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Six Nations water treatment plant to expand

Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada will undertake a water main extension project to expand the distribution of treated drinking water to two federally operated schools on the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation reserve near Hamilton, Ont.


U.S. group shares wind turbine concerns with Water Wells First

A citizen’s group based in Glenville, Minn., has been taking a keen interest in the well-water issues raised over wind farms in Chatham-Kent. Chatham Daily News reports.


Ground water vulnerable in Niagara, says conservation authority

Ground water supplying the homes of Niagara residents is highly vulnerable to contamination, a Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority representative told a regional health committee in connection with a Drinking Water Source Protection Act study. The St. Catharines Standard reports.
 
 
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Students create filter to pull clean drinking water out of air

Student entrepreneurs and inventors from the University of Alberta have created a prototype that works much like a dehumidifier to conjure clean drinking water out of thin air. CBC News reports. » Read more

For global water crisis, climate may be last straw, experts say

Before man-made climate change kicked in – and well before "Day Zero" in Cape Town, where taps may run dry in early May – the global water crisis was upon us. Scientists look at ground water scarcity around the world. Phys.org reports. » Read more
 
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Feb. 27-28, 2018
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March 23-24, 2018
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