Ontario will charge water-bottling companies an additional $500 fee to take ground water. Beginning Aug. 1, water bottlers will pay $503.71 for every million litres of ground water taken, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change said in a news release. » Read more
The first national assessment of Canada's freshwater resources has found significant evidence of disruption to watersheds as a result of human activities and a deficiency of data in more than half of those watersheds.» Read more
A technical peer review of KGHM’s application for its Ajax copper and gold mine proposed for south of Kamloops cites concerns about water quality and long-term risk to human health due to increased concentrations of arsenic. Kamloops This Week reports.» Read more
The Waterloo Wellington Children's Groundwater Festival welcomed more than 1,000 students on May 31, the last day of the annual event at Doon Heritage Village in Kitchener, Ont.» Read more