Around the world, the infrastructure that delivers municipal water is ageing. The pipeline walls are thinning and cracking. They’re losing stiffness and developing air pockets. That creates the risk of leaks, wasting precious water and all the money spent to treat it. Or worse, it can cause catastrophic bursts that shut down roads, cut off service to thousands of residents and require costly repairs.
The Ontario water industry is evolving. And so is the Ontario Water Consortium, with expanded offerings for post-secondary institutions and technology companies available through paid partnerships.
A place to connect the most ambitious and innovative industry, organizations, institutions, and individual leaders across the Ontario water ecosystem.
OWC has partnered with Mitacs to help connect Ontario water companies gain access to expertise and for college, undergraduate, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows to get the practical experience
Ontario Water Consortium enables water solutions that addresses the big challenges of today. As the platform for industry, academia, government, and end-users, OWC connects leaders at the forefront of water innovation.
OWC has also created a valuable program whereby technology innovators can engage with a panel of experts to gain insight into their water technology development and commercialization challenges.
DAVID OHAYON, CANADIAN MARKET DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, IPEX
"It was a very good cross-section of experienced and knowledgeable people,” he says. “It helped us to determine where it is that our next steps were going to be taking place."
OWC's unique partnership with experts in the United States, Management inSites, supports water technology companies to examine, enter, and execute in the American market.
Management inSites offers OWC members office hours, during which members can call MI with specific, prepared questions about U.S. market entry.
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Around the world, the infrastructure that delivers municipal water is ageing. The pipeline walls are thinning and cracking. They’re losing stiffness and developing air pockets. That creates the risk of leaks, wasting precious water and all the money spent to treat it. Or worse, it can cause catastrophic bursts that shut down roads, cut off service to thousands of residents and require costly repairs.[...]
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