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Mark Servos participated in a national expert panel on wastewater contaminants. The report was released at the Canadian Water Network's Blue Cities conference.  The report outline a blueprint for approaching investments in Canada's wastewater systems to ensure maximum benefit for society and the environment.

The Star Vancouver. Ainslie Cruickshank Environment Reporter, May 1, 2018. 

Maricor has graduated and moved on to a Post Doctoral Fellowship with Eawag/ETH, Switzerland. Read about her story on the Water Institute website.

Read a summary of the recent research results on how fish are recovering the Grand River in response to major infrastructure upgrades at the wastewater treatment plants.

Many successes but also many challenges were identified for water management in the Grand River in a recent new article in the the Waterloo Region Record (Dec. 2, 2017).

https://therecord.com/news-story/7975783-a-grand-challenge/

A recent article in Influents (Water Environment Association of Ontario) describes the recent work to model estrogens in the Grand River.

Arlos, M., W. Parker, S. Andrews, M. Servos. 2017. Relationship between estrogens and intersex in a major Lake Erie tributary: a modelling approach. Influents: Official Publication of the Water Environment Association of Ontario.  Summer 2017: 52-55.    http://www.kelmanonline.com/httpdocs/files/WEAO/influentssummer2017/index.html

Graduate program brings together students from all six Waterloo faculties, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Oct. 6, 2017.  

Prof. Mark Servos was Director of the Collaborative Water Program and continues to teach the Water courses.

Mark Servos discusses the impact of wastewater treatment upgrades on intersex in fish (rainbow darter) downstream of Kitchener in the Grand River. The paper, Hicks et al. 2017 was published in Environmental Science and Technology.

The interdisciplinary Water 602 class (Collaborative Water Program) explored the complexity of issues in the Grand River during a week of field trips and discussions with water mangers in government, industry, NGO and academia.  

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Mark Servos comments on the potential concerns and impacts of stormwater entering teh Grand River (CTV News). http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=879297

Grand River spill a 'wake-up call' to Waterloo region

A spill of used motor oil into a storm sewer coats the banks of the Grand River in Kitchener. Mark Servos makes comments on environmental impacts of oil and other pollutants entering the Grand River.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/grand-river-spill-a-wake-up-call-to-waterloo-region-1.3564829