Canadian communities are facing challenges – due to growth, increasing urbanization, financial constraints, climate change and more. What information do water managers and decision-makers need to keep their cities healthy and safe?
Canadian Water Network’s Municipal Consortium Leadership Group – a proactive group of municipal water leaders from across Canada – have joined [...]
A series of research studies have been conducted in Ontario and Nova Scotia evaluating the use of constructed wetlands to treat common sources of rural wastewaters: domestic wastewater, dairy farm wastewater and septage (sludge from septic tanks).
Approximately 20% of the Canadian public rely on on-site wastewater systems (OWS) to treat their domestic wastewater with some jurisdictions having even higher percentages (e.g. Nova Scotia ~50%). Many of these OWS are not properly maintained or are improperly designed and constructed, which may pose a significant risk to both surface- and groundwater resources.