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Friday, September 9, 2016

Waterloo to receive $15 million for Global Water Futures initiative

frozen lake

$78 million from the Government of Canada will position the country as a global hub for leading-edge, user-driven water science for the world’s cold regions. The University of Waterloo’s Water Institute will be a key partner on the University of Saskatchewan-led Global Water Futures initiative.

Monday, August 15, 2016

Waterloo biologist explains the science behind Rio’s green pools

green pool rio

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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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.

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Waterloo biologist and First Nation examine mercury in fish

lab coat food security

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.