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Water Institute member Monica Emelko, Canada Research Chair in Water Science, Technology and Policy, and professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has recently been named section editor for Weather and Climate Change for the new peer-reviewed, open access journal, PLOS Water. 

Water institute member Elizabeth English had her epiphany moment while seeing the evacuated streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

The University of Waterloo School of Architecture professor, realized that rebuilding homes with stilts to withstand future floods would fundamentally change the culture and landscape of the city.

Instead, retrofits that would allow the homes to float would keep the integrity of the close-knit communities intact while also keeping the homeowners safe in times of flooding.

A new study co-authored by Collaborative Water Program graduate Aaron Coutino and Water Institute member Marek Stastna, professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics, shows changes in tides and hurricane activity played a part in upending the Maya civilization centuries ago.

Water Institute member William (Bill) K. Annable, associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, accepted the challenge, and over the past year, has developed a series of videos sharing his river hydraulics, hydrology and environmental monitoring expertise.

The aim of a new Canada Water Agency, which is expected to be running by 2022, is to modernize water policy amid pressures from climate change. But proponents say it is also an opportunity to put Indigenous communities at the heart of governance – restoring agency and fairness in water policy while also making smarter policy.

This article originally appeared on the Faculty of Environment's website.

As part of Singapore’s International Water Week 2021, Water Institute member Monica Emelko, Canada Research Chair in Water Science, Technology and Policy at the University of Waterloo, was invited to share her expertise at one of the Thematic Webinars focused on climate change, water quality and health.