SOWC and the Grand River Conservation Authority and Primodal Inc. have signed an agreement to facilitate Primodal's access to GRCA's water quality monitoring stations for research, development and demonstration of a new monitoring technology in a real environment within the Grand River watershed. This type of agreement will allow SOWC, private sector and academic users [...]
At Canadian Forces Base Borden they are tracking underground movement. But this isn't a military operation, it is the University of Waterloo's research into watershed contamination and remediation. At CFB Borden, the site is near the base's old garbage dump in the shallow aquifer above a landfill leachate plume. Through the use of hundreds of [...]
Dr. David Major is a Branch Manager and Principal of Geosyntec's Canadian Operations, and manages the development and deployment of remediation strategies. Geosyntec is an international environmental consulting firm that has worked on projects with Fortune 500 companies, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, and NASA. Geosyntec partners with private sector firms, [...]
Dr. Deborah MacLatchy is the Vice-President: Academic & Provost and a Professor of Biology at Wilfrid Laurier University, in Waterloo. An ecotoxicologist and comparative endocrinologist, Dr. MacLatchy's research focuses on the study of the effects of toxic chemicals on fish reproduction, development and growth. Ecotoxicological research plays an important role in protecting human health through [...]
Ecotoxicology is critical to understanding the effects of contaminants in our water, and fish are a key indicator in identifying which chemicals are present. The SOWC is home to world leading ecotoxicological researchers. As part of the SOWC, Dr. Deborah MacLatchy is leading the development of Wilfrid Laurier University's Centre for Cold Regions and Water [...]
The SOWC is a platform for turning water ideas into water innovations through research, development, testing and demonstration of solutions to water problems faced in Ontario and around the world. What do we do? The SOWC is building a platform to connect businesses, researchers and municipalities with facilities in real world environments to research, and [...]