With Canada’s river basins extending over almost 10 million km2, producing flood maps sufficiently accurate to be used for planning purposes at a reasonable cost is a challenge. Bathymetric data, in particular, are difficult and expensive to obtain …
Post-wildfire vegetation cover damage and loss can escalate the risks of secondary disasters such as flood, landslide, and water contamination, particularly in a major wildfire affected region where human settlements are situated. In assessments of …
It has been increasingly understood that pluvial flooding poses a substantial risk to numerous communities across the globe. This is especially relevant for the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island (PEI), which is susceptible to a compound flood …
Urban floods can cause severe loss of economic and social assets, and remote sensing has been an effective tool for flood mapping during disaster response. Due to the complexity of high-density urban structures, high-resolution (HR) optical images …
Water and Sustainable Economic Growth in the Sahel (ECED-Sahel) was a five-year, $17.4 million program undertaken as a collaboration between Global Affairs Canada, Cowater International, Canadian gold mining company IAMGOLD Corporation, One Drop …
L’Agence burkinabè d’électrification rurale (ABER) a, lors d’un atelier national tenu les 3 et 4 octobre 2019, à Nioryida (commune rurale de Nobéré), dans la région du Centre-Sud, dévoilé sa nouvelle approche d’amélioration du taux d’électrification …
Le Ministre de l’Energie accompagné de l’ambassadeur du Canada a lancé officiellement à Dédougou ce jeudi 15 novembre 2018, le projet Energie et Croissance Economique Durable dans la région de la Boucle du Mouhoun (projet ECED-Mouhoun). Ce projet …
Global Affairs Canada funded this $30M project with the goal of improving the health of residents in 20 towns in Ghana’s Northern Region through improved access to water supply and sanitation services. Cowater International with Norda Stelo provided …
Cowater and its partners are pleased to announce the official launch of the ‘Water and Sustainable Economic Growth in the Sahel Project’ in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
À l'âge de 24 ans seulement, Maxim Fortin réalise des rêves de mobilité internationale généralement réservés à des ingénieurs beaucoup plus expérimentés. Cet été, il se trouvait à Haïti afin de collaborer à l'inventaire des infrastructures d'eau …