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Webinar Series from OWC Graduate Leadership Council

Ontario Water Consortium Graduate Leadership Council is hosting their first event! The webinar on Water inequality: Water insecurity in First Nations communities will be held on August 9th. Rachel Arsenault who is an advisor at Coeuraj Canada and Ph.D. student at York University joins us to speak about the water insecurity in First Nations Communities. Although the United Nations Joint [...]

2022-08-04T10:16:35+00:00August 4th, 2022|Events, Features, News|

Mastering microbes and membranes at the Institute for Water Innovation

When companies in the water sector want an R&D partner at the University of Toronto, they turn to the Institute for Water Innovation (IWI). Established in 2015, the research collective focuses on solving big water issues — from managing tailing ponds in the oil sands to designing wetlands that can remove stubborn contaminants. As manager [...]

2022-06-08T14:03:25+00:00June 8th, 2022|Features, News|

The Urban Water Research Centre at Toronto Metropolitan University: transdisciplinary from the get-go

Angela Murphy believes the best way to solve complex issues is by bringing people from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to the table. “The largest problems are multifaceted and cannot be solved with too narrow a viewpoint,” says Murphy, director of the Urban Water Research Centre. That’s why the centre — located [...]

2022-04-29T18:20:20+00:00April 17th, 2022|Features, News|

Community Rules & Etiquette – Water Leadership and Innovation Action Forum

Etiquette and Moderation of the Water Leadership and Innovation Action Forum Welcome to OWC's Water Leadership and Innovation Action Forum! Thank you for joining our community of water professionals from institutions, industries, and municipalities. To ensure that all members of this community have the best experience, we have developed some guidelines [...]

2022-02-25T21:29:05+00:00February 25th, 2022|Features, News|

Delivering R&D with a difference at the Lambton Water Centre

In 2020, Research Infosource ranked Sarnia’s Lambton College the top research college in Ontario and second Canada-wide. The Lambton Water Centre (LWC) is a big reason why, helping companies optimize technologies, scale up projects and reduce operational costs since 2013. “Ontario is a very innovative province with respect to developing water technologies,” says Mehdi [...]

2022-02-09T15:17:15+00:00February 9th, 2022|Features, News|

Breaking Into the U.S. Water Sector: The Vast U.S.A.

Originally Post by Management inSites: Every industry has its unique opportunities and hurdles when entering the U.S. Here we take a quick “deep dive” into the water industry. While the information below is specifically geared towards those in the water sector, any industry that relies on water in its production process can also benefit. [...]

2021-11-29T21:51:25+00:00November 29th, 2021|Features, News|

New OWC-Mitacs partnership revs up R&D in Ontario’s water sector

When Elsayed Elbeshbishy finished his PhD in environmental engineering in 2011, he was eager to add some applied experience to his academic expertise. He got that opportunity thanks to Mitacs, a not-for-profit organization that connects researchers with industrial partners. The program funded an 18-month post-doc fellowship with Trojan Technologies, where Elbeshbishy helped develop a [...]

2021-11-14T23:13:05+00:00November 14th, 2021|Features, News|

OWC Partnership with Mitacs

Graduate Student and Post-Doctoral Fellow Partnerships Available To Ontario Water Companies Waterloo, Ontario – The Ontario Water Consortium (OWC) and Mitacs have announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to open strategic partnership opportunities between Ontario’s innovative water companies, municipal utilities and highly trained college, undergraduate, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. This agreement builds on [...]

2021-10-22T20:15:40+00:00September 8th, 2021|News|

Bishop Water: simple systems spell success

Around the world, wastewater regulations are getting stricter. But meeting them isn’t always easy. Remote and rural municipalities lack the tax base to support needed upgrades and the higher operating costs that often accompany them. Attracting and retaining the staff to run complex systems can also be challenging. Meanwhile, urban areas often lack space [...]

2021-09-13T21:53:34+00:00September 2nd, 2021|Events, News|

Tracking nitrates in real time: AUG Signals’ technology changes the game

When you add nitrates and phosphates to soil, these nutrients help plants thrive. Adding them add them to water, however, isn’t so good. When nutrient-rich fertilizers or sewage gets washed into lakes and rivers, they fuel an explosion of algae. That algae can clog intake pipes of drinking water plants. It can make it [...]

2021-07-05T21:08:46+00:00July 5th, 2021|Events, News|
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