Ecotoxicology: From Card Tables to Mobile Labs
Ecotoxicology is critical to understanding the effects of contaminants in our water, and fish are a key indicator in identifying which chemicals are present. The SOWC is home to world leading ecotoxicological researchers. As part of the SOWC, Dr. Deborah MacLatchy is leading the development of Wilfrid Laurier University's Centre for Cold Regions and Water Science and is the co-lead for the Ecotoxicology Node for SOWC along with Dr. Glen Van Der Kraak of University of Guelph. Dr. Mark Servos, [...]
SOWC Employment Opportunity: Database/IT Systems Administrator
Location Waterloo, ON & Toronto, ON Description The Southern Ontario Water Consortium (SOWC) is a dynamic new initiative for the research, development and demonstration of innovative water and wastewater technologies and services, involving multiple university, government, and private sector partners. IBM, as one of our lead technology partners, is contributing over $20 million in hardware and software for the SOWC to build a "smart watershed"”" data environment (the data platform). The SOWC is seeking a skilled Database Administrator for a [...]
Introducing SOWC
The SOWC is a platform for turning water ideas into water innovations through research, development, testing and demonstration of solutions to water problems faced in Ontario and around the world. What do we do? The SOWC is building a platform to connect businesses, researchers and municipalities with facilities in real world environments to research, and develop and demonstrate new water technologies. The SOWC is supported by the Government of Canada through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev [...]