Minister Wilkinson congratulated the Green Communities' Well Aware program this week for providing help to well owners on taking care of their wells, protecting their drinking water and our shared groundwater.

Joined by members of Green Communities and the Elora Environment Centre, Environment Minister John Wilkinson took part in an event to celebrate 10 years of the Well Aware program.

Supported by funding from the Ministry of the Environment, Well Aware delivers programs and drives positive actions focused on the basics of maintaining a well.

Honourable John WIlkinson, Ontario Minister of the Environment, Mary Jane Patterson (Chair, GCC Board of Directors), Heather KIrby (Well Aware Program Manager), Lynda Bausinger (Elora Environment Centre Well Aware Advisor)

Splash Fest, the Floating Water Festival

August 13, Georgina Ontario, Each year the Festival will celebrate water through creativity and by challenging everyone to find new ways to create, share, think and dream about water.

Water: the Exhibition, until September 5, 2011

An immersive experience with hands-on activities for kids, live animals and multi-media displays about life's most precious resource.

Orange Drop is the program that has been introduced to help recycle household hazardous and special waste materials that need extra care when they've reached the end of their useful lives.

If you are in the groundwater industry and are interested in bringing Well Aware to your province/territory,
read page 5 for more information.

Water conservation is something few of us think about at work. Since we don't get the bill there, we're not aware of the cost and quantity of our consumption. But our offices and factories consume huge quantities of water, so saving on the job should be everyone's business. That's why Water - Use It Wisely is teaming with GreenNurture.com, the software solution for incorporating sustainability into daily practice at work. Together, we're inspiring people to save water in their 9-to-5 world by offering these simple tips for wise water use in the workplace.

"A liter of light"

An innovative project is shedding light on the dim and dreary shanties of the Philippines. A bottled liter of water with a few teaspoons of bleach is proving to be a successful recipe for dwellers in the light-deprived slums of the Philippines. The simple technology is spreading sunlight in places where it has never been, and saving residents money at the same time. Gemma Haines reports.

July 27 is Ryan's Day in Uganda!
In 1999, seven year old Ryan Hreljac's first well was built in a Ugandan village. Now the Ryan's Well Foundation has grown into a family of people committed to delivering access to safe water, as an essential way to improve the lives of people in the developing world. We empower citizens of all ages to take action and effect change in the world. Thanks to your continued support, we've now completed 682 wells & 821 latrines providing safe water and improved sanitation to 723,375 people!