The Ontario Water Consortium is building a ‘Municipal Water Challenges Catalogue’ and would like to hear from Ontario municipalities. This catalogue will create a comprehensive map of the pressures and obstacles faced in municipal water management which will then be able to be cross-referenced with OWC’s platform and wider network to find the solutions that [...]
At the Laurier Institute for Water Science (LIWS), hydrologists work with toxicologists. Climatologists team up with ecologists. Biochemists strategize with public policy experts. Founded in 2008, the institute combines expertise found within a variety of Wilfrid Laurier University departments with the strengths of strategic external partners — including governments, environmental organizations and Indigenous communities. Together, [...]
The Ontario water industry is evolving. And so is the Ontario Water Consortium, with expanded offerings for post-secondary institutions and technology companies available through paid partnerships. Since 2011, OWC has been advancing Ontario’s water technology sector. We’ve established water and wastewater technology development and demonstration capacity at many post-secondary institutions across the province. We’ve funded [...]
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 [...]
When companies in the water sector want an R&D partner at the University of Toronto, they turn to the Institute for Water Innovation (IWI). Established in 2015, the research collective focuses on solving big water issues — from managing tailing ponds in the oil sands to designing wetlands that can remove stubborn contaminants. As manager [...]
Angela Murphy believes the best way to solve complex issues is by bringing people from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to the table. “The largest problems are multifaceted and cannot be solved with too narrow a viewpoint,” says Murphy, director of the Urban Water Research Centre. That’s why the centre — located [...]
Etiquette and Moderation of the Water Leadership and Innovation Action Forum Welcome to OWC's Water Leadership and Innovation Action Forum! Thank you for joining our community of water professionals from institutions, industries, and municipalities. To ensure that all members of this community have the best experience, we have developed some guidelines [...]
In 2020, Research Infosource ranked Sarnia’s Lambton College the top research college in Ontario and second Canada-wide. The Lambton Water Centre (LWC) is a big reason why, helping companies optimize technologies, scale up projects and reduce operational costs since 2013. “Ontario is a very innovative province with respect to developing water technologies,” says Mehdi [...]
