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Ontario’s Water Nexus: Bridging Academia, Enterprise, and Municipalities

Canada’s water utility sector came alive from November 12-15, as leaders from academia, enterprise, and municipalities converged at the Canadian Water and Wastewater Association's National Water and Wastewater Conference. This event, hosted at the Sheraton Fallsview in Niagara Falls, Ontario, aimed to bridge the gap between these three essential pillars in the pursuit of innovative solutions for water-related challenges. The conference provided a platform for dynamic discussions, inspiring stories of partnership, and a collective vision for the future of water [...]

November 16th, 2023|Categories: Events, Features, News|

Unlocking the powerful potential of sewers

With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s  Water Industry Growth Program, USP Technologies Canada is refining their innovative "physical twin" model for sewer networks, aiming to optimize wastewater treatment processes and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Beneath city streets run hundreds of kilometres of sewers. It’s easy to think of them simply as pipes, moving sewage from source to treatment plant. But there’s lots of activity that occurs along the way, thanks to bacteria in the biofilm that naturally develops along [...]

November 16th, 2023|Categories: Features, News, Water Industry Growth Program|

Making water testing quick, easy and affordable

With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s  Water Industry Growth Program, ExactBlue Technologies is validating their mobile quantitative-testing platform for Rapid E coli and Coliform. Water-borne microbes can cause a host of problems, from temporary tummy trouble to far more serious conditions. That’s why regular water tests are crucial in all kinds of settings. But sending samples to a commercial lab is costly, and results can take more than a week to arrive. ExactBlue Technologies aims to change that. Their [...]

October 31st, 2023|Categories: Features, News, Water Industry Growth Program|
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