Cutting emissions and boosting performance with digital sewer twins
With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s Water Industry Growth Program, Dynamita North America is revolutionizing the integration of sewer systems and wastewater treatment plants through the implementation of digital twins. It’s time to stop thinking of sewer systems and wastewater treatment plants as two separate siloes. After all, what happens in the sewers has a direct impact on treatment plants — both in terms of the volume and the quality of the sewage they have to manage. And that’s [...]
Tracking the levels of toxic tire chemicals
With support from the Ontario Water Consortium’s Water Industry Growth Program, A.U.G. Signals is addressing the impact of toxic tire chemicals in waterways by adapting their proven TRITON system As vehicles drive along, their tires shed particles of rubber and plastic tire. Typically, they’re tiny. But with more than a billion cars in the world, it adds up to a whole lot of pollution that washes off roads and into rivers, lakes and oceans every time it rains. Globally, an [...]
OWC’s 2023 in Review
Dear Members, Partners, and Friends of the Ontario Water Consortium, As 2023 winds down, we take pride in celebrating the strides taken and the milestones achieved by the Ontario Water Consortium. This year has stood as a testament to our unwavering mission: fostering innovation in water management through collaborative research, real-world testing, and strategic partnerships. We proudly launched the Water Industry Growth Program, signifying a significant commitment with a total project value of $4M+. Our agility in the design and [...]