News archive - 2017

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

New undergrad course exposes students to the quantitative side of water quality

Chris Parsons canoeing to a sampling site in Coot's Paradise near Toronto.

Thursday, December 14, 2017

Rob de Loë on SERS and the Great Lakes connections

Water Institute member Rob De Loë shares his experience as a professor in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability and his involvement as the Canadian Co-Chair in the International Joint Commission’s Great Lakes Water Quality Board.

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Front page of The Record features Water Institute members commenting on the importance of keeping the Grand River healthy

Professor Mark Servos, Canada Research Chair in Water Quality Protection and professor of Biology, Nandita Basu, professor in the Departments of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Civil and Environmental Engineering, and post-doctoral fellow, Kim Van Meter, were prominently featured in Kitchener-Waterloo’s local newspaper.

Thursday, November 30, 2017

Susan Elliott weighs in on the global sanitation crisis

African children carrying water in Africa

Today, 4.5 billion people live without a household toilet that safely disposes of their waste. World Toilet Day, which took place on Sunday, November 19, is about inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis.

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Waterloo partners for potable pipe preservation

The University of Waterloo has entered into a partnership with the University of Alberta and Insituform Technologies to improve the maintenance of water distribution pipelines.

The partnership is part of the Alberta-Ontario Innovation Program(AOP)-NSERC program.