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Five Water Institute faculty members will receive $590,000 from the provincial government to build Ontario's knowledge-based economy in Waterloo Region.

Kathryn McGarry, MPP for Cambridge, and Daiene Vernile, MPP for Kitchener Centre, made the announcement of the Early Researcher Awards (ERA) and Ontario Research Fund-Research Infrastructure (ORF-RI) awards today as part of an investment in Waterloo region worth $3.6 million.

The green water of Rio’s outdoor Olympic pools has baffled athletes, organizers and spectators but not Waterloo Biologist Kirsten Müller. She is fairly certain that algae is the culprit.

Although low chlorine levels, minerals and copper can also cause water to look green, it’s the cloudy appearance of the water that suggests the presence of an algal biomass.

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Seven full-length videos are now available below that feature many of the guest speakers who presented at the Ecohydrology Research Group Research Symposium.

The research group, with support from the Water Institute, held a full-day research symposium on June 16, 2016, featuring coastal ecologists, watershed model developers, and environmental policy researchers from Europe and North America.

Water Institute members are invited to submit proposals for the Water Institute’s Seed Grant Program fall term 2016 competition.

The program aims to stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration, facilitate interaction with national or international authorities, encourage new areas of research, and encourage the development of research proposals.

By Amy Geddes, the Water Institute and Sarah J. Brown, Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change. This is the latest in a series of #UWCommunity stories that feature Waterloo in the community. 

Usually, you count yourself lucky to have avoided natural disasters first-hand. But Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters, the newest exhibit at THEMUSEUM in downtown Kitchener, intentionally immerses visitors in the natural disaster experience via interactive displays.

Sponsored in part by the University of Waterloo in a three-way partnership between Community Relations, the Water Institute and the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3), visitors of all ages are invited to stand in the eye of a tornado, build a volcano, and move tectonic plates. A dialogue series of public lectures later in the fall, some featuring Waterloo faculty members, will augment the experience.

The Water Institute booth at the Canada pavilion has received a steady stream of visitors at Singapore International Water Week. From left, Water Institute representatives Kevin Boehmer and Roy Brouwer with Ian Rowlands, Interim Associate Vice-President, International, University of Waterloo.

The Water Institute has been actively developing partnerships this week with water colleagues from around the world at Singapore International Water Week. 

The full-length, captioned video footage of our past WaterTalks series is now available.

Educators are welcome to incorporate these into their curriculum, students can use these to enhance their learning, and researchers may find information relevant to their current research areas.

The Water Institute regularly invites speakers from outside the University of Waterloo to share their insights and perspectives on water research with Institute members and students. These events are also open to the public.

​Prabhakar Clement
Worthiness of Complex Groundwater Models for Decision Making — when should we say enough is enough?
March 31, 2016 WaterTalks

In an article published Friday, June 17th in Guelph Today, Rob O'Flanagan, wrote about how the Wellington Water Watchers are putting pressure on the province in an effort to oppose Nestlé Waters Canada (Nestlé) and an application for a 10 year extension on their existing permit in Aberfoyle, Ontario along with expansion plans in the Elora area.