Prof celebrates 30 years of record-breaking research

Dr. Peter Huck, a civil and environmental engineering professor and Water Institute member dubbed “The Wayne Gretzky of the Water Industry,” is celebrating a remarkable 30 years as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Chair in Water Treatment.

The prestigious NSERC Industrial Research Chair,  funded jointly by NSERC and currently 16 Canadian partners in the water treatment industry, facilitates collaboration between industry and Huck’s research group to address the short to medium-term challenges of the funding partners, including changing source water quality, changing industry regulations and the desire for more sustainable processes while ensuring the protection of public health. 

Dr. Peter Huck, civil and environmental engineering professor and Water Institute Member, is celebrating 30 years as NSERC's Chair in Water Treatment.

During the term of the Chair industry partners have included providers of drinking water (cities, municipalities, regions and private system operators), consulting companies and manufacturers of drinking water equipment and products.

Huck has been the Senior Chairholder since 1993, with the Chair now in its unprecedented sixth five-year term. Internationally respected for his work, he has led a group of almost 100 researchers, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows for over three decades, addressing relevant challenges for Canadian drinking water utilities.

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