Regina City Council flipped its decision on the Eastern Pressure Solution project after more discussion at last week’s city council meeting. In June, council voted to scale back the project from a pumping station and a pair of reservoirs to a station and just one reservoir to lower the immediate financial commitment. At last week’s […]
The Water Security Agency is warning people along the North Saskatchewan River, that whole lot of water is coming. Heavy Rain on top of snow packs in Alberta will bring flows along the North Saskatchewan River from 280 m3/second to as high as 1200 m3/s. Peak flows are expected to arrive from Alberta on Friday […]
According to the City of Regina, Regina residents who may have noticed a funny smell and taste in their water have nothing to be concerned about. Blair Kardash, a manager of laboratory & research at the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant, said that the odour and taste are due to very high algae levels in […]
Half a million dollars has been set aside this year by the Water Security Agency to help rural residents avoid possible flooding in 2023. Patrick Boyle with the Water Security Agency says the emergency flood damage reduction program is available to communities, rural municipalities and rural residents. Boyle says the support is made on a […]
This past summer, the federal government awarded over a quarter of its funding for research infrastructure projects to the University of Saskatchewan. Vice President Research, Baljit Singh notes that there are around 97 universities in the country, so that’s a big piece of the pie. He says USask has an important role to play […]
The Saskatchewan government is investing over 1.9 million dollars in 10 industry-led research and development projects. One of the projects is led by Saskatoon-based Delco Water. The company is working with a number of rural municipalities and First Nations to develop and pilot remote sensing technologies for water treatment facilities in rural Saskatchewan. The […]
The City of Regina is set to install new water meters. The new system will collect faster, real-time information about water consumption, allowing customers to manage and conserve water use and help detect water leaks. It will also eliminate the need for the meter reading vehicles currently used to collect drive-by meter reads, resulting in […]
The federal government has responded to demands from Premier Scott Moe, to explain why its employees were taking water samples at some dugouts on private farm land. The federal environment minister Steven Guilbeault accused the Sask Party government of mis-representing the facts. “I believe that we, and Canadians, are best served when we engage on […]
Saskatchewan Water Securities Agency minister Jeremy Cockrill is reminding municipalities of the annual transition from the Emergency Flood damage reduction program to the flood damage reduction program for the remainder of the fiscal year. The transition moves from the emergency focus toward long-term flood mitigation projects. Applications from municipalities will be accepted until September […]
Dignitaries, including the Mayors of Regina and Moose Jaw, all came together for a sod turning for the renewed Buffalo Water Treatment Plant. Under the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP), the Government of Canada is contributing more than $89.13 million toward the project, and the Government of Saskatchewan is providing more than $74.26 million. […]
