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Driving Innovation and Global Reach: The Lasting Impact of the Water Industry Growth Program

The Ontario Water Consortium’s Water Industry Growth (WIG) Program has left a lasting impact on Ontario’s water innovation sector, driving technological advancements and global competitiveness. The WIG Program supported 17 company-led projects focused on technology advancement, many involving academic, municipal, and other sector partners. The success of the WIG program reflects a collaborative commitment to [...]

2024-12-02T20:17:46+00:00December 2nd, 2024|Features, News, Water Industry Growth Program|

Going beyond biogas – How the Waste to Chemicals Alliance is retooling anaerobic digestion

Anaerobic digestion can be used to digest organics from all kinds of sources: wastewater sludge, livestock manure, food waste and more. And the technology is simple. Just create an oxygen-free environment where naturally occurring microbes can flourish and let them munch away. Today, most anaerobic digestion is optimized to produce methane, which can be captured [...]

2024-10-22T21:11:03+00:00October 22nd, 2024|Features, News, Partnership|

Advancements in Addressing Water Monitoring Challenges: Highlights from the 2024 Meeting

The 2024 Challenges in Water Monitoring meeting, held on July 25 at McMaster Innovation Park, brought together leading experts, researchers, and industry professionals to discuss the latest advancements and collaborative efforts in water monitoring technologies. Organized by the MacWater Diagnostic Research Initiative, this bi-annual event aims to foster innovation and develop integrated water-sensing technologies through [...]

2024-09-03T14:43:37+00:00September 3rd, 2024|Features, News, Partnership|

OWC’s Water Industry Growth Program: Catalyzing Innovation and Economic Resilience

In just 12 short months, the Ontario Water Consortium’s (OWC) Water Industry Growth (WIG) Program facilitated groundbreaking research projects and technological advancements in water treatment, resource management, and environmental sustainability. The WIG program supported 17 company-led projects focused on technology advancement, many involving academic, municipal, and other sector partners. The success of the WIG program [...]

2024-06-21T14:09:52+00:00June 21st, 2024|Features, News, Water Industry Growth Program|

OWC Webinar: Advancements in Addressing PFAS in Canadian Water Systems

Following the successful Kick-Off Event for the "Investigating New Forever Chemicals in Canadian Water Systems Project", held in Spring 2023, a webinar was hosted by the Ontario Water Consortium (OWC) on June 20, 2024 to provide an opportunity to delve deeper into the progress and ongoing research in the detection and treatment of per- and [...]

2024-06-21T19:15:51+00:00June 21st, 2024|Features, News, Partnership|

Turning food waste into fuel at wastewater treatment plants

With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s  Water Industry Growth Program, Anaergia is transforming waste into renewable energy, leading the charge in combating climate change with their innovative biogas extraction technology. Biogas can be a potent source of greenhouse gases — or a powerful weapon in the fight against climate change. Anaergia Inc. wants to [...]

2024-06-07T16:10:58+00:00June 7th, 2024|Features, News, Water Industry Growth Program|

Turning mining wastewater into treasure

With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s  Water Industry Growth Program, H2nanO is leading the way with its SolarPass technology, offering a groundbreaking solution for mining wastewater treatment. Mining operations use water for everything from extracting ore to transporting slurry. In the process, that water gets loaded with contaminants that must be removed before it [...]

2024-05-27T14:45:43+00:00May 27th, 2024|Features, News, Water Industry Growth Program|

Taking water-testing tech to the next level

With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s  Water Industry Growth Program, IDEXX Tecta is advancing water safety with its automated bacterial testing platform, ensuring rapid onsite detection of harmful microorganisms and enhancing public health protection. IDEXX Tecta’s journey began more than two decades ago, not long after E. coli had killed seven people in Walkerton, [...]

2024-04-29T15:48:58+00:00April 29th, 2024|Features, News, Water Industry Growth Program|

Easy, automated algal detection

With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s  Water Industry Growth Program, Forsee Instruments is advancing environmental monitoring with its innovative technology for detecting and identifying algae and cyanobacteria in water sources. Each summer, algae and cyanobacteria blooms are a common sight in lakes across Canada — and a common headache for water treatment plants that [...]

2024-04-10T20:09:30+00:00April 10th, 2024|Features, News, Water Industry Growth Program|

Providing vibroacoustic solutions for assessing pipeline conditions

With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s  Water Industry Growth Program, KenWave Solutions is transforming infrastructure management with its cutting-edge Dynamic Response Imaging™ (DRI™) technology. 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 [...]

2024-04-02T15:18:31+00:00March 26th, 2024|Features, News, Water Industry Growth Program|
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