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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Canadian Water Network Seeks EoI for Scientific Director

The Board of Directors of the Canadian Water Network (CWN) is seeking Expressions of Interest from qualified persons to fulfill the role of Scientific Director. The Board will consider people with diverse backgrounds in water research in engineering and the health, natural and social sciences.
Friday, December 14, 2012

Golder Associates and ARCADIS Scholarship Recipients Selected

Nearly 25 outstanding applications from across four faculties were received for the two Golder Associates Graduate Scholarships and the ARCADIS Graduate Scholarship that were offered by the Water Institute. Each of these scholarships in water research is valued at $5,000. The highly competitive field yielded the following scholarship recipients: 

The 2013 Golder Associates Graduate Scholarships in Water 
Lillian Knopf, MSc candidate, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology 

Janusz Pawliszyn.
Thursday, November 22, 2012

Janusz Pawliszyn announced as 2013 CIC Environmental Division R&D Award Recipient

Janusz Pawliszyn.
Dr. Janusz Pawliszyn, a Water Institute member in the Department of Chemistry, will be the 2013 recipient of the Chemical Institute of Canada's Environmental Division Research and Development Award. This award is given for distinguished contributions to research and /or development in the fields of environmental chemistry or environmental chemical engineering, while working in Canada. 
Monday, November 5, 2012

Great Lakes Futures Project begins second student recruitment phase - development of alternate scenarios

The Great Lakes Futures Project is begining the student recruitment period for phase two of the Great Lakes Futures Project, the development of alternate future scenarios. Graduate students from universities in the Great Lakes region are invited to apply in this competitive process to research and prepare synthesis papers from January to April 2013 on a specific scenario for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin. 

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Fish Mutation due to Grand River Water Quality Reported

Mark Servos and his research team in the Department of Biology have found mutations in the rainbow darter fish in the Grand River downstream of the Waterloo and Kitchener water treatment plants. Among the findings was that male fish examined were found to have uncharacteristically large eggs and other female traits.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Request for Proposals for Water Institute-Sponsored Workshop/Symposium

A primary objective of the Water Institute is to support interdisciplinary water research and education. The Water Institute is therefore pleased to offer financial assistance for the development of interdisciplinary water workshops or small symposia that support this objective. Two workshops or symposia, to occur during the Winter, Spring or Fall 2013 terms, will be provided with up to $15,000 each from this request. The interdisciplinary workshops or symposia should: 

Monday, October 1, 2012

Two studies find Alberta oil sands development not a major source of long-distance air and water pollution

Water Institute researchers were among the authors of two recent publications which concluded that oil sands development in Alberta is not polluting the water and air in the Peace-Athabasca Delta area at levels previously thought.
The researchers found that emissions from the oil sands have not increased the levels of metal and organic contaminants travelling to the delta via air emissions.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Trenchless Technology Noted as Green for Business

Trenchless technologies for the installation or restoration of sewer, water main, and other types of piping projects have a lower rate of greenhouse gas emission than traditional methods. Mark Knight, professor, civil and environmental engineering, and executive director of CATT, the Centre for Advancement of Trenchless Technologies, also reported that trenchless methods are more cost effective than traditionl means. In the May 2, 2012 Financial Post article, Dr.