As host city to COP15, Montréal has invited cities across the world to make a commitment to protecting biodiversity. The challenge is to take 15 tangible actions towards pursuing and accelerating their efforts to preserve ecosystems.

Protecting native pollinators and their habitats and recognizing their importance in Montréal’s urban ecosystems. This is the main objective of the 2022-2027 Montréal: A Biodiversity Territory to Support the Protection of Pollinators plan.

Water treatment plants must operate continuously in order to provide quality drinking water. This achievement is possible thanks to modern facilities like those at the Charles-J.-Des Baillets treatment plant, the third largest in Canada.

​Montréal is taking action to protect and restore biodiversity. In December, the city will host the COP15, a United Nations conference at which close to 200 countries will be called upon to engage in concrete actions to stop the loss of biodiversity around the world in the decade to come.

After a rigorous assessment of the technical, operational and economic data, the agglomeration council decided on November 21, 2024 to discontinue the fluoridation process at the Pointe-Claire and Dorval drinking water production plants.

The world’s largest ozonation unit is under construction at Montréal’s Jean-R. Marcotte wastewater treatment plant. Here’s the latest news on the project.

Consult various reports on the testing, quality and consumption of drinking water.

To study the impact of urban development on heat, Montréal is installing stations to measure air temperature and humidity. These silent, non-hazardous stations look like white plates. They will collect data over the course of 10 summers.

Sewer backups, greenhouse gases, polluted waterways: Our water consumption habits have significant environmental consequences. But by changing certain behaviours, residents can help reduce waste and improve our living environments.

June 19-25 is Pollinator Week.