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NSERC Chair group’s most recent success at the OWWA conference 2022

Thursday, June 30, 2022 by Lorena Baku

The NSERC Chair group attended the 2022 Ontario’s Water Conference & Trade Show, which was organized by OWWA and was held from May 2nd to May 4th in Niagara Falls. Chair members delivered five oral presentations and two poster presentations at this conference in different sessions, ranging from climate change, distribution, and treatment, to university research.

Climate Change Session

Kirti Nemani, PhD Candidate

NSERC Chair group presenting research at OWWA conference

Friday, April 8, 2022 by Lorena Baku

The NSERC Chair group will attend the 2022 Ontario’s Water Conference & Trade Show (https://pheedloop.com/owwa22/site/program/), which is organized by OWWA and will be held from May 2nd to May 4th in Niagara Falls. Chair members will deliver five oral presentations and two poster presentations at this conference. See below for titles and short abstracts of the presentations:

Climate Change Session

Tuesday, May 3, 10:30 am - 11 am

Recent MASc graduate Sina Golchi assessed the performance of super-fine powdered activated carbons for removal of microcystin-LR from source water

Thursday, March 3, 2022 by

Thesis Title: Super-fine Powdered Activated Carbon for the Removal of Microcystin-LR from Drinking Water

Virtual Industry Partner Information Day 2021

Monday, December 20, 2021 by

This year Information Day for our partners was held virtually as well and was comprised of two different webinars. The first webinar was held on November 3rd and was facilitated by UW NSERC Chair Dr. Peter Huck. Guest speaker was Dr. Philippe Van Cappellen, Canada Excellence Research Chair Laureate in Ecohydrology, Ph.D.

Chair team secured NSERC funding for microplastics research and published a manuscript on the removal of polystyrene microplastic spheres from surface waters

Friday, October 15, 2021 by

NSERC Alliance Grant: Microplastics fingerprinting at the watershed scale: From sources to receivers

Chair team collaboration with Montreal researchers on natural organic matter results in several manuscripts

Tuesday, June 22, 2021 by

Operating Bicarbonate-Form versus Chloride-Form Ion Exchange Resins without Regeneration for Natural Organic Matter Removal. Liu, ZH., I. Papineau, M. Mohseni, S. Peldszus, P.R. Bérubé , S. Sauvé, and B. Barbeau , 2021. ACS ES&T Water, 1, 6, 1456–1463

NSERC Chair group presenting research at virtual conference

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 by

The NSERC Chair group will attend the 2021 Ontario’s Water Conference & Trade Show (https://pheedloop.com/owwa20/site/home), which is organized by OWWA and will be held virtually from April 19th to May 5th. Chair members will deliver four oral presentations at this conference. See below for titles and short abstracts of the presentations:

University Research Session

Paper on the comparison of different corrosion control treatments for lead co-authored by the Chair team is available as open access

Wednesday, April 7, 2021 by

Pilot-scale comparison of sodium silicates, orthophosphate and pH adjustment to reduce lead release from lead service lines

Virtual Industry Partner Information Day: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Outbreak as it Relates to Drinking Water Operations

Friday, December 11, 2020 by Kimia Aghasadeghi, Sigrid Peldszus

This year Information Day for our partners was held virtually and was comprised of three different webinars. The first webinar was held on October 22nd and was facilitated by UW NSERC Chair Dr. Peter Huck. Guest speakers were Dr. Steve Hrudey (Professor Emeritus, Analytical & Environmental Toxicology, University of Alberta), and Ian Douglas (Water Quality Engineer, City of Ottawa).