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Although the commission's present structure has existed since 1945, its creation was rooted to earlier events. The water system began in 1844 with the formation of the Halifax Water Company, a private firm under contract to the City of Halifax who hired the engineer Charles Fairbanks to survey the lakes around the city and New York engineer John Jarvis to design the system. [1]
It was established as a result of recommendations made by the Royal Commission on Pilotage in Canada, by the Pilotage Act, Section 18, [2] on February 1, 1972 [3] mandated to assist in pilotage in all Canadian waters in and around the provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. [4] [5] [6] [7]
The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (NSUARB) is the independent tribunal and regulating arm of the Government of Nova Scotia responsible for public utilities in the province. NSUARB is governed under the Utility and Review Board Act, and reports directly to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, currently through the Minister of Finance.
The Halifax Wastewater Treatment Facility north of Downtown Halifax. Harbour Solutions is a Canadian public infrastructure project in Halifax, Nova Scotia.. The CAD $333 million project comprised the construction of three sewage treatment plants and connected various sewage pipe networks with lift stations to treat all sanitary sewage in Halifax and Dartmouth. [1]
On July 21, 2023, a record 250+ millimetres of rain fell on the communities of Bedford and Lower Sackville in a period of seven hours, which is the three-month average in precipitation for Halifax, leading to the Sackville River to overflow like never before.
Stellarton is a town located in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.It is adjacent and to the south of the larger town of New Glasgow.In pioneer times the area was called Coal Mines Station, and from 1833 until 1889, it was known as Albion Mines. [3]
Wreck Cove is the largest hydroelectric system in Nova Scotia with a generating capacity of 215.8 MW. [2] [3] Constructed from 1975 to 1978, south of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Wreck Cove collects drainage water from 216 square kilometres (83 sq mi) of the Cape Breton Highlands plateau to generate renewable electricity.
The Nova Scotia Provincial Housing Agency was established by the Housing Supply and Services Act, which replaced the Housing Act and Housing Nova Scotia Act in late 2022. [3] Under the new legislation, NSPHA was formed by merging Nova Scotia's five regional housing authorities: Cape Breton Island Regional Housing Authority; Cobequid Housing ...