SOWC Waterloo Watershed Node Event “Smarter Watershed Management”
(left to right) Brenda Lucas, SOWC Operations Manager; Dr. David Rudolph, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Waterloo and Watershed Node leader; Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario); Peter Braid, Member of Parliament (Kitchener-Waterloo); and Dr. George Dixon, Vice-President, University Research at the University of Waterloo On October 1, the SOWC hosted a Waterloo Watershed node event entitled "Smarter Watershed Management" at the University [...]
International Collaborative Team Testing Microsatellite Technology For Water Resource Management
Researchers will be using the SOWC platform to test out-of-this-world technology that will strengthen watershed data acquisition through the utilization of microsatellites. Through an international collaboration of academic, private industry, and government partners, research has begun at Alder Creek, a sub-watershed of the Grand River, to test the use of micro-satellites in water resource management and assess the market potential for such applications. Institute for Telecommunications Research Team at RAAF base Under a project funded by the Federal [...]
SOWC Attends WEFTEC 2013 as Exhibitor and Presenter
The Southern Ontario Water Consortium (SOWC) attended WEFTEC 2013 in Chicago, Illinois, as both an exhibitor and presenter during the four-day conference. The Water Environment Federation's Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference is the largest conference of its kind in North America. "WEFTEC 2013 is a great opportunity for SOWC to build and strengthen ties with Ontario, North American and global water sector companies," said Brenda Lucas, SOWC Operations Manager, prior to the conference. "The SOWC is also excited to help [...]