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strainer with microplastics taken from water body.

Plastics pollution is a global environmental hazard with potentially harmful impacts on wildlife, ecosystem services, and human health and wellbeing. Microplastics in particular are of great concern because of their ability to be transported over great distances and absorb and disperse contaminants widely.

The Water Institute is pleased to announce that two research teams have been awarded funding in the recent 2021 seed grant competition. The Water Institute’s seed grant program was initiated in 2014 to stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration, international partnerships, and to encourage the development of research proposals that tackle increasingly complex global water issues.

This year’s seed grant projects include diverse initiatives and collaborators:

Wednesday, May 26, 2021 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Science New Faculty Talk by Andrea Brookfield

The Faculty of Science is proud to announce a new online lecture series that highlights the incredible new talent in our midst. The first lecture will be by Water Institute member and Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Andrea Brookfield.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Robert Bailey, Professor in the Faculty of Science at Ontario Tech University, presents, "This year’s model – crafting better predictions in the reference condition approach to bioassessment of freshwater ecosystems."

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Karletta Chief, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Environmental Science at the University of Arizona, presents, “Training STEM graduate students to work in Indigenous communities to co-solve food, energy and water security challenges."

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Wendy D. Graham, Carl S. Swisher Eminent Scholar in Water Resources in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering and Director of the Water Institute at the University of Florida, Gainesville, presents, "Stakeholder-Driven Modeling in Support of Groundwater Sustainability: the Floridan Aquifer Collaborative Engagement for Sustainability (FACETS) Project."

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Kamini Singha, Professor in the Department of Geology & Geological Engineering and the Associate Dean of Earth Resources and Environmental Programs at the Colorado School of Mines, presents, "The controls of surface water-groundwater connectivity in a critical zone context."

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Debora Van Nijnatten, professor of Political Science and North American Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, presents, "Water management in the US-Mexico Rio Grande Region: Applying governance indicators to the surface water-groundwater conundrum."

Wednesday, November 18, 2020 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

WaterTalk: Charting the new geography of water conflict and co-operation

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Dustin Garrick, associate professor of Environmental Management with a joint appointment at the School of Geography and the Environment and the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford, presents, "Charting the new geography of water conflict and cooperation."

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, the Water Institute, in collaboration with Waterloo's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, is pleased to co-host the 2020-21 Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG) Distinguished Lecturer, Paul Bauman, who will present "Good Geoscience in Dire Places: Searching for Water in Humanitarian Crises."

Current students

Microplastics pollution: Water Institute researchers address key research gaps

Water Institute Announces 2021 Seed Grant Recipients

Science New Faculty Talk by Andrea Brookfield

WaterTalk: This year’s model – crafting better predictions in the reference condition approach to bioassessment of freshwater ecosystems

WaterTalk: Training STEM graduate students to work in Indigenous communities to co-solve food, energy and water security challenges

WaterTalk: Stakeholder-driven modeling in support of groundwater sustainability: The Floridan Aquifer Collaborative Engagement for Sustainability (FACETS) Project

WaterTalk: The controls of surface water-groundwater connectivity in a critical zone context

WaterTalk: Water management in the US-Mexico Rio Grande Region: Applying governance indicators to the surface water-groundwater conundrum

WaterTalk: Charting the new geography of water conflict and co-operation

WaterTalk: Good Geoscience in Dire Places: Searching for Water in Humanitarian Crises

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