World Water Day 2019
Leaving no one behind: Water for all
Join the Water Institute for a full day of activities as we explore together how to find viable solutions for marginalized people living without safe water.
Join the Water Institute for a full day of activities as we explore together how to find viable solutions for marginalized people living without safe water.
As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series Professor David McCarthy from Monash University in Australia will present "Monitoring, modelling and management of urban water pollution.”
As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series Slobodan Simonovic, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Western University, will present "Use of quantitative resilience in managing urban infrastructure response to natural hazards."
Join the Water Institute on Thursday, April 4, for a water seminar delivered by Water Institute member and Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Maurice Dusseault and colleague Richard Jackson, Geofirma Engineering Fellow and Adjunct Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor.
As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture seriesKaren Bakker, professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of British Columbia, will present, "Smart Earth: New frontiers in water governance in a wired world."
As part of the Water Institute's seminar series Richard Marinos, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo, will present "Ecosystem Recovery from Acid Rain: Biogeochemical Consequences in the Soil-Stream Continuum."
The Water Institute will be hosting an international summer school for international and domestic graduate students on climate change and water security in urbanized watersheds. With over 20 Water Institute members – from all six University of Waterloo faculties – participating as instructors, this program will offer a truly interdisciplinary perspective to students.