Category Archives: Canada

What’s in YOUR well water?

By Culligan Man | Published: April 5, 2012

April showers bring… questionable runoff? You bet it does! And if you’re the owner of a private well, be mindful. If you don’t regularly check for contamination in your well, you could be drinking the arsenic, fertilizers, pesticides and nitrates that have leeched themselves into your water.* Yes, we thought that was gross, too. The [...]

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Alberta’s Water Gets a C-

By Peter | Published: November 15, 2011

Originally reported at CTV News TORONTO — More than a decade after the Walkerton disaster, much of Canada’s tap water remains at risk from contamination despite initial progress in front-line monitoring and treatment, a new report concludes. In its third such report released Tuesday, the environmental group Ecojustice warns that while some jurisdictions have stepped up [...]

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From Tap to Bottled Water

By Culligan Man | Published: August 17, 2011

Take a second to watch this YouTube (via BottledWaterMatters.com) showing the complex process of turning municipal water into a packaged drink. Go behind the scenes and look at the steps involved in further purifying tap water before it gets bottled.

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Some of the Thirstiest Canadians

By Peter | Published: August 16, 2011

At the time of these photos, the Culligan Men and Women at the Navan Fair served over 3,000 people at our Culligan Hydration Station. They were giving out free reusable bottles and filling them from 6 BFCs.

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The Calgary Culligan Canine Connection

By Peter | Published: August 12, 2011

From @LaurieSouchotte: ” Our labs LOVE our driver. Thankfully he doesn’t mind. BUT labs do more spilling than drinking, so we’d be broke. They like the bottles though!”

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Hot Time in the City

By Culligan Man | Published: July 22, 2011

Barrie Culligan Man”Bottled water is also a hot commodity,” says Tim McCardy who works at Culligan of Barrie. The Barrie Culligan dealership pushed water delivery into high gear this week as temperatures rose.

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Winnipeg Keeps Cool

By Maggie | Published: July 21, 2011

On Monday, Winnepeg residents used 19.5 million litres of water – their third highest consumption level this decade. By 9 p.m. water use had easily surpassed the normal peak summer consumption of 12.5 million litres. Not surprisingly, summer water use is higher than winter consumption as people fill pools, water lawns and try to keep cool. 19.5 [...]

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From Lake Water to Drinking Water?

By Maggie | Published: June 27, 2011

Would you drink water out of Lake Ontario? That’s exactly what one reporter set out to do. In an effort to become more self-reliant and use resources around her, Emily Mathieu, from theStar.com, experimented with the best way to drink water from Lake Ontario. She spoke with a civil engineering professor who did not recommend [...]

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Haiti Volunteer Thankful for Culligan Water

By Culligan Man | Published: May 19, 2011

On Daniel Alford’s mission trip to Haiti, he was thankful to have access to Culligan water. He expressed his appreciation on his Facebook wall, thanking his friends who work at his local Culligan dealership.

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Well Water Watch

By Culligan Man | Published: May 17, 2011

Are you on the Well Water Watch? As a result of this year’s heavy snowfall throughout the region, the frequency and severity of flash floods are expected to increase this spring. “Spring runoff” is a term used to describe the influx of contaminants leeching into water systems after snow melts as the temperature rises during [...]

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