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PROJECTS l POLICY l INNOVATION
MAY/JUNE 2024
VOLUME 24, NUMBER 3
LEGAL
8 Alberta’s Legislative Changes
As the contracting environment continues to change and
evolve, all parties involved in water projects need to be
mindful of both legislative changes and case law.
By Lauren Toreson and Emma Johnston
WATERSHEDS
10 What Makes a Home?
Watersheds Canada’s Natural Edge program restores
shoreline health for both people and wildlife.
By Monica Seidel
WASTEWATER
13 PFAS and Waste Facilities
PFAS products—everything from food contact materials
to textiles to period products—are ultimately disposed
of in landfills. Their fate in the environment is persistent
and accumulating.
By Gordon Feller
DRINKING WATER
17 Lloydminster’s Advanced WWTP
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The city embraced a vision and a contract delivery model
that promised greater value to the city. It delivered.
By Rob Hacking
FEATURE
20 When it Rains, It Pours
How two Canadian cities responded to major flood events.
DEPAR TMENT S
By Mark Douglas Wessel
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Editor’s Note
MINING
24 Abandoned Mines a Giant Problem
A missed opportunity
with residential grey
water pumps.
Long after Yellowknife’s Giant Mine closed, one First Nation
is still suffering from the toxic aftermath.
By Saul Chernos
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Front
French River,
Water Always Wins, a
nd more.
AQUIFERS
28 A Snapshot of Water Use in Canada
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In a country as large and geographically varied as Canada,
it is helpful to have a sense of how each province and
territory is using water resources.
By Carolyn Gruske
SMART CITIES
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Water Canada
wherever you
go with our
digital
magazine
34 The Power of Wastewater Surveillance
A lack of core funding and the temporary nature of the
provincial mandates is putting an important tool at risk.
By Talia Glickman
H2OPINON
36 The Convergence of Water and Energy
ABOUT THE COVER
The Bow River runs near the
Calgary skyline after the 2013 flood
that killed one person and caused
$6 billion in damages. Getty Images
WAT E R C A N A D A . N E T
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There are negative impacts when individuals with access to
water act in their own interest, regardless of the negative
affects their actions have on others.
By Don Holland
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