Canadian Water Network (CWN) convened the 2024 Fall Consortium Leaders Group (CLG) meeting in Montreal from October 24-25. This gathering, which occurs twice a year, provides senior leaders in the water sector with a platform to exchange insights about pressing challenges and to foster a peer network with water utilities across the country.   The [...]

Canadian Water Network (CWN) is thrilled to introduce our new case studies hub – a resource dedicated to sharing practical knowledge and experiences from municipalities and water utilities across Canada. The hub highlights actionable insights into some of the most pressing challenges facing the water sector today. With these case studies, we aim to [...]

Waterloo, ON, November 12, 2024 /CNW/ On October 10, 2024, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced Canadian Water Network (CWN) has been awarded a grant under the Implementation Readiness Fund. This grant will support CWN’s project “Charting the Course to Net Zero Water: Mobilizing Canada’s Municipal Water Network for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Mitigation” and [...]

Canadian Water Network (CWN) remains a source for updates, knowledge exchange and insights about contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in the Canadian municipal water context. In Canada and internationally, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have dominated the conversation around CEC-related risks to public health in recent years. While research is underway to better understand the [...]

Join us for a webinar on November 14 (12:00 p.m. ET) on strategies water utilities can use to communicate risks related to PFAS, with global expert Dr. Vincent Covello from the Center for Risk Communication. This event is hosted by CWN in partnership with the Global Water Research Coalition. Register online. The prevalence of PFAS [...]

Mark your calendar for Blue Cities 2025 — May 14 & 15 in Mississauga. Don’t miss this event shaped specifically senior managers, thought leaders and cross-sector collaborators from water, wastewater and stormwater utilities; multiple levels of government; public and environmental health, national and provincial NGOs; Indigenous-led organizations; and knowledge and service providers from the [...]

Health Canada has set a new objective for 25 specific per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water at 30 ng/L. This new objective replaces two previous drinking water guidelines and nine screening values derived for individual PFAS. The objective of 30 ng/L is based on treatment data and is considered reasonably achievable using common [...]

Housing, Infrastructure, and Communities Canada (HICC) is introducing a new climate toolkit initiative to help communities build resilient and low-carbon public infrastructure, such as water and wastewater facilities. This initiative will offer tools and support services to help communities integrate climate-smart solutions into their projects. These include: A climate help desk that will respond [...]

In 2019, the federal Minister of Environment was directed to “advance the modernization of the Canada Water Act to reflect Canada’s freshwater reality, including climate change and Indigenous rights.” The Canada Water Agency (CWA) is currently leading a pre-engagement with key partners to understand how they want to engage in this initiative. The Agency is meeting [...]

Bill C-59, the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023, which included the Canada Water Agency Act, royal assent on June 20, 2024. It sought to establish the Canada Water Agency (CWA) as a standalone entity outside of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). The Act also outlined various administrative and transition provisions for the standalone Agency. Before [...]