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Using machine learning to make flood forecasts less wishy-washy

With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s  Water Industry Growth Program, Aquanty is making real-time flood forecasting a reality by adding machine learning to its HydroGeoSphere platform. As climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme weather, flood forecasting is becoming increasingly important. But creating accurate predictions has never been easy, and shifting precipitation [...]

2024-03-15T19:18:08+00:00March 15th, 2024|Features, News, Water Industry Growth Program|

Going big: EKS takes tailings dewatering to the next level

With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s  Water Industry Growth Program, ElectroKinetic Solutions Inc.  is revolutionizing tailings management within the mining industry through its pioneering dewatering technology. Tailings are a massive challenge for the mining industry. Decades are required for suspended particles to settle and form a slurry, preventing water reuse. Companies are forced to [...]

2024-03-26T16:53:37+00:00February 15th, 2024|Features, News, Water Industry Growth Program|

Smart leak detection that makes every drop count

With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s  Water Industry Growth Program, Digital Water Solutions is reshaping water distribution network management with their groundbreaking hydrant.AI technology.  Today, many communities lose up to half of the drinking water they treat due to leaks in their distribution networks. To help tackle the problem, Digital Water Solutions (DWS) developed [...]

2024-03-26T16:54:17+00:00February 5th, 2024|Features, News, Water Industry Growth Program|

Cutting emissions and boosting performance with digital sewer twins

With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s  Water Industry Growth Program, Dynamita North America is revolutionizing the integration of sewer systems and wastewater treatment plants through the implementation of digital twins. It’s time to stop thinking of sewer systems and wastewater treatment plants as two separate siloes. After all, what happens in the sewers has [...]

2024-03-26T16:55:01+00:00January 22nd, 2024|Features, News, Water Industry Growth Program|

Tracking the levels of toxic tire chemicals

With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s  Water Industry Growth Program, A.U.G. Signals is addressing the impact of toxic tire chemicals in waterways by adapting their proven TRITON system As vehicles drive along, their tires shed particles of rubber and plastic tire. Typically, they’re tiny. But with more than a billion cars in the world, [...]

2024-03-26T16:55:56+00:00January 8th, 2024|Features, News, Water Industry Growth Program|

OWC’s 2023 in Review

Dear Members, Partners, and Friends of the Ontario Water Consortium, As 2023 winds down, we take pride in celebrating the strides taken and the milestones achieved by the Ontario Water Consortium. This year has stood as a testament to our unwavering mission: fostering innovation in water management through collaborative research, real-world testing, and strategic partnerships. [...]

2023-12-06T19:16:10+00:00December 5th, 2023|Features, News|

Making award-winning sewage solutions even better

With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s  Water Industry Growth Program, Bishop Water is advancing its award-winning BioCord Reactor technology, aiming to further optimize wastewater treatment efficiency, reduce energy consumption, and lower greenhouse gas emissions. Bishop Water’s BioCord Reactor does an impressive job removing nutrients from wastewater. Each 2m x 2m x 2m unit is [...]

2024-03-26T16:56:46+00:00December 5th, 2023|Features, News, Water Industry Growth Program|

Ontario’s Water Nexus: Bridging Academia, Enterprise, and Municipalities

Canada’s water utility sector came alive from November 12-15, as leaders from academia, enterprise, and municipalities converged at the Canadian Water and Wastewater Association's National Water and Wastewater Conference. This event, hosted at the Sheraton Fallsview in Niagara Falls, Ontario, aimed to bridge the gap between these three essential pillars in the pursuit of innovative [...]

2023-12-06T19:37:35+00:00November 16th, 2023|Events, Features, News|

Unlocking the powerful potential of sewers

With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s  Water Industry Growth Program, USP Technologies Canada is refining their innovative "physical twin" model for sewer networks, aiming to optimize wastewater treatment processes and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Beneath city streets run hundreds of kilometres of sewers. It’s easy to think of them simply as pipes, moving sewage [...]

2024-03-26T16:58:31+00:00November 16th, 2023|Features, News, Water Industry Growth Program|

Making water testing quick, easy and affordable

With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s  Water Industry Growth Program, ExactBlue Technologies is validating their mobile quantitative-testing platform for Rapid E coli and Coliform. Water-borne microbes can cause a host of problems, from temporary tummy trouble to far more serious conditions. That’s why regular water tests are crucial in all kinds of settings. But [...]

2024-03-26T16:58:08+00:00October 31st, 2023|Features, News, Water Industry Growth Program|
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