

It's Canadian Ground Water Week
Today marks the start of Canadian Ground Water Week, a week-long celebration and awareness campaign to promote the importance of groundwater and the need to protect it for future generations. On Wednesday of this week is World Water Day which is recognized globally as a day to advocate the sustainable management of freshwater.

Canadian Ground Water WeekFeaturesWorld Projects
March 23, 2023
March 23, 2023
Over-consumption, unsustainable use draining world’s water at ‘vampiric’ rate: UN
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsProfiles
March 23, 2023
March 23, 2023
Bottled water corporations masking world’s water crisis, say UN University officials

Canadian Ground Water WeekFeaturesStrategies & Innovations
March 22, 2023
March 22, 2023
Trudeau marks World Water Day aiming to end all drinking water advisories in Canada
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsContaminationWater Issues
March 22, 2023
March 22, 2023
First Nation officials say tailings pond spill in northern Alberta is worse than expected
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Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsResearch
March 22, 2023
March 22, 2023
University research shows nitrates can help move naturally occurring uranium into groundwater
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsWorld Projects
March 21, 2023
March 21, 2023
EIB answers call for investment in water to tackle climate challenges

Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsWorld Projects
March 21, 2023
March 21, 2023
Billions of cubic metres of wastewater must be treated to meet United Nations’ goals
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsAssociations
March 21, 2023
March 21, 2023
Four-day virtual symposium coming in April for Professional Geoscientists of Ontario
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsContaminationWater Issues
March 20, 2023
March 20, 2023
Federal government wants joint working group to deal with oilsands contamination

Canadian Ground Water WeekFeatures
March 20, 2023
March 20, 2023
It’s Canadian Ground Water Week

Canadian Ground Water WeekFeaturesResearch
March 17, 2023
March 17, 2023
USask research offers insight into the mystery of ancient groundwater

Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsEducation
March 16, 2023
March 16, 2023
Franklin Electric teams up with NGWA to promote importance of groundwater
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsWater Issues
March 16, 2023
March 16, 2023
Silica sand extraction project in Manitoba could threaten water source: opponents
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsSustainability
March 16, 2023
March 16, 2023
Bottled water consumption on the rise globally with 73 per cent increase between 2010-20

Canadian Ground Water WeekFeatures
March 14, 2023
March 14, 2023
Canadians need to change attitudes regarding their water usage: Mike Holmes
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsWater Issues
March 13, 2023
March 13, 2023
Proposed subdivision development in North Okanagan strikes nerve over local water supply
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsContaminationWater Issues
March 8, 2023
March 8, 2023
Contaminated groundwater must first be addressed before downtown redevelopment starts

Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsAssociations
March 8, 2023
March 8, 2023
Registration closing soon for OGWA’s annual convention and AGM
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsWater Issues
March 1, 2023
March 1, 2023
East Gwillimbury residents ‘flushing’ away about $400,000 in water costs each year, municipality claims
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsWater Issues
March 1, 2023
March 1, 2023
Building of nuclear reactor in Winnipeg area poses serious threat to groundwater: environmental writer
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsWater Issues
February 28, 2023
February 28, 2023
Groundwater group will speak to council over about-face on gravel pit project
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsWater Issues
February 27, 2023
February 27, 2023
Groundwater group fears it has lost council’s support in fight against proposed gravel pit
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsAssociations
February 23, 2023
February 23, 2023
BCGWA upgrades coming convention with move to more spacious room in Penticton
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsContaminationWater Issues
February 16, 2023
February 16, 2023
Water group warns that seepage from tailings pond could contaminate Athabasca River
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsEducation
February 9, 2023
February 9, 2023
Groundwater Festival returns to Guelph in June as educational in-person event
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsAssociations
February 8, 2023
February 8, 2023
BCGWA’s GM alerts members of ‘phishing’ scams that offer fraudulent items not endorsed by association
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsContaminationWater Issues
January 26, 2023
January 26, 2023
Ontario township looking into dome to contain salt, sand from contaminating groundwater
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsResearch
January 24, 2023
January 24, 2023
Road salt’s impact on groundwater isn’t simply a winter concern

Canadian Ground Water WeekFeaturesResearchSustainability
January 16, 2023
January 16, 2023
California’s groundwater crisis a wake-up call for Canada, says Saskatchewan water scientist
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsWater Issues
January 11, 2023
January 11, 2023
State of emergency still in place at Ontario First Nation community even as groundwater levels improve
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsWater Issues
December 21, 2022
December 21, 2022
Groundwater monitoring to be conducted in Didsbury, Alta. in effort to detect local water leaks
Canadian Ground Water WeekNewsSurface WaterWater Issues
December 9, 2022