Calgary-based rapid water testing technology firm, FREDsense, has closed a USD $7 million Series A funding round in relation to a new commercially available field-based PFAS detector. The funding round for the device, which allows customers to get results in hours rather than weeks, was led by HG Ventures with participation from Emerald Technology Ventures. […] The post Calgary’s FREDsense secures $7M to scale rapid PFAS water testing device appeared first on Environmental Science & Eng...| Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine
Mine water treatment and management firm, BQE Water Inc., has discharged more than 600,000 m³ of treated water into the environment under its contract with PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., the court-appointed receiver of Victoria Gold Corp., for emergency treatment at the Eagle Gold Mine in Yukon. The heap leach failure and landslide occurred at the Victoria Gold […] The post BQE Water reaches remediation milestone at Yukon mine impacted by cyanide appeared first on Environmental Science & Eng...| Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine
Information Services Corporation (ISC) has entered into an agreement with Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to deliver a new digital records portal that enables 24/7 self-service access to Ontario environmental property records that aim to improve response times for requests related to soil, water, and contamination. Following an initial build phase expected […] The post Ontario forms digital portal deal for environmental property records appeared first on Envi...| Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine
An Alberta oilfield services company has been issued a nearly $450,000 administrative penalty by the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) for contraventions involving industrial sewage it was not authorized to receive, yet was still found to be improperly stored and used to generate profit for the company. Terroco Industries Ltd., based in Red Deer, Alberta, was […] The post Alberta oilfield company penalized $450K for industrial sewage storage contraventions appeared first on Environmental Scien...| Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine
Quebec’s Environment Ministry has fined battery manufacturer Northvolt for wastewater violations at its Montérégie site — a penalty that comes just months after the Swedish parent company filed for bankruptcy, casting doubt on the future of its $7-billion major battery plant project planned for Quebec. The $10,000 fine for Northvolt Batteries North America Inc. resulted […] The post Quebec fines Northvolt for wastewater violations amid bankruptcy, stalled construction appeared first o...| Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine
Several individuals and corporations in Burlington, Ontario, have been fined a total of $46,000 in connection with environmental violations that arose more than two decades ago from soil and groundwater contamination linked to perchloroethylene (PCE), a chemical commonly used in dry cleaning. The most recent convictions compounded from the original contamination and stem from a […] The post Ontario dry cleaner’s PCE soil, groundwater contamination leads to failed order compliance appe...| Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine
A seafood processing operation in British Columbia has been fined $25,000 for wastewater discharge violations, but it could have faced a stiffer penalty had it not been for the company’s efforts to fix the problems. While Ucluelet Harbour Seafoods has a permit that authorizes the discharge of effluent to Barkley Sound from its fish processing […] The post B.C. seafood company gets wastewater fine reduced after efforts to fix problems appeared first on Environmental Science & Engineering...| Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine
On the one-year anniversary of the heap leach failure at the Eagle Gold Mine, Yukon Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources, John Streicker, issued a statement to recognize the seriousness of the disaster’s environmental impacts. The heap leach failure and landslide occurred at the Victoria Gold Corporation’s Eagle Mine on June 24, 2024, sliding nearly […] The post Cyanide remediation at Eagle Gold Mine reaches one-year milestone appeared first on Environmental Science & Engineering Mag...| Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine
British Columbia’s Ministry of Environment and Parks has issued four wastewater contravention fines to a residential housing development and its director over the threat of fecal coliform contamination to groundwater supply wells beneath an active vineyard near Okanagan Falls. The fines levied to Vintage Views Developments Ltd. and sole director Johnny Joseph Aantjes totalled nearly […] The post B.C. property developer faces new round of wastewater fines appeared first on Environmental Sc...| Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine