Tag: UBC
How UBC’s In-House Teams Keep the Campus Flowing
Water is a crucial resource at the University of British Columbia (UBC) for basic human needs and to support research and operations. The simple...
UBC Researchers Map Evolution of Coastal Waters in Metro Vancouver
What did the Burrard Inlet look like in the past, compared to how it is now? What were the fishing, food source, and maritime...
Extreme Weather Can Tax Urban Drainage Systems to the Max: Study
Existing design methods for urban drainage systems are not going far enough to withstand possible catastrophic storms, or even unpredictable failures during a moderate...
Top Five Research Stories of 2019
Of the news stories that examined new research in the water sector, the following five news stories that were the most read on Water...
Foresight Cleantech Creates Partnership with Okanagan College and UBC
The Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre, Okanagan College, and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have established a new partnership to create jobs, create intellectual...
WEF Announces Winners of Student Design Competition
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) has announced that students from the University of British Columbia and University of Colorado are the winners of the...
New Study Examines State of Local Adaptation Planning in Canada
Over the past year, researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the University of Waterloo (UW) worked with the Federation of Canadian...
Nadja Kunz Named Canada Research Chair in Mine Water Management and...
Nadja Kunz, an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC), has received the title of Canada Research Chair in Mine Water Management...
UBC Study Compares LID Implementation Across Canada
In a recent study, researchers at UBC Okanagan’s Life Cycle Management Laboratory compared how different jurisdictions are handling LID implementation. The researchers found that...
IC-IMPACTS Deepens Canada-India Ties with Water Research
The Ganges River is the focus of a new collaboration between IC-IMPACTS and India’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Department of Biotechnology...
