Utilities across Canada are facing growing financial pressures, including rising infrastructure costs, aging assets, population growth, and increasing expectations for service reliability and affordability. To help utilities address these challenges, the Municipal Water Consortium (MWC) undertook a financial sustainability project in partnership with and with financial support from Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC).

Why leading utilities are rethinking how major infrastructure investments are planned.

Canadian Water Network (CWN) is pleased to welcome ENWIN as the newest member of the Municipal Water Consortium (MWC) — a national network of senior decision-makers from Canada’s largest water utilities.

The Centre d’expertise et de recherche en infrastructures urbaines (CERIU) has published its latest report on the state of water infrastructure in Quebec municipalities. Produced by the Data and Information Hub, it offers an up-to-date overview of the challenges related to the management of municipal water infrastructure.

On June 30, 2026, the federal government will bring into force new rules that prohibit the manufacture, use, sale, and import of certain PFAS (including PFOS, PFOA, and long-chain PFCAs), as well as products containing them, with limited exceptions.