Tag: watermains
Ontario investing $25M in infrastructure to enable home building in Cobourg
The Government of Ontario announced an investment of up to $25 million in water infrastructure to help enable the construction of 2,266 new homes...
Critical water main break in Calgary affecting city-wide water usage
Significant progress is being made as The City of Calgary continues repairing a large water main break in the Bowness and Montgomery area.
Crews have...
Water main breaks are rarely due to a single factor, new...
Canadians are no strangers to water main breaks. Aging equipment, increased demand and seasonal weather changes, along with many other factors, have added stress...
Canada and B.C. invest in water infrastructure improvements on Bowen Island
The governments of Canada and British Columbia announced a joint investment of more than $2.1 million to improve drinking water infrastructure on Bowen Island.
This...
Toronto launches TBM for stormwater tunnel and flooding prevention project
The City of Toronto marked a major milestone for the Fairbank Silverthorn Storm Trunk Sewer System project (No. 100 on ReNew's Top100 Projects report),...
Nova Scotia grant program supports municipal water infrastructure projects
The Government of Nova Scotia announced 15 communities will receive support for water, wastewater, stormwater and solid waste projects through the Provincial Capital Assistance...
Industry group praises crucial reforms to Ontario’s utility locates system
The Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) welcomes the Ontario Government’s proposed changes introduced in Bill 93, Getting Ontario Connected Act, 2022,...
Hamilton saved $500K with proactive detection of water leaks
In early 2021, after a two-year long pilot project, the City of Hamilton launched a program to proactively detect water leaks in underground pipes....
FCM releases infrastructure report card
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) released its 2019 Canadian Infrastructure Report Card, showing the need for significant investment in the country’s aging and...