In May, CWN hosted water leaders at Blue Cities, our flagship event for the municipal water sector. The benefit of bringing 200 smart, experienced people together to focus on the big challenges is that they come up with great insights and strategies.
Our Blue Cities session, Planning in the Face of Uncertainty, introduced the Canadian water sector to adaptive planning, a globally emerging approach to decision-making to address future uncertainty and accompanying risks.
This timely panel discussion explored how Canadian water utilities can lead the charge toward net zero water operations. Municipal leaders, private sector innovators and global experts shared practical strategies for reducing GHGs in the water sector.
The last 5-10 years have seen significant advances in new molecular methods that more precisely detect what is in our water and measure health impacts. These methods can help municipalities rapidly trace and identify sources of contaminants, improve beach quality and determine impacts from sewage discharge.
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 for the choppy waters ahead.
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.
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.
Canadian Water Network welcomes Ville de Gatineau to the Canadian Municipal Water Consortium! The consortium supports 26 municipal departments and utilities that service over 25 million people.
Canadian Water Network is pleased to announce that Nancy Goucher is joining the organization as municipal program manager on March 17, 2025.
Canadian Water Network's collaboration with the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases, with funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada, is instrumental in empowering public health practitioners through our wastewater-based surveillance program. This initiative supports peer learning and knowledge sharing for public health practitioners.
