Tag: water
Water-On-Wheels
Water-On-Wheels (WOW), a local Cobourg-based business, has developed a solution that provides events across Ontario with access to on site water sources.
Sustainability Applied 2011, June 9 & 10, Windsor, Ontario
Drawing delegates from across North America, Sustainability Applied 2011 will be a results-driven, interactive event focused on inspiring and driving action on sustainability and breaking down barriers to change.
Are We Conserving Great Lakes Water?
Toronto – More than 580 billion litres of drinking water, the equivalent of 236,000 Olympic swimming pools, are being wasted every year by homeowners in the Great Lakes region of Ontario and Quebec, according to a report released today by Environmental Defence. Down the Drain: Water Conservation in the Great Lakes Basin outlines how much water could be saved in bathrooms, kitchens, laundry rooms and gardens across the Great Lakes.
Toxics bill ignores Ontario's biggest reported water polluters
Toronto – Sewage treatments plants are the Top 10 Water Polluters in Ontario, and are the largest reported releasers of mercury and lead into the province’s lakes, streams, and rivers, according to an analysis released yesterday by Environmental Defence. The analysis comes as a legislative committee at Queen’s Park reviews the government’s proposed Toxics Reduction [...]
Tapping sun for water heat
Lost in the hype over solar electricity is the fact there are much easier ways to capture and use the sun’s ample energy.
Wave of raw sewage escapes treatment
The first comprehensive look at the amount of raw sewage flowing into the Great Lakes from cities in Canada and the United States has found that billions of litres are being dumped untreated every year into the sources of drinking water for communities on both sides of the border. Read the article from the globe [...]
Report warns of another Walkerton
Ontario’s environmental commissioner says changes to farming regulations are actually increasing the likelihood of another tragedy like the Walkerton water crisis.
Ottawa chastised on Great Lakes' ballast rules
Ottawa must toughen disappointing new rules intended to stop more destructive invasive species from devastating the Great Lakes, the Ontario government said yesterday.
