Moving Towards Smart Water in Ontario
What is “smart water” and what does it mean for the water/wastewater industry? That was the topic of a full-day forum on November 30, 2016 hosted by the Southern Ontario Water Consortium (SOWC), the Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) and the Water Technology Acceleration Project (WaterTAP) in Toronto. Increasingly, “smart” tools and techniques are being developed and implemented for water management and treatment that help to extend asset life, reduce energy and water use, and provide better client service, ultimately leading [...]
Trojan Technologies and SOWC team up to provide graduate students the chance to learn about water technology innovation in the private sector
On Monday, January 16, 2017, the Southern Ontario Water Consortium (SOWC) and Trojan Technologies (Trojan), along with the City of London hosted a “graduate student / industry engagement day” for graduate students and post-docs to meet with company representatives, pitch their research topics and visit the London Wastewater Facility where Trojan is engaged in a technology development pilot. The event is the first in a series of engagement events that will be hosted by SOWC through a new program funded [...]
Advancing Water Technologies program call for proposals: Project subsidies for technology development projects related to generating value from Biosolids GalleryAdvancing Water Technologies program call for proposals: Project subsidies for technology development projects related to generating value from Biosolids
Advancing Water Technologies program call for proposals: Project subsidies for technology development projects related to generating value from Biosolids
With funding from the Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science, SOWC is now able to offer subsidies to a limited number of Ontario companies undertaking a technology development project for a technology related to biosolids reduction, resource recovery or energy generation. Stream 1: Up to 2 Ontario companies may receive subsidized use of a test bay in the SOWC London or Guelph wastewater pilot facilities for up to 6 months (until June 30th, 2017). Successful companies must be able to [...]