Easy, automated algal detection
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 rely on surface water sources. Those films or mats can clog intake pipes. They create foul smells and tastes. And in the case of some [...]
Providing vibroacoustic solutions for assessing pipeline conditions
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 leaks, wasting precious water and all the money spent to treat it. Or worse, it can cause catastrophic bursts that shut down roads, cut off [...]
Using machine learning to make flood forecasts less wishy-washy
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 patterns only add to the challenge. Aquanty knows all about the issues. In 2012, the Waterloo-based company was launched to commercialize HydroGeoSphere, a hydrologic simulation [...]