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).
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
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.
Over the last few months the Servos Group has worked together on learning a number of new writing techniques and approaches. See how students are working to improve their writing: https://uwaterloo.ca/writing-centre/blog/post/biology-graduate-students-approach-writing-infectious.
Mark Servos and others comment on the importance of water research to Canada's health and the economy at an event where Prime Minister Trudeau announced $12 Million for Southern Ontario Water Consortium Water Canada, January 14, 2016. . http://watercanada.net/2016/prime-minister-trudeau-announces-12-million-for-southern-ontario-water-consortium/
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Shawn McCarthy from the Globe and Mail visited the Grand River with our team in early November to talk about our research and its implications for the local watershed as well as Great Lakes. The article in the newspaper highlighted the improvements in the river resulting from the investments made in wastewater treatment by the local communities.