A boil water advisory for three towns in eastern Ontario has been lifted. (Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images) A boil water advisory issued to residents in Hawkesbury, Vankleek Hill and L’Orignal earlier this week has been lifted. On Sunday night, a water filtration plant in Hawkesbury, Ont., flooded leading to boil […] Click here to view original […]
Town Council recently passed a motion to give Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority the responsibility for their source water protection, risk management and enforcement responsibilities under the Clean Water Act. Full story…
A water-testing lab and its owners have been convicted and fined more than $246,000. – Metroland file photo A privately operated laboratory and its owners have been convicted for violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Central Ontario Analytical Laboratory Inc. and a numbered company were located on Burnside […] Click here to view original […]
The city says the order was lifted on Friday after tests showed the water was safe to drink. Two school closures today: Vankleek Hill CI and Pleasant Corners PS are closed due to water issues at the main water plant. The day care is also closed and transportation is […] Click here to view original […]
The house is hwon in the northern Ontario First Nations reserve of Attawapiskat, Ont., on Wednesday, April 20, 2016. The parliamentary budget officer estimates it will cost a minimum of $3.2 billion in capital investment to bring First Nations water systems up to standards seen in comparable non-Indigenous communities […] Click here to view original […]
The researchers caged goldfish at various sites in Cootes Paradise and at a control site in Jordan Harbour, between Beamsville and St. Catharines on the shores of Lake Ontario. Residue from antidepressant drugs flowing through the Dundas Wastewater Treatment Plant into Cootes Paradise is showing up in fish and […] Click here to view original […]
Ontario’s Greenbelt surrounding the Greater Golden Horseshoe protects 810,000-hectares of land from development. The province is now looking at expanding the belt by another 345,000 hectares. The Ontario government is looking at expanding the 810,000-hectare environmentally protected Greenbelt around the Toronto region in a bid to protect clean water […] Click here to view original […]
King Township residents will be paying nearly 12 per cent more on your water bill in 2018. King Township council approved the increase earlier this month after a report to council showed the water and wastewater rates for residents and businesses in the township will jump by […] Full story at www.yorkregion.com
Blue-green algae has been detected in Sudbury’s McFarlane Lake. In a release Friday, the the Sudbury and District Health Unit said the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change took samples from the lake.
If fats, oils and grease (FOG) go down the drain, they can build up in pipes and cause clogs. Dispose of FOG in green bins. (CNW Group/Ontario Clean… Recognizing the need for public education on FOG disposal, the Ontario Clean Water Agency and the Clean Water Foundation If a FOG is poured down the drain, […]