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Ottawa Public Health seeking ways to continue wastewater testing

Ottawa Public Health wants to collaborate with local partners to look for ways to continue wastewater monitoring after the province cuts…

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Ontario pulls plug on COVID-19 wastewater surveillance

Premier Doug Ford’s government is scrapping Ontario’s program for sampling wastewater to monitor the level of COVID-19 in the population. The program…

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Health

Scientists watching wastewater for signs of H5N1 as U.S. bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle grows

Scientists in the U.S. and Canada are watching wastewater for early signs of H5N1 as an outbreak of bird flu…

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Tech

California OKs new rules for turning wastewater directly into drinking water

When a toilet is flushed in California, the water can end up in a lot of places: An ice skating…

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Canada

Proposal to expand Alberta coal mine faces pushback after string of wastewater releases

An environmental group says a coal company’s application to deepen its open-pit mine shouldn’t be considered while it’s under investigation…

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Tech

Monitoring Calgary wastewater could help drug users avoid harm. Here’s how.

A Calgary research facility that developed the most comprehensive wastewater monitoring program in the country during the COVID-19 pandemic is…

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Halifax

Wastewater system overflow near Northwest Arm in Halifax diverted

HALIFAX, N.S. — Halifax Water says a wastewater system overflow near the Northwest Arm area has been diverted and is…

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Nova Scotia

Untreated wastewater diverted from entering the Northwest Arm

Halifax Water says it has diverted untreated and unscreened sewage from entering the Northwest Arm, but it’s still advising people…

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Tech

Hundreds protest in Seoul against Japan’s plans to discharge treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant

Hundreds of people marched in Seoul on Saturday to demand Japan scrap plans to discharge treated wastewater from the damaged…

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Health

Why scientists say wastewater monitoring should continue despite low COVID-19 levels

Despite most wastewater sites across the country reporting some of the lowest levels of COVID-19 since the analysis began, some…

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