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Conversations around the Water Table with Project Blue Thumb (Part Two)

May 8, 2017

New water paradigms By Amy Spark and Josée Méthot This post is part two of a six-part interview series conducted and written by Project Blue Thumb.  Project Blue Thumb is […]

Conversations around the Water Table with Project Blue Thumb (Part One)

Apr 26, 2017

Water and headwaters as cultural identity By Amy Spark Welcome to our inaugural post for Conversations around the Water Table, a six-part interview series led by the Project Blue Thumb […]

How urban resiliency is a triple bottom line winner for Alberta

Mar 21, 2017

By Laura Corbeil, Steve Herman and Alexander J.B. Zehnder All over the world, people are asking questions about climate change. When will it affect us, how will it change our […]

Wastewater as a resource: it’s practically gold

Mar 21, 2017

By Brie Nelson This World Water Day, let’s admit the term ‘wastewater’ is a bit of a misnomer for at least two reasons: first, wastewater can contain real gold and […]

Green Infrastructure: Why implement it in Alberta?

Jan 28, 2017

By Denise Di Santo Traditionally, stormwater has been regarded as a wastewater product – conveyed off land to receiving waters through grey infrastructure via pipes, pumps and ponds. The approach […]