IBM Collaboration Harnesses Power of Big Data to Help Manage Complex Watersheds
MARKHAM, ON, June 16, 2014 /CNW/ - A new data integration platform for watershed management built by the Southern Ontario Water Consortium (SOWC) in collaboration with IBM [IBM:NYSE] is helping researchers, urban planners and others develop more sophisticated tools to predict floods, safeguard the drinking water supply and forecast the impact of growth and urbanization on vital ecosystems. This first-in-Canada platform assimilates 600 data points per hour, streaming from more than 120 sensors installed within 80 square kilometers of watershed [...]
Efficient Water Technologies Business Conference & Delegation
The Canadian German Chamber of Industry and Commerce will host its 1st Canadian German Conference on Water and Waste Water Management at the Ontario Investment and Trade Center in Toronto on June 12 (view agenda). Registration is free of charge. Please sign up here. The participating German companies are available for B2B meetings. Please contact alexandra.bogensperger@germanchamber.ca for further information.
SOWC at Canadian Water Summit
Event date and time Wednesday, June 18, 2014 (All day) SOWC is attending the Canadian Water Summit. Brenda Lucas, SOWC Executive Director will be moderating the breakout session Urban Emergency: Managing Extreme Water Crises in Cities, and Dr. Dave Rudolph, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Waterloo and SOWC Watershed node leader will be presenting in the panel How Water is Changing Cities. Details can be found in the Summit's Program. As a member of the [...]