Philippe Van Cappellen and PhD student Severin Stojanovic visited the China Three Gorges University (CTGU) in Yichang, Hubei Province to initiate a collaborative research project on developing a predictive model for algal blooms in tributaries of the Three Gorges Reservoir. The collaboration involves researchers from the Ecohydrology Research Group at the University of Waterloo (UW) and from the Environmental Hydraulics group at CTGU. Severin remained in Yichang for the entire week of February 17, while Philippe left for Beijing on February 19.
On February 20 and 21, Philippe met with researchers from the China Research Academy of Environmental Research (CRAES) to explore possible areas of collaboration between CRAES and UW’s Water Institute. On February 21, he gave a presentation entitled “Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions and Implications for Water Quality”.