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Monday, June 20, 2016

Water advocacy group pushes back against Nestlé Waters Canada

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. 

Monday, June 20, 2016

Is Fort McMurray’s water supply contaminated by the wildfire?

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As residents try to resume their lives more than a month after a ferocious wildfire forced the evacuation of Fort McMurray, crucial questions about its impact on their water supply still have no clear answers.

Friday, June 10, 2016

Nandita Basu’s nitrate research balances budget

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Nandita Basu, from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, along with her doctoral student Kim Van Meter, published the first direct evidence of a large-scale nitrogen legacy in the Mississippi River Basin from agricultural runoff.

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Waterloo biologist and First Nation examine mercury in fish

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A lab coat decorated by Kluane First Nation Youth Councilor Jared Dulac.

A research collaboration between a University of Waterloo biologist and the Kluane First Nation is coming up with good news for the Yukon community — so far, the research team is finding extremely low levels of mercury in the fish.

Monday, March 21, 2016

John Cherry announced as 2016 Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize recipient

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The Singapore International Water Week announced today that John Cherry, distinguished professor emeritus from Waterloo's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, will be awarded the 2016 Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize, a prestigious international award worth more than $280,000 CDN.