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 [...]
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
This article was originally published in Water Canada by Kerry Freek As populations grow, infrastructure fails, and funding shrinks, Canadian municipalities are developing an urgent need to find ways to make water and wastewater treatment facilities more economical and efficient. In Canada, there's no end to the supply of exciting new, cost-effective technologies to close [...]
The SOWC attended the Water Technology Innovation Cluster Leaders Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The meeting, which took place from March 24 through 26, provided an opportunity for water cluster leaders from across North America to meet, discuss and share best practices for cluster developments in support of environmental [...]
The Water Technology Acceleration Project – WaterTAP – was established to help Ontario-based water industry entrepreneurs and emerging water technology businesses grow to become successful global competitors. WaterTAP is now calling for nominations for Board of Directors - those who want to further Ontario's water sector success. http://www.watertapontario.com/news/press-releases/call-for-nominations-to-board-of-directors/24 The Nominating and Governance Committee of the [...]
Please note that this is an external survey for water companies sanctioned by the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Employment (MEDTE), and undertaken by KPMG and ONEIA. The Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Employment (MEDTE) has engaged KPMG and the Ontario Environment Industry Association (ONEIA) to undertake a survey of companies [...]
The Messy World of Policy-making: Science, Stakeholders and Sausage Making workshop took place in Ottawa between March 3 and 7. The workshop brought students and young professionals together with a wide range of experts with varying perspectives, backgrounds and disciplines to discuss the complexities and intricacies and challenges of water policy in Canada. During the [...]
This article was originally published by the University of Water News by Pamela Smyth Researchers from the University of Waterloo and Environment Canada found elevated concentrations of artificial sweeteners in the Grand River, a major river in southern Ontario that flows into Lake Erie, and calculated the equivalent of 81,850 to 188,650 cans of soda [...]
This article was originally published on Water Online by Laura Martin The water sector faces a host of complex difficulties. According to the EPA, over 55 percent of the tested waters in the United States are impaired, primarily due to nutrients, sediment, and bacteria. Water infrastructure is also in need of improvement - there are [...]