OWC’s Water Industry Growth (WIG) Program ’s objective is to support technology development and adoption within the sector, leading to accelerated growth, further investment by companies, more job creation, greater market competitiveness and long-term resilience of Southern Ontario companies addressing water challenges at the intersection of climate change, sustainability, and society. Check out the WIG [...]
World Water Day, held on 22 March every year since 1993, celebrates water, raises awareness, and inspires action to tackle the water and sanitation crisis. Two-panel discussions were organized in the scope of Ontario Water Consortium’s post-secondary institution partner University of Waterloo’s World Water Day celebrations. World Water Day 2023 - Water Careers of the [...]
Academic Industry Meeting day, or AIMday™, is an internationally recognized opportunity to tackle questions around a central theme. This highly effective program enables university-based researchers and organizations to connect and bring world-class research to life. By matching an organization’s need for new knowledge with academic expertise, AIMday brings understanding and new perspectives to real-world problems! [...]
Across the province, wastewater treatment plant operators are feeling the pressure. They need to treat larger volumes of wastewater from growing populations, meet stricter standards and cope with more intense and frequent storms. The question is how. Expanding facilities or building new plants requires big investments at a time when over-stretched municipalities are looking for [...]
Ontario Water Consortium Graduate Leadership Council is hosting their first event! The webinar on Water inequality: Water insecurity in First Nations communities will be held on August 9th. Rachel Arsenault who is an advisor at Coeuraj Canada and Ph.D. student at York University joins us to speak about the water insecurity in First Nations Communities. Although the United Nations Joint [...]
Today’s water industry faces many challenges — from addressing hard-to-remove contaminants in drinking supplies to making wastewater treatment as energy-efficient as possible, cutting costs and carbon emissions. Could nanotech hold the answers? Dr. Sushanta Mitra, executive director of the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, believes so. “We are able to utilize the surface properties in [...]
Around the world, wastewater regulations are getting stricter. But meeting them isn’t always easy. Remote and rural municipalities lack the tax base to support needed upgrades and the higher operating costs that often accompany them. Attracting and retaining the staff to run complex systems can also be challenging. Meanwhile, urban areas often lack space [...]
When you add nitrates and phosphates to soil, these nutrients help plants thrive. Adding them add them to water, however, isn’t so good. When nutrient-rich fertilizers or sewage gets washed into lakes and rivers, they fuel an explosion of algae. That algae can clog intake pipes of drinking water plants. It can make it [...]
October 18, 2016: Water Innovation in Action 2.0 Location: Toronto, Ontario Organization: WaterTAP Website: http://www.waterinnovationaction.com/ Join your peers to discuss, plan, and celebrate the future of Ontario as a global water leader. Water Innovation in Action 2.0 brings together the province’s water sector players, including industry, government, municipalities, and academia, to discuss progress, plans, and goals for [...]
Date: April 28, 2016 Title: Water Institute Research Symposium Description: The Water Institute’s annual Research Symposium will be held on April 28, 2016 at the University of Waterloo. The symposium will showcase the breadth of Waterloo’s water research and provide an opportunity for organizations to interact with researchers and students. Program and registration details can [...]
