New Brunswick A 1994 assessment of Trout Creek showed that the stream was too wide to support fish life. The Trout Creek Model Watershed Committee has since worked to restore habitat by back-sloping the streambeds, installing rock sills, planting vegetation, and fencing off farmlands. A public awareness campaign is also in effect. Stream width has narrowed. Yearly water monitoring has shown improvements in water quality.
Recent counts show spawning is improving in the restored parts of the stream.
Depletion and poor quality of water supply New Glasgow, Nova Scotia Water meters were installed in all homes and the sewer charge removed from taxes and put into water bills as a pollution control charge based on water consumption. Water quality and public awareness of water consumption have improved. The town has since created a Watershed Management Plan to protect water supply. The first solar-biological sewage system in Canada was built, replacing the old septic tank systems. It uses wetland and aquaculture ecosystems in a greenhouse to break down sewage.