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Indigenous community hosts full moon ceremony ...

Kristen Villebrun and Wendy Bush hoped they wouldn't have to pray for Chedoke Creek, but four years after they first raised alarm about the water's condition, they were part of an Indigenous full moon ceremony to do just that. About 50 people showed up near Princess Point on the dark and frigid Monday evening for the monthly ceremony, which was particularly special as it focused on Chedoke Creek. The body of water that runs into Cootes Paradise had about 24 billion litres of sewage and storm water runoff leak into it due to a gate being left open.

Indigenous community hosts full moon ceremony to heal Chedoke Creek

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$205 M needed for 26 km of water and sewer lines in Prince Rupert

$205 M needed for 26 km of water and sewer lines in Prince Rupert

Giving a breakdown of costs, Bomben explained $5 million is for engineering and design, $130M is for water works and the remaining $70M is for “similar vintage and condition sewer lines.” “These must be replaced at the same time as the water mains since the failure of the sewer lines could also impact adjacent infrastructure and potentially cause the water system to fail. It would be far more costly and disruptive to the community to excavate the same road system twice to replace these systems at different times.”

Quebec giving $2.4 billion to improve municipal water infrastructure

Quebec giving $2.4 billion to improve municipal water infrastructure

Quebec will give $2.4 billion over 10 years to help municipalities work on their water and wastewater infrastructure. "We want to repair our water system in Quebec. It's expensive. Our drinking water, we must be careful," said Municipal Affairs Minister Andrée Laforest in an interview with The Canadian Press. This assistance is part of a municipal water infrastructure program called PRIMEAU. Previous PRIMEAU programs had a total envelope of $826.7 million.

Melfort taking $4 million loan for water line replacement

Melfort taking $4 million loan for water line replacement

Melfort council has passed a motion to allow the city to borrow $4 million for water line replacements this summer. This isn’t the first public conversation about the borrowing with it being a topic of discussion when council deliberated the 2022 budget in January. The city loses about 12 to 15 per cent of its water supply due to breaks annually. Adam Homes, Melfort’s city manager, called the $4 million loan a start to alleviating the issue.

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. Completes Acquisition of New York American Water Company, Inc.

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. Completes Acquisition of New York American Water Company, Inc.

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. ("AQN" or the "Company") (TSX: AQN) (NYSE: AQN) today announced that Liberty Utilities (Eastern Water Holdings) Corp. , a wholly-owned subsidiary of AQN's regulated utility operating subsidiary, Liberty Utilities Co. ("Liberty"), has successfully completed the previously-announced acquisition of New York American Water Company, Inc. ("New York American Water") from American Water Works Company, Inc. for a purchase price of approximately $608 million.

Homes flood, huge hole opens up after 2 water mains break in Halifax

Homes flood, huge hole opens up after 2 water mains break in Halifax

Separate water main breaks shut down traffic and disrupted water service to thousands of homes and businesses in two Halifax neighbourhoods Thursday, opening up a huge hole along one road and leading to flooding in some homes. A water main break overnight opened a hole and closed part of Herring Cove Road near Dentith Road, Halifax Regional Police said in a news release. Halifax Water said in an email about 7,000 service connections were impacted in the area. The number of people affected is higher, since an apartment building is counted as a single service connection.

City of Saskatoon's summer construction focused on aging water mains and lead connections

City of Saskatoon's summer construction focused on aging water mains and lead connections

Replacing aging water mains and old connectors made of lead will be the focus of $65 million of major construction projects in Saskatoon by the city this summer. "Approximately 23 km of water and sewer mains will be replaced or rehabilitated this year and about 820 water and sewer service connections are being replaced," said Terry Schmidt, the city's general manager of transportation and construction. Before 1950, water connections from homes to water mains under the streets were made of lead.

Changes to city's drinking water licence will likely affect construction and traffic

Changes to city's drinking water licence will likely affect construction and traffic

Ottawa’s construction and development industries will likely be affected by changes to the city’s drinking water licence that come into effect with province-wide changes on Monday. The changes may also affect traffic because water mains will take longer to connect in the right of way, Kevin Wylie, the city’s general manager of public works and environmental services, wrote in a memo to city council.

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