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Fulfilling the annual CPD requirement is one of the conditions that each licensee should meet in order to keep their practising status in good standing. Each year, PGO conducts a random audit of the CPD reports filed the year before. Twenty per cent of PGO licensees are being audited each year. For information on what constitutes a CPD activity, CPD categories, exemptions, etc., please see the newly updated CPD Guideline online.
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PTTW Application Study Requirements and Expectations and EASR 101 — Feb. 5, 2020
Ontario's Electronic Permit to Take Water (ePTTW) Demo — Feb. 6, 2020
PGO Networking Event in Timmins — Feb. 5, 2020
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CWRA
The Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA) is inviting professionals to submit an abstract for its 2020 National Conference that will take place in Kenora, ON on June 1 to 4, 2020. The theme of the conference centres on how well Canada is managing its water resources. The deadline for abstract submission is Jan. 24, 2020.
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Environmental Registry of Ontario
There is still time to submit your comments to MECP’s proposal to make amendments to O.Reg. 153/04 that would provide flexibility for a qualified person (QP) to exercise professional judgement regarding the need for ground water testing. Deadline to submit your comments is Jan. 13, 2020.
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The Conversation
Nickle Beach, Copper Harbor, Silver Bay. These places, all situated on the shores of the Laurentian Great Lakes, evoke the legacy of mining connected with the region.
While mining operations for metal ores and their refining have all but ceased here, there are renewed concerns over the safety of our Great Lakes source waters.
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CBC News
A recent rise in water levels on Lake Huron has the town of Goderich, ON, spending more than $1 million to protect its treatment plant for drinking water.
The plant is located about 30 metres from the water's edge. Mayor John Grace said municipal officials became concerned in August about increasing erosion and rising lake levels.
"That's a very significant piece of infrastructure for the community, that's our drinking water," he said.
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InsideHalton.com
The Town of Oakville has thrown its support behind the first piece of provincial legislation brought forward by the Green party by calling for the protection of an essential Ontario water source.
Council voted unanimously to endorse the passing of Bill 71, the Paris Galt Moraine Conservation Act, by the Ontario legislature.
Mike Schreiner, Ontario’s only Green party MPP, first brought forward a private member’s bill calling for the protection of the Paris Galt Moraine in February 2019.
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UT News
The Earth’s inner core is hot, under immense pressure and snow-capped, according to new research that could help scientists better understand forces that affect the entire planet.
The snow is made of tiny particles of iron — much heavier than any snowflake on Earth’s surface — that fall from the molten outer core and pile on top of the inner core, creating piles up to 200 miles thick that cover the inner core.
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Phys.org
Researchers at EPFL and the Swiss Federal Office of Energy have devised strategies for reducing the earthquake risk associated with geothermal energy, CO2 storage and other human activities happening deep underground.
Although most earthquakes are attributable to natural causes, some are triggered — directly or indirectly — by human activity.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
More than half of Earth’s rivers freeze over every year. These frozen rivers support important transportation networks for communities and industries located at high latitudes. Ice cover also regulates the amount of greenhouse gasses released from rivers into Earth’s atmosphere. A new study from researchers in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Geological Sciences found that annual river ice cover will decline by about six days for every one degree Celsius increase in global temperatures.
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