Welcome to Canadian Water Network’s Spring 2025 newsletter. I wish I could bring only good news, but the reality is that — like all Canadians — all of us in the water sector are navigating challenging times. As a result, CWN is doubling down on generating solutions and strategies to help everyone better prepare [...]

Canadian Water Network’s CEO Nicola Crawhall sat down for an in-depth interview with Dr. Deb Chachra, Blue Cities keynote and Canadian author of How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World. Dr. Chachra is a professor and materials scientist at Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts. What is the significance of the term, “infrastructure citizenship.” [...]

Sandra Cooke, CWN's Director of Communities and Climate, interviewed Lou Di Gironimo, who will moderate the Blue Cities session, New Finance and Investment Strategies in an Affordability-Challenged Landscape. Lou is general manager at Toronto Water — a role he's held for 20 years. Can you describe what led you to choose a career in municipal water? What has [...]

CWN welcomes Ville de Gatineau to the Canadian Municipal Water Consortium! The consortium supports 26 municipal departments and utilities that service over 25 million people. Rapid Roundtables for Municipal Consortium Members Rapid Roundtables are 90-minute rapid-fire facilitated discussions on a specific issue or challenge municipal water utility leaders face. In February, CWN held our [...]

Canadian Water Network (CWN) is pleased to announce that Nancy Goucher is joining the organization as municipal program manager on March 17, 2025. Nancy brings over 16 years of professional experience in strategic water management and policy. Most recently, she served as the knowledge mobilization specialist at the University of Waterloo’s Water Institute, where she developed and led initiatives [...]

CWN’s collaboration with the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID), with funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), is instrumental in empowering public health practitioners through our wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) program. This initiative supports peer learning and knowledge sharing for public health practitioners. OCAP® Workshop In February, CWN held a workshop [...]

CWN’s climate program advances mitigation, adaptation and resiliency strategies to enable action on the long-term security of our water resources and water servicing for our communities.  Join us at Blue Cities to hear updates on water security, adaptation and mitigation strategies for the water sector. Securing Canada’s water future with adaptation and mitigation strategies [...]

GWRC meeting in tandem with IWA’s International Conference on Water Reuse and Reclamation Members of the Global Water Research Coalition (GWRC) are meeting on March 20-21 in South Africa and will attend the IWA International Conference on Water Reclamation and Reuse from March 16-19. CWN's CEO Nicola Crawhall will attend an exclusive global roundtable on [...]

The federal government is moving to add Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) to the official list of toxic substances. Due to their ability to repel oil and water, PFAS are used in a range of products and commercial applications, as well as in industrial sectors. These chemicals are found in packaging, cosmetics and textiles, and [...]