- 2018/8/27
Wetlands
Canadian wetlands management under international scrutiny- 2018/12/5
X
Y
Year End Water Advisory Review
National Overview: Water Advisory Year End Review 2017:
2016-2017 Comparative - 2018/1/1
Newfoundland and Labrador: Water Advisory Year End Review 2017:
Third in Canada, First in Maritimes -2018/1/1
Nova Scotia: Water Advisory Year End Review 2017:
Nova Scotia, Canada's Ocean Playground Ranks Fifth in Country, Second in Region - 2018/1/1
New Brunswick: Water Advisory year End Review 2017:
New Brunswick: Advisory Numbers Up This Year, Province Still Maintains Lowest
Reported Numbers in Canada - 2018/1/1
Québec: Water Advisory Year End Review 2017:
Qué, Fourth Most Advisories in Canada in 2017, Down From Second in 2016 - 2018/1/1
Ontario: Water Advisory Year End Review 2017:
Ontario Maintains Sixth Position in 2017 - 2018/1/1
Manitoba: Water Advisory Year End Review 2017:
Manitoba Maintains Seventh Position - 2018/1/1
Saskatchewan: Water Advisory Year End Review 2017:
Saskatchewan, Most Water Advisories in Canada - 2018/1/1
Alberta: Water Advisory Year End Review 2017:
Alberta, Relatively Few Water Advisories - 2018/1/1
British Columbia: Water Advisory Year End Review 2017:
British Columbia, Second Most Water Advisories in the Country - 2018/1/1
The North: Water Advisory Year End Review 2017:
The North - 2018/1/1
Z