Quantifying growth can be head shaking. Back in 1964 when the EK Waterline was opened Kindersley used 16 million cubic metres of water the first year. That is a large number so I found this picture of what 5 million cubic metres looks like in Vancouver (I got it from Global News). Last year Kindersley… Continue reading WATER USAGE: 1964 – 2015
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Kindersley Receives Municipal Award for Backwash Water Project
Date: November 2, 2015 Kindersley’s innovative Wastewater Project is being recognized for a 2015 Saskatchewan Municipal Award. The second place win was recently announced by the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA). Winners will be formally recognized at the SUMA Convention in February 2016, along with a video that highlights the project and interviews with local… Continue reading Kindersley Receives Municipal Award for Backwash Water Project
Nestlé Waters Canada plan to tap aquifer worries Elora, Ont., residents
If province approves, water could eventually be bottled and sold in Canada Residents of a southern Ontario town are worried Nestlé Water Canada’s plan to pump up to 1.6 million litres of water per day from a nearby aquifer could leave them high and dry. Nestlé Waters Canada, a subsidiary of the transnational Nestlé company, has conditionally bought an… Continue reading Nestlé Waters Canada plan to tap aquifer worries Elora, Ont., residents