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Danielle Lindamood and Irene Brueckner-Irwin have had a passion for water for as long as they can remember. It’s what led them to become actively involved in the Water Institute, and what inspired them to launch a unique, online platform that shares the incredible impacts of people working in the water-related fields with a particular focus on women.

Peter Huck, a civil and environmental engineering professor and Industrial Research Chair in Water Treatment, was recently awarded more than $3 million to continue his research program at the University of Waterloo.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, William Blomquist, professor of Political Science at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, will be presenting, "Notes from Underground: A Groundwater Perspective on Water Resource Governance and Management."

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Gregory Baird, President of The Water Finance Research Foundation, will present, "Perspectives on the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Challenge: Engineering, Technology or Financial Crisis."

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Ng How Yong, professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore, will be presenting, "Research Activities at the National University of Singapore Environmental Research Institute."

According to the World Health Organization, 2.1 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water. Without safe drinking water, people are at risk of contracting water-borne diseases, which are responsible for more than 3.4 million deaths each year.

Mitchell Kay being interviewed for Parks Canada Documentary

Located in northeast Alberta, the Peace-Athabasca Delta (PAD) is one of the most magnificent wetlands in the world. Serving as the junction of four major North American waterfowl migratory routes, millions of ducks and geese descend to feed and nest here each summer.

Two Collaborative Water Program students travelled to Australia in May to participate in Waterlution’s Water Innovation Lab (WIL) – a one-week expedition with the goal of developing future water leaders who can think holistically, design innovatively and communicate across sectors and generations. Below, Maggie Hall and Amy Yang share their experience.

Rachel Tao, Oliver Witham, Robert Liang, Ivana Zurakowsky

Institutions around the Great Lakes gathered at the 2018 AquaHacking semi-finals in Toronto to present their solutions for the issues facing the Great Lakes. Competing teams were given five minutes to pitch their idea to judges throughout the afternoon at the RBC WaterPark Place.

Five of the 16 teams that competed were selected to move on to the finals in October, including a University of Waterloo team, WaterPuris, that is tackling the issue of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) in our Great Lakes.

Water Institute Water Research Conference

Monday, September 24, 2018 8:30 am - 8:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Future students

Strengthening our human connection to water with a new digital platform

Water Institute member awarded over $3 million to support Canada’s water treatment

Notes from Underground: A Groundwater Perspective on Water Resource Governance and Management

Perspectives on the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Challenge: Engineering, Technology or Financial Crisis

Research Activities at the National University of Singapore Environmental Research Institute

Student startup wants to bring clean water to those who need it most

Understanding and protecting the lakes in the Peace-Athabasca Delta

Students discover what innovation means at Waterlution’s Water Innovation Lab

Waterloo students sink competition at AquaHacking semi-finals

Water Institute Research Conference 2018

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