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Quebec teen visits Kenyan wells | Nitrate purifying groundwaterApril 11, 2024Canada’s role with First Nations water | Water for PeaceMarch 28, 2024Canadian Groundwater Week, Day 5March 15, 2024Canadian Groundwater Week, Day 4March 14, 2024Canadian Groundwater Week, Day 3March 13, 2024Canadian Groundwater Week, Day 2March 12, 2024Canadian Groundwater Week, Day 1March 11, 2024B.C. government must step up communications | Soil sampling collection stepsFebruary 29, 2024Drill site safety plan | Water project in stretch runFebruary 15, 2024Drilling safety webinar | World’s groundwater decliningFebruary 1, 2024Alberta to address drought risk | Upgrading to battle PFASJanuary 18, 2024Pizza’s role in groundwater depletion | Selenium levels quadruple in B.C. riverJanuary 4, 2024Canada second in water resources | BCGWA soliciting tech presentationsDecember 21, 2023Understanding bedrock flow | Fighting for clean waterDecember 7, 2023Underwater microbes and healthy aquifers | Guelph researcher leads study teamNovember 23, 2023Morwick G360 director lauded | Canada Night in VegasNovember 9, 2023A glimpse into groundwater loss | OGWA honours studentOctober 26, 2023Ultrasound to break up PFAS? | OGWA as information hubOctober 12, 2023Wind turbines and water | Distinguished Driller Award winnerSeptember 28, 2023Turning air into water | Studying phosphorus in waterSeptember 14, 2023Harvesting freshwater from air | Groundwater amid B.C. droughtAugust 31, 2023Montreal a huge water waster | Unlicensed B.C. water users facing griefAugust 17, 2023Handbook addresses climate chance and health | B.C. invests in water systemAugust 3, 2023GeoHub portal launched | Experts to tackle water issuesJuly 20, 2023Europe experiencing drought | BCGWA marks milestoneJuly 6, 2023Groundwater movement alters earth’s spin | Distinguished Driller AwardJune 22, 2023Distinguished Driller Award | PFAS-destroying bacteriaJune 8, 2023Drilling down to quality | Promoting drilling jobsMay 25, 2023Celebrating 50 years of drilling | ‘Cleaner than Arctic ice’May 11, 2023Protected ecosystems subject to groundwater degradation | Effective PFAS removal technologyApril 27, 2023NL’s new water action plan | Manganese levels pose riskApril 13, 2023Indigenous input needed to resolve water crisis | World’s water draining at ‘vampiric’ rateMarch 30, 2023World’s water being drained at ‘vampiric’ rateMarch 24, 2023Trudeau issues World Water Day messageMarch 23, 2023California water crisis a wake-up call for CanadaMarch 22, 2023WordPress › ErrorMarch 21, 2023Researchers give insight into ancient groundwaterMarch 20, 2023Water use attitudes must change | Using fruit waste to purify waterMarch 16, 2023Shocking water for disinfection | BCGWA launches surveyMarch 2, 2023Sunlight purifying water | Better way to deliver safe drinking waterFebruary 16, 2023Grant awarded for reverse osmosis study | Water crisis initiatives being ignoredFebruary 2, 2023A wake-up call for Canada | A means of treating contaminated wastewaterJanuary 19, 2023Better mountain snow melt predicting | The key role wetlands playJanuary 5, 2023Book cautions about water protection | Several countries not keeping water goal paceDecember 22, 2022Water Day at COP27 | Kudos for Canadian water charityDecember 8, 2022Earth’s water future has grim forecast | Hamilton wins water awardNovember 24, 2022Cemetery burials and groundwater quality | Canada’s first Indigenous water utilityNovember 10, 2022Women in Groundwater podcasts, episodes 2 and 3October 27, 2022Women in Groundwater podcast | Killing algae ultrasonicallyOctober 13, 2022Women in Groundwater | OGWA’s golf tournamentSeptember 29, 2022Colorado River nears crisis point | Newfoundlanders bemoan tap waterSeptember 15, 2022Earth’s major rivers drying up | Studying Canada’s drought and flood patternsSeptember 1, 2022OGWA golf tournament registration now online | Studying trees’ role in chemical spills cleanupAugust 18, 2022Saltwater ‘poisoning’ U.S. east coast | Tour enlightens residents about where water comes fromAugust 4, 2022Canada third among world’s water users | COVID’s impact on Indigenous people and waterJuly 21, 2022Checking in on Canada’s groundwater | Researching diminishing global groundwaterJuly 7, 2022Protecting P.E.I.’s water supply | Post-COVID business developmentJune 23, 2022Antarctica abundant in groundwater | Turning fog into clean waterJune 9, 2022Pulling drinking water from the air | Removing contaminants in wastewater treatment plantsMay 26, 2022Producing drinking water from seawater | Submersible motor designsMay 12, 2022New drillers wanted to fill growing need | A new approach to educationApril 28, 2022Freshwater resources at risk | All of Canada must have access to clean waterApril 14, 2022Time is now to prevent groundwater crisis | Water engineer shares passion for workMarch 31, 2022Canadian Groundwater Week, Day 5March 25, 2022Canadian Groundwater Week, Day 4March 24, 2022Canadian Groundwater Week, Day 3March 23, 2022Canadian Groundwater Week, Day 2March 22, 2022National Groundwater Week in Canada, Day 1March 21, 2022GW Week’s message: protecting the earth’s water | Website gives lowdown on everything groundwaterMarch 17, 2022Low salinity levels in freshwater still harmful | It’s Groundwater Awareness WeekMarch 3, 2022Lake Simcoe’s salt content on way to being toxic | PFAS management summit coming in AprilFebruary 17, 2022Asbestos in water | B.C.’s watershed strategic planFebruary 3, 2022Our changing groundwater | Nightmare in the NorthJanuary 20, 2022After effects of B.C.’s year from hell | Road salt endangers drinking water supplyJanuary 6, 2022Part 3 of drilling podcast series now online | Case study: Toronto stormwater managementDecember 23, 2021Continuous Arctic rainfall could impact groundwater | Poll: B.C. residents’ top concern is waterDecember 9, 2021Second aquifer in Waterloo discovered | Watershed checkups protect drinking water qualityNovember 25, 2021Guelph groundwater research facility wins award | Do something about reserve’s water quality: MPNovember 11, 2021Episode 2 of ‘The Footprint’ podcast drops | Alberta proposes Labour Mobility ActOctober 28, 2021BCGWA regional meetings | Ground Water Week a go!October 14, 2021Depressions and groundwater recharge | P.E.I. focusSeptember 30, 2021Impact of Walkerton | Lead removal campaignSeptember 16, 2021Positive workplaces | Potable water use 4% lower in 2019 compared with 2017September 2, 2021Drilling students receive OGWA scholarships | Virtual debates on the environmentAugust 19, 2021Quebec project to decontaminate water | B.C. groundwater licensing crisis loomsAugust 5, 2021B.C.’s Lil’wat Nation appeals bottled water extraction licence | Claims open on Quebec TCE suit | OGWA golf is on!July 22, 2021Drought in St. Laurent, Man. | F-150 electric vehicle reviewed | P.E.I. floats framework for water useJuly 8, 2021Podcast looks at contractors’ carbon footprint | P.E.I. moratorium lifts | Mentoring the next genJune 24, 2021CWA consultation results | BAFF gets big donation | New centrifugal pump inventedJune 10, 2021Manitoba water management strategy | First Nations clean water access updateMay 27, 2021Engaging the next generation | Skilled Trades Ontario created to administer apprenticeshipsMay 13, 2021Contractor profile: Forage Samson | Well depth and location mapped across CanadaApril 29, 2021Ontario changes water-taking rules | Studying Tiny, Ont., groundwater | P.E.I. groundwater sustainabilityApril 15, 2021Ottawa’s carbon tax ruled constitutional | Funding for First Nations water projectsApril 1, 2021Podcasts to explore drill site footprint | DWA updateMarch 18, 2021Training opportunities | P.E. I. Water Act to come into effectMarch 4, 2021Industry volunteers replace hatchery well | March 7-13 is Awareness WeekFebruary 18, 2021BCGWA 50 years young | CNGWA FAQ | Driller scholarship announcedFebruary 4, 2021Multiple completion aquifers | CWA panel registration openJanuary 21, 2021Goodbye 2020, hello 2021 | Canada Water Agency moves forwardJanuary 7, 2021Goodbye 2020, hello 2021 | Canada Water Agency moves forwardDecember 31, 2020P.E.I. expands well moratorium | Help Wanted: Volunteers seek partners to provide new well for community-run fish hatcheryDecember 10, 2020Survey Snippet 2: Profit margins | Report on water infrastructure in CanadaNovember 26, 2020Marketing your business: 3 steps | Alberta NDP releases geothermal planNovember 12, 2020Geoelectrical groundwater monitoring | Canada’s chief hydrogeo to open Groundwater SummitOctober 29, 2020BCGWA urges province to prioritize groundwater licensing | Course for Ontario well techs offered anywhere, anytimeOctober 15, 2020National survey results | Lead-leaching allowance for plumbing products tightened in NSF/ANSI/CAN 61October 1, 2020Succession planning advice | Oilsands tailings ponds leaking: reportSeptember 17, 2020Ontario to extend water-bottling ban | PFAS resources from NGWASeptember 3, 2020Sept. 1 is Protect Your Groundwater Day | Canada gets C on flood risk preparednessAugust 20, 2020CNGWA mission statement | Private Member’s Bill aims to protect fresh water in CanadaAugust 6, 2020COVID’s impact on ground water industry | B.C. ground water users slow to registerJuly 23, 2020Drilling scholarships awarded | Atlantic First Nations Water Authority establishedJuly 9, 2020Sites done right | Ontario water quantity proposalJune 25, 2020National survey | Karst systems and stormsJune 11, 2020Wastewater may warn of COVID-19 | Free accounting advice for businessesMay 28, 2020COVID-19 support fund available | DJ’s Well Drilling of Nova ScotiaMay 14, 2020Estimating yield for domestic wells | Water quality in shut-down buildingsApril 30, 2020Tips for business resiliency | Definition of ‘essential businesses’ varies across CanadaApril 16, 2020COVID-19 economic help for businesses | NASA launches global ground water mapsApril 2, 2020Awareness Week podcast | COVID-19 economic measuresMarch 19, 2020Ground Water Awareness Week: Day 5March 13, 2020Ground Water Awareness Week: Day 4March 12, 2020Ground Water Awareness Week: Day 3March 11, 2020Ground Water Awareness Week: Day 2March 10, 2020Ground Water Awareness Week: Day 1March 9, 2020Awareness Week March 9-13 | Opportunities for recruiting staffMarch 5, 2020Electrical safety | Edmonton Garrison tests wells for PFASFebruary 20, 2020Photo contest winners | Plastic pollution reportFebruary 6, 2020National board update | Dreaming big for the BAFFJanuary 23, 2020B.C. updates water use rules | 2020 truck roundupJanuary 9, 2020Call to action on ground water worldwide | Manitoba First Nation launches class action over water advisoriesDecember 12, 2019Canadian association needs volunteers | Cannabis and ground water studyNovember 28, 2019Canadians to meet in Vegas | Lead levels investigatedNovember 14, 2019P.E.I. discusses Water Act | B.C. Water Sustainability PlansOctober 31, 2019Study explores sinking water tables | Organizing your officeOctober 17, 2019Drilling company employee killed in workplace accident | N.S. gets water project fundingOctober 3, 2019Managed aquifer recharge | Funding for water access on Manitoba farmsSeptember 19, 2019Pump tests in gas-producing wells | Severe drought in rural ManitobaSeptember 5, 2019Sept. 3 is Protect Your Groundwater Day | Long-term monitoring of ground water needed, study suggestsAugust 22, 2019B.C. auditor general rebukes MOH over water protection | N.S. counties get water and wastewater fundingAugust 8, 2019Q-and-A with Jay Famiglietti | Grundfos Canada to growJuly 25, 2019Turbidity and turbines | Send us your photos!July 11, 2019Red Williams Drilling of B.C. | Send us your photos!June 27, 2019Water Wells First, OGWA lobby Ont. government | Send us your photos!June 13, 2019Innovations in drilling | Enter our photo contest!May 30, 2019Enter our photo contest! | Wellen Boring of Saskatoon in the spotlightMay 16, 2019Interview with NGWA president | B.C. convention features drillers courseMay 2, 2019Drilling field trip in Ont. | Top 10 Under 40: Kamal SinghApril 18, 2019OGWA elects new president | Top 10 Under 40: Patrick HouleApril 4, 2019Lead in drinking water guideline updated | Top 10 Under 40: Patrick SimonsonMarch 21, 2019Top 10 Under 40: Ashley Friesen | UBC biosensor tests for cryptosporidiumMarch 7, 2019Top 10 Under 40: Justin Clarke | Transboundary aquifer researchFebruary 21, 2019Top 10 Under 40: Fraser Cummings | Awareness week turns 20!February 7, 2019Top 10 Under 40: Jason MacLeod | Ground water and climate changeJanuary 24, 2019New association needs your support | Products at Groundwater WeekJanuary 10, 2019New drinking water guidance documents | Editor’s top 10 picks for 2018December 27, 2018Groundwater Week highlights | Karst cave found in B.C.December 13, 2018THM concerns in Nfld. town | Top 10 Under 40: Parker DruryNovember 29, 2018CFB Comox to test ground water | Ont. report outlines water issuesNovember 15, 2018B.C. studies red snow | Sask. First Nation without water after treatment plant burns downNovember 1, 2018Study explores phosphorus in watersheds | Drilling wells for charityOctober 18, 2018Atlantic drillers get together | Drone searches for water contaminationOctober 4, 2018Remembering a champion of drillers | N.S. water shortagesSeptember 20, 2018Top 10 Under 40 revealed | UV-LED purifier first NSF/ANSI 55 certifiedSeptember 6, 2018New soil and ground water quality guidelines | Dry conditions in N.S. threaten wellsAugust 23, 2018AI and water monitoring | Paper links nitrate to land useJuly 26, 2018Industry loses veteran driller | Friesen Drillers looks back on 100 yearsJuly 12, 2018Drilling prices update | Water jobs hold opportunity: reportJune 28, 2018BCGWA convention highlights | Top 10 Under 40 taking nominationsJune 14, 2018Flowing artesian wells | 'Raw' water to irrigate Saskatoon parksMay 17, 2018Ontario bans pile driving for wind turbine project | Wind storm destroys water wells on Pelee IslandMay 3, 2018Aging infrastructure top water risk | Moss that can remove arsenic from water discoveredApril 19, 2018Gibsons to go off regional water | Canadians must spend more on water systems, report saysApril 5, 2018Ground Water Awareness Week wraps up | Help us find your Top 10 Under 40!March 22, 2018Geothermal heats up in Ontario | Ground Water Awareness Week a time to learn and educate others!March 8, 2018U.S. group shares wind turbine concerns with Water Wells First | Six Nations water treatment plant to expandFebruary 22, 2018Bottled water consumption fuelled by health fears: study | Training key to ending drinking-water advisories: U of GuelphFebruary 8, 2018Drinking water advisories up | Nanaimo geo-exchange projectJanuary 25, 2018New Top 10 Under 40 | NGWA guidance on PFAS compoundsJanuary 11, 2018Canadian association forms | Residential construction upDecember 14, 2017P.E.I. Water Act tabled | Great Lakes water qualityNovember 30, 2017Faster water testing | Rural workers have tougher go after injuriesNovember 16, 2017Artificial sweeteners via septic | Valuing your service businessNovember 2, 2017P.E.I. farm groups debate high-capacity wells | What customers want from drillersOctober 19, 2017Manganese problems persist in Winnipeg | Danish study connects nitrogen use and ground water qualityOctober 5, 2017Cheaper, faster test for E. coli | New Minas, N.S., to protect water supply from extreme stormsSeptember 21, 2017B.C. 'Sustainaville' geothermal project | Ground water in Keno, Yukon, largely undrinkable without heavy treatmentSeptember 7, 2017B.C. steam drill restored | OGWA golfs for ground waterAugust 24, 2017N.S. ‘visionary’ Jones remembered | Review set for tainted Okanagan water sourceAugust 10, 2017An end to long-term DWA at Saskatchewan First Nation | Fleming Drilling and Blasting students in the fieldJuly 27, 2017Conserving wetlands lowers flood damage | Manganese concentration needs attention, study saysJuly 13, 2017First Nations water crisis | Septic systems source of emerging contaminantsJune 29, 2017Ontario raises water-bottling fee | Freshwater ecosystems in perilJune 15, 2017Ottawa flood water contamination | Winnipeg to install monitoring wells over old landfillsJune 1, 2017M&M Drilling Rivers profile | Ont. passes laws to modernize resource managementMay 18, 2017Aquifer breach costs Vancouver $10M | Spring issue feature: Spirit of collaborationMay 4, 2017OGWA convention notes | UBC invention uses bacteria to purify waterApril 20, 2017New P.E.I. Water Act would ban water exports | Alberta town apologizes for pink tap waterMarch 23, 2017How to start a children’s water fest | Happy Ground Water Awareness Week!March 9, 2017Water treatment failing on reserves: Globe report | Geothermal grants coming in OntarioFebruary 23, 2017Geothermal questions tackled | Water well cross-connection bylaw defeated in Alta.February 9, 2017Lead in drinking water: new guideline | Respected drilling prof gears downJanuary 26, 2017Ground water’s big picture | Canadians discuss new associationJanuary 12, 2017Groundwater Week highlights | B.C. First Nation gains drinking water systemDecember 15, 2016Pesticide ban proposed | Permafrost loss has global implications: USGS studyDecember 1, 2016Oil and gas drilling forecast to increase | Canadian desalination pipe design finalist for awardNovember 17, 2016C- for Canada in flood preparedness: report | UBC water-cleaning researchNovember 3, 2016N.B. water management report | Ontario proposes moratorium on new water takingsOctober 20, 2016Improving your customer service | Ground water textbook goes onlineOctober 6, 2016$1B for Ontario water projects | A rural voiceSeptember 22, 2016Alberta flood prompts major water project | New tech roundupSeptember 8, 2016Educating from the frontlines | Water service restored in Prince Albert, Sask.August 11, 2016OGWA voices wind farm vibration concerns | Toronto scientist tackles space water questionJuly 28, 2016Sustainable wells | Alta. watershed programs lose fundingJuly 14, 2016Ontario wind farm protest underway | Atlantic treasureJune 30, 2016Canadian conference highlights | Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in ManitobaJune 16, 2016Observation wells 101 | Climate change top threat to fresh water, survey saysMay 19, 2016What young drillers want | Rural housing starts upMay 5, 2016Canadian ground water conference set for June | Munk School water study program closesApril 21, 2016