This article was originally published in A Smarter Planet by Dr. David Rudolph We all live in watersheds; areas of land so defined because the water that falls within its boundaries, circulates through it and is influenced by how the land is managed and by the demands that are placed on it. They supply our [...]
MARKHAM, ON, June 16, 2014 /CNW/ - A new data integration platform for watershed management built by the Southern Ontario Water Consortium (SOWC) in collaboration with IBM [IBM:NYSE] is helping researchers, urban planners and others develop more sophisticated tools to predict floods, safeguard the drinking water supply and forecast the impact of growth and urbanization [...]
The Canadian German Chamber of Industry and Commerce will host its 1st Canadian German Conference on Water and Waste Water Management at the Ontario Investment and Trade Center in Toronto on June 12 (view agenda). Registration is free of charge. Please sign up here. The participating German companies are available for B2B meetings. Please contact [...]
Event date and time Wednesday, June 18, 2014 (All day) SOWC is attending the Canadian Water Summit. Brenda Lucas, SOWC Executive Director will be moderating the breakout session Urban Emergency: Managing Extreme Water Crises in Cities, and Dr. Dave Rudolph, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Waterloo and SOWC Watershed node [...]
This article was originally published in Water Canada by Stephen D'Angelo A Watershed Moment What happens when data streams from an intensely instrumented watershed are combined with next-generation analytics in a high-powered computing environment? The answer is an unprecedented opportunity to manage watersheds in a smarter way for a diverse array of interested stakeholders. This [...]
The McMaster Water Network is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Water Policy The full announcement is available online ***Please circulate widely and encourage strong candidates to apply*** Please send questions to: Dustin Garrick Assistant Professor and Philomathia Chair of Water Policy McMaster University
Dr. David Rudolph, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Waterloo and Watershed Node leader speaks to Hatch representatives at a sesnor station in Alder Creek On April 30, the SOWC hosted representatives from Hatch, a North American consulting engineering firm, for a half-day forum on SOWC facilities and engagement [...]
WaterTAP and newterra staff participate in an SOWC London Wastewater Facility tour with City of London, SOWC and Western University staff On May 5, SOWC and the City of London hosted preview tours of SOWC's London Wastewater Facility (LWF) for interested companies wanting to learn more about the soon-to-be-commissioned facility. Throughout the day [...]
Call for Collaborative Research Proposals Between Canada and India IC-IMPACTS Centres of Excellence Letter of Intent Deadline: This is an open call. LOI submissions will be reviewed on July 7, September 8 and November 3, 2014 IC-IMPACTS Centres of Excellence was established through the Canadian Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) Canada India Research Centre [...]
SOWC benefited from a $19.58 million investment from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) and an $8.9 million investment from the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Research & Innovation's Ontario Research Fund in August 2011. These funds were made available to implement the project proposed and developed by the [...]