Long-term monitoring links wastewater treatment upgrades to river recovery

The Water Institute wrote an article about one of our most recently published papers.

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Long-term monitoring links wastewater treatment upgrades to river recovery

We have been researching the effects of upgrades to wastewater treatment plants in the Region of Waterloo for many years now and some of this work is being published.  The Water Institute wrote an article about Sean McLay's M.Sc. research on invertebrates which was recently published in River Research and Applications

Students electrofishing downstream of the Kitchener WWTP.

Students electrofishing downstream of the Kitchener WWTP.