Events

The 2nd International Summit on Water Environmental Management will be held November 27th, 2017 in Nanjing, China. The Summit will bring together international audiences from academia, government, and industry and will serve as a forum for participants to exchange insights and generate knowledge on sustainable water management and promote international technology cooperation in water.

Dr. Philippe Van Cappellen will present a keynote lecture titled: "Evolving Concepts in Integrated Water Management - Environmental Indicators, Ecosystem Services and Environmental Flows".

The 1st International Conference on Water Security will be held in Toronto, Ontario. The conference complements the launch of Elsevier's new journal on Water Security. 

Themes and topics:

• How do water governance, institutions, aging infrastructure and finance come together to achieve water security in the developed world?
• The science of integrated water management (smart watersheds, water services, agricultural, energy, minerals and other use systems, environmental flows, legacies, collaborative governance, BMPs)
• Climate, renewable energy, economic development and demographic change and migration: challenges or opportunities for regional water security. Water security and conflict (either transboundary water cooperation or armed conflict and water)

Hydrobiogeophysics:  Linking geo-electrical Properties and Biogeochemical Processes in Shallow Subsurface Environments

The University of Rostock will be hosting researchers participating in the WETSCAPES Conference from September 10th to 13th, 2019. This year's theme is: "Understanding the ecology of restored fen peatlands for protection and sustainable use". 

The 11^th annual Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC) will be held in Ottawa, Ontario. 

This year, the Water Institute will be sponsoring a panel session titled "Personhood rights for water bodies: A fad or path to Sustainable Development Goals?", which will be held on Wednesday, November 13^th, 2019 from 4:15pm - 5:30pm.

MSc Thesis Defence

Tamara Van Staden

"Phosphorous Legacies and Water Quality Risks: A Vulnerability-Based Framework in Southern Ontario"

November 27, 2019

1:00pm

B1-266

PhD Thesis Defence

Igor Markelov

"Internal Loading in Lakes and Reservoirs"

December 5, 2019

10:00am

EIT 2053

Join us for the Ecohydrology Research Symposium on December 6th to celebrate the years of impactful research conducted by Philippe Van Cappellen and his students and colleagues, past and present. Research by Philippe and his colleagues has made innumerable contributions to various scientific fields spanning his career from his graduate studies at Yale to founding the Ecohydrology Research Group here at the University of Waterloo in 2011 and continuing today. We have planned a full day of exciting research talks to celebrate these contributions.

MSc Thesis Defence

Linden Fairbairn

Linking soil moisture content and carbon dioxide fluxes: From batch experiments to process-based modelling

January 20, 2020

12:30pm

STC 2002

Join the Water Institute on March 20, 2020 for the World Water Day event at the University of Waterloo. More details about the event and registration will be available soon - click here for a preliminary schedule. 

World Water Day is an annual UN event celebrated around the world to highlight and advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. To learn more about World Water Day, click here.