WC144 SeptOct 2025 - Magazine - Page 3
PROJECTS l POLICY l INNOVATION
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2025
VOLUME 25, NUMBER 5
DRINKING WATER
11 PFAS Response
Treatment advances and new regulations.
By Sonia Jaberi
STORMWATER
14 Fighting Salt with Science
Community scientists make the di昀昀erence.
By Dr. Norman Yan and Sandy Lockhart
POLICY
17 Walkerton 25 Years Later
Re昀氀ecting on progress and preparing for the future.
By Michele Grenier
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TOP 50 PROJECT
20 Fresh Start for Inverness
New wastewater treatment project a breath of fresh air
for Cape Breton community.
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Editor’s Note
By Saul Chernos
Ontario is in the middle of a
housing crisis.
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CONSERVATION
24 Climate-Conscious Planning
First Drops
Region of Waterloo advances planning
with new GHG inventory tool.
Mississauga speeds up stormwater
infrastructure upgrades.
By Dana Mears, Emily Snoei, Stephanie Andrade and
Nicole Sapeta
8 Water Story:
A Legacy in Every Drop
Lou Di Gironimo didn’t just transform
Toronto Water—he built a culture that
will outlast the infrastructure.
By Corinne Lynds
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INNOVATION
28 Rethinking Membranes
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Top 50 Update
Swirltex breaks traditional limits with e昀케cient
昀椀ltration.
By Charlie Evans
WASTEWATER
Review of the North Shore Waste-water
Treatment Plant program is on hold.
31 Water's Second Life
Markham’s WET project turns wastewater into heating
and cooling for thousands—with major lessons in
partnerships and persistence.
10 Legal Column:
Water Blockage
By Charlie Evans
Barriers to greater use of
grey water systems.
WATER SECURITY
By Aaron Atcheson, Hugh Hunt and
Owen Atcheson
35 Water Shortages in Canada?
Drought and rising demand threaten Metro Vancouver’s
water supply despite conservation e昀昀orts.
By Kim, M., Xia, Y., and Wolfe, S.E.
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38 Water Can’t Wait
The G7 overlooked a $2 billion problem in the global
economy, but we can still 昀椀x it.
By Justin Murgai
ON THE COVER
Even with conservation e昀昀orts, drought and demand are drying up
riverbeds and depleting water supplies. Getty Images
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