SOWC, Solinst Canada Ltd. and IBM Canada Driving Collaborative Smarter Watershed Monitoring Research Project
Smart watersheds are getting smarter. A collaborative team consisting of researchers from the SOWC, Solinst Canada Ltd. and IBM Canada are attempting to successfully demonstrate new communications software at Alder Creek, a sub-watershed of the Grand River, which will make sensor networks more intelligent. This new technology will mark a shift from traditional static sensor programming and data recording, towards dynamic and responsive networks where individual sensors ‘talk' to each other across the watershed. "The purpose of the project is [...]
Imagine H2O – Leveraging Entrepreneurship and Innovation to Solve Water Challenges
Imagine H2O's upcoming Business Innovations Program will catalyze the development of companies that improve water use, supply, or treatment in the food processing and agriculture sectors. Visit imagineh2o.org for further details.
Primodal Inc. Begins Testing on Grand River Watershed
In May 2013, Primodal Inc. became the first Southern Ontario Water Consortium (SOWC) user to access Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) monitoring stations with a system to develop, test and demonstrate a new real-time water monitoring and data evaluation product in a real-world environment. The system install, located along the Grand River at Brant Park, is being used for the testing and further development of Primodal's software, PrecisionNow ©, which controls the collection, analysis and storage of continuous environmental data [...]