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PROJECTS l POLICY l INNOVATION
JULY/AUGUST 2026
VOLUME 26, NUMBER 4
DRINKING WATER
12 Water for Emergencies
A look at various initiatives across Canada.
By Treena Hein
PROJECT FEATURE
16 Out of Sight
Annacis Tunnel key step in delivering
water resiliency to Metro Vancouver.
By Saul Chernos
ENVIRONMENT
20 The PFAS Trap
Why slow public disclosure is now a
multi-million-dollar liability.
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By Corinne Lynds
INFRASTRUCTURE
24 Flooded with Evidence
How forensic investigations shape
water main break disputes.
5 Editor’s Note
TDB.
By Edward Poon
6 First Drops
FRESHWATER
Indigenous water internships, and
new Calgary water COO
27 Compounds of Concern
Scientists study freshwater 昀椀sh
exposed to opioids.
8 Water Story
By Warren Frey
Giving Water a Voice
INDIGENOUS
9 Top 50 Update
30 Remote Challenges
North Shore WWTP.
LEGAL COLUMN:
10 Ask A Lawyer
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Water and power generation in
Saskatchewan.
First Nations water advisories see decade
of progress with more work needed.
By Warren Frey
STORMWATER
33 Climate-ready Now
By Jeren Tuchscherer
When it comes to smart blue roofs are
regulations keeping pace?
By Dima Balaa
Take Water Canada
wherever you go
with our digital
magazine
INNOVATION
36 Turning on the Taps
Town of Viking, Alta. gives old reservoir
a new lease on life.
By Warren Fey
H2OPINION
38 Coordinating Clean Water
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Why Canada must move beyond
individual farm BMPs.
By Fridah Silas
ON THE COVER Metro Vancouver is constructing the Annacis Water Supply Tunnel deep under the Fraser River,
between New Westminster and Surrey. This new water supply tunnel will help ensure the continued delivery of
high-quality drinking water to communities south of the Fraser River well into the future. Metro Vancouver
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