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Thursday, October 27, 2016 8:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Condition Assessment Inspection Tools

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This seminar will highlight available technologies that provide critical advanced data to enable condition-based asset management of water and wastewater piping systems. The unique technologies highlighted by the program are presented by Canadian companies with an Ontario industry presence. 

Tuesday, October 18, 2016 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Another Drop Lecture Series: Payments for Watershed Services by Roy Brouwer

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Forests, wetlands and grasslands all provide “watershed services” by enhancing water quality and supply, biodiversity and carbon storage. They have economic value but unfortunately their market price is $0, says Prof. Roy Brouwer, Executive Director of the Water Institute.

Wednesday, November 2, 2016 8:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Manhole Condition Assessment and Rehabilitation

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Inflow and infiltration solutions have been discussed extensively for sanitary and storm sewers; however, these measures may be limited if manhole chambers are neglected. This workshop will address the growing problem of manhole deterioration.

Find out more and register on the official event page.

water institute members in the media
The Waterloo Chronicle and the Waterloo Region Record published an op-ed by Water Institute member and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Barry Warner.

Warner studies the dynamics of natural, restored, and created wetlands using a variety of ecological and paleoecological indicators. These methods are used to study wetland ecosystems across a variety of spatial scales and temporal scales.

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 2:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Ecohydrology Seminar Series: Dr. Laura Hug

Accessing microbial diversity and heterogeneity in the environment

Presented by Dr. Laura Hug
Assistant Professor, Environmental Microbiology
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo

Wednesday, September 28, 2016 2:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Preserving Prairie Wetland Hydrological and Biogeochemical Functions: What do we need to know?

Genevieve Ali is Junior Chair of the Watershed Systems Research Program and Assistant Professor of the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Manitoba.

Coffee and refreshments will be provided.

Register today.

Merrell-Ann Phare
As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Merrell-Ann Phare presents "Water Co-Governance and Collaborative Consent: Working in partnership with Indigenous peoples to protect water and honour the United Nations Decalration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)."

Coffee and refreshments will be provided.

frozen lake

$78 million from the Government of Canada will position the country as a global hub for leading-edge, user-driven water science for the world’s cold regions. The University of Waterloo’s Water Institute will be a key partner on the University of Saskatchewan-led Global Water Futures initiative.

Thursday, October 13, 2016 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Deteriorating Trenchless Contracts in Need of Rehabilitation: CATT AGM

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University of Waterloo Centre for Advancement of Trenchless Technologies (CATT) is pleased to announce the AGM Keynote Speaker, Ian Doherty, who will present "Deteriorating Trenchless Contracts in Need of Rehabilitation."

Program

The event program includes unveiling the 2016/17 Board of Directors and of the winners of the CATT 2015 Award of Excellence.

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Forests, wetlands and grasslands all provide “watershed services” by enhancing water quality and supply, biodiversity and carbon storage. They have economic value but unfortunately their market price is $0, says the executive director of the Water Institute.