With customer expectations of public sector services changing, water utilities are feeling more pressure to meet those expectations with the realities of rising costs, aging infrastructure, and changing climate. The City of Calgary determined that having a customer-focused utility should be a critical component of meeting those expectations by finding the right balance between assets, [...]
Thank you for your interest in CWN’s activities! We encourage you to read our annual report to learn about the vital work we undertook in 2023. The report's theme, Moving Forward Together, captures the essence of CWN’s approach.
The 2022-2023 Financial Statements provide an update on Canadian Water Network’s financial position as of March 31, 2023. These financial statements were audited by a third party in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards.
The 2021-2022 Financial Statements provide an update on Canadian Water Network’s financial position as of March 31, 2022. These financial statements were audited by a third party in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards.
The 2020-21 Annual Update reflects upon the collective efforts of Canadian Water Network participants, members and staff in helping communities get to the future they want through water. The report highlights initiatives undertaken by CWN in the past year to clarify opportunities for progress on key issues; convene structured discussions that move communities forward; and [...]
The monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater is a promising tool that complements other indicators of COVID-19 prevalence in a community. Research efforts in Canada and globally have accelerated to further develop this tool; a wide range of approaches and techniques have evolved. However, to make reliable comparisons of data within and between communities, the [...]
In 2018, CWN conducted a national expert panel review of contaminants in wastewater to empower decision makers to choose the most effective treatment investments, policies and practices. Later that year, CWN launched a Strategic Sharing Group with twelve utility decision makers from across Canada who were interested in exploring this issue in-depth. The group met [...]
Canadian Water Network, with support from Insurance Bureau of Canada, undertook a study in 2020 on how to best frame and structure a new Canadian Centre for Climate Information and Analytics (C3IA) so that it will be useful for, and used by, municipal decision makers. Understanding the needs of these decision makers, as well as [...]
This report pertains to a study that was conducted in 2016 and 2017 and focused on riverine flooding, which can occur when extreme rainfall causes rivers to overflow onto surrounding land. Climate change flood risk was assessed in four neighbourhoods in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A two-part flood risk model was used to identify flood-prone areas [...]
Canada’s rapidly evolving situation and high level of uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic has presented unique challenges for water and wastewater utilities. In response, Canadian Water Network began hosting and facilitating weekly meetings with decision makers from up to 30 large and mid-sized water and wastewater utilities across Canada. These discussions have helped utility leaders [...]