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 [...]

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 [...]

With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s  Water Industry Growth Program, Anaergia is transforming waste into renewable energy, leading the charge in combating climate change with their innovative biogas extraction technology. Biogas can be a potent source of greenhouse gases — or a powerful weapon in the fight against climate change. Anaergia Inc. wants to [...]

With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s  Water Industry Growth Program, H2nanO is leading the way with its SolarPass technology, offering a groundbreaking solution for mining wastewater treatment. Mining operations use water for everything from extracting ore to transporting slurry. In the process, that water gets loaded with contaminants that must be removed before it [...]

With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s  Water Industry Growth Program, IDEXX Tecta is advancing water safety with its automated bacterial testing platform, ensuring rapid onsite detection of harmful microorganisms and enhancing public health protection. IDEXX Tecta’s journey began more than two decades ago, not long after E. coli had killed seven people in Walkerton, [...]

With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s  Water Industry Growth Program, Forsee Instruments is advancing environmental monitoring with its innovative technology for detecting and identifying algae and cyanobacteria in water sources. Each summer, algae and cyanobacteria blooms are a common sight in lakes across Canada — and a common headache for water treatment plants that [...]

With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s  Water Industry Growth Program, KenWave Solutions is transforming infrastructure management with its cutting-edge Dynamic Response Imaging™ (DRI™) technology. Around the world, the infrastructure that delivers municipal water is ageing. The pipeline walls are thinning and cracking. They’re losing stiffness and developing air pockets. That creates the risk of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]