Calling on all Ontario Municipalities
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 end-users are seeking. We look forward to your contribution to the catalogue as a new avenue to strengthening the water innovation ecosystem in Ontario. Please [...]
“Collaborations are essential for success”: creating cross-disciplinary insights at the Laurier Institute for Water Science
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, they’re tackling everything from transboundary water policies to the impacts of climate change on Arctic lakes. “Important problems by definition require multidisciplinary approaches,” says James [...]
Partnerships bring more benefits: Discover how OWC can help you
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 industry-driven collaborations between companies and academic researchers to bring promising solutions to market, creating hundreds of jobs and generating tens of millions of dollars in [...]