NEWS, PARTNERSHIPS
September 9, 2025
After nearly a decade away, Dr. Maricor Arlos returned to the University of Waterloo in 2024, not to retrace her steps but to reshape the path forward. A Waterloo graduate three times over, Arlos had spent years conducting research in Switzerland and Alberta, gaining a sharper, more global perspective on water management, stakeholder priorities, and the complex role of contaminants in the environment.[...]
NEWS, PARTNERSHIPS, EVENT
July 28, 2025
This July, the Ontario Water Consortium hosted its Innovation Showcase Summer Series, a three-part webinar program highlighting applied research and emerging technologies across Ontario’s water sector. With close to 200 registrants, the series convened municipal leaders, researchers, engineers, and technology developers around practical solutions to the complex challenges facing water infrastructure, operations, and climate resilience.[...]
NEWS, PARTNERSHIPS, EVENT
July 9, 2025
In October 2024, the Ontario Water Consortium published “Going Beyond Biogas”, introducing the Waste to Chemicals Alliance – a multi-partner collaboration exploring how anaerobic digestion (AD) can evolve from a conventional energy recovery tool into a platform for producing high-value chemicals from organic waste.
On June 10, 2025, OWC hosted the Alliance’s first public webinar to share progress on this initiative, now entering its final year. [...]
