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 [...]
Going big: EKS takes tailings dewatering to the next level
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 construct enormous tailings storage facilities (TSF) or to dewater the slurry in the processing plant — an expensive undertaking. ElectroKinetic Solutions Inc. (EKS) has developed [...]
Smart leak detection that makes every drop count
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 ground-breaking technology with support from OWC. Their hydrant.AI devices sit inside fire hydrants, gathering acoustic, pressure and temperature data from within the water column. Then, [...]