Ontario-China Research and Innovation Fund (OCRIF)
The Ontario-China Research and Innovation Fund is calling for applications opening May 2013. This fund supports research in two theme areas including water and water-related technologies with up to $1 million per project. For more information please visit http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/programs/ocrif/program.asp
Wastewater Treatment to be City’s Calling Card
This article was originally published by the London Free Press. London may soon become a leader in North America in wastewater technology, city council's civic works committee was told Monday. Peter White, president of the London Economic Development Corp., said plans to turn a sewage treatment plant into a world-class laboratory will build on London's reputation as a leader in wastewater technology and innovation. An $8-million addition to the Greenway pollution control plant, to be split between the city and [...]
If It Doesn’t Work At Borden – It Doesn’t Work In The Real World
At Canadian Forces Base Borden they are tracking underground movement. But this isn't a military operation, it is the University of Waterloo's research into watershed contamination and remediation. At CFB Borden, the site is near the base's old garbage dump in the shallow aquifer above a landfill leachate plume. Through the use of hundreds of piezometers, the University of Waterloo's testing site at Borden can track the migration of subsurface contamination in the shallow aquifer. The Borden site contains cells [...]