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Investigating PFAS in Canadian Water Systems: Cross-Sector Collaboration Advances Research on Emerging Contaminants

On June 5, 2025, the Ontario Water Consortium (OWC) hosted the second in a series of webinars exploring the progress of a major collaborative research initiative focused on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Canadian water systems. Co-led by Professor Scott Hopkins (University of Waterloo) and Professor Franco Berruti (Western University), the project exemplifies how [...]

2025-07-09T13:46:11+00:00July 9th, 2025|Events, Features, News, Partnership|
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Transforming Anaerobic Digestion: New Research Shows a Path Beyond Biogas

In October 2024, the Ontario Water Consortium published “Going Beyond Biogas”, introducing the Waste to Chemicals Alliance - a multi-partner collaboration exploring how anaerobic digestion (AD) can evolve from a conventional energy recovery tool into a platform for producing high-value chemicals from organic waste. On June 10, 2025, OWC hosted the Alliance’s first public webinar [...]

2025-07-09T13:45:27+00:00July 9th, 2025|Events, Features, News, Partnership|
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Driving Innovation in Water Management: Reflections on the Ontario Greenhouse Workshop

Ontario’s greenhouse sector, anchored in Essex County, is a global leader in greenhouse vegetable production. Yet with this success comes increasing responsibility. On March 27, 2025, the Ontario Water Consortium (OWC), in partnership with the Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers (OGVG), University of Windsor Agriculture UWindsor (AgUWin), and the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER), [...]

2025-07-09T17:02:37+00:00June 12th, 2025|Events, Features, News, Partnership|
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Charting a New Course in Waterborne Pathogen Research: Dr. David McCarthy’s Vision for Innovation and Collaboration

Waterborne pathogens pose significant risks to public health, from drinking water contamination to recreational waterborne diseases. Addressing these risks requires cutting-edge research and strong industry partnerships—precisely what Dr. David McCarthy, the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Waterborne Pathogens: Surveillance, Prediction, and Mitigation at the University of Guelph, aims to accomplish. With a distinguished career [...]

2025-04-28T18:46:29+00:00April 28th, 2025|Features, News, Partnership|
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Strengthening Water Systems: A Framework for Future Readiness

Municipal water and wastewater systems are fundamental to our cities, crucial for public health, environmental sustainability, and economic prosperity. However, these systems face growing challenges from aging infrastructure, climate change, cyber threats, and evolving regulatory environments. To combat the increasing vulnerabilities and threats against our already fragile systems, we require an innovative and strategic approach [...]

2025-03-31T19:11:30+00:00March 31st, 2025|Features, News|
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Ontario Water Consortium Submits Proposal for the Innovating Water for Ontario’s Growth Program

The Ontario Water Consortium (OWC) is excited to announce the submission of a proposal for funding to establish the Innovating Water for Ontario’s Growth (IWOG) program. This initiative seeks to tackle critical challenges in water and wastewater infrastructure driven by rapid urbanization and industrial demands, aiming to enhance water management and support sustainable development across [...]

2025-01-08T15:11:15+00:00January 6th, 2025|Features, IWOG, News|
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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|
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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|
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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|
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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|
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