MANTECH, UofT Test New Tool to Measure Oxygen Demand in Drinking Water
As new technologies are adopted by the drinking-water industry, ways of analyzing treatment processes must keep pace. Guelph, Ontario-based MANTECH Inc. is working to do just that with its new online chemical oxygen demand analyzer for source and treated drinking waters, known as the PeCOD. It’s designed to measure the oxygen demand (OD) and associated oxidative changes in organic matter on a near real-time basis. “The OD characterization of all organics is not being measured or available to the drinking-water [...]
Ontario Water Innovation Week 2016
October 18, 2016: Water Innovation in Action 2.0 Location: Toronto, Ontario Organization: WaterTAP Website: http://www.waterinnovationaction.com/ Join your peers to discuss, plan, and celebrate the future of Ontario as a global water leader. Water Innovation in Action 2.0 brings together the province’s water sector players, including industry, government, municipalities, and academia, to discuss progress, plans, and goals for our thriving sector. What have we achieved since Ontario passed the Water Opportunities Act? What remains to be done, and where are the opportunities? Most importantly, [...]
Forward Water Draws on UofT Expertise to Advance Forward Osmosis Technology with SOWC Support
Going with the flow is an adage Forward Water Technologies won’t argue with. The Mississauga, Ontario company has developed a new forward osmosis technology that uses engineered “switchable salts” to purify wastewater. It’s a low-energy process for bulk cleanup of industrial wastewater streams and is aimed at alleviating the global demand for fresh water and reducing the volume of wastewater requiring treatment and disposal. “Taking water out of the water table just doesn’t make sense,” says Howie Honeyman, Chief Executive [...]