Tag: University of Waterloo
Flood Prevention Initiatives Include Tearing Up Canadian Streets
Five Canadian cities will have portions of their asphalt roads ripped up and replaced with permeable brick and gravel this summer in an effort...
Ontario Named an International Water Industry Leader
According to WaterTAP Ontario, Canada’s most populous province has awarded more water industry patents in the past 30 years than any other comparable government...
A Bitter Pill
If the brook trout swimming in Dr. Sébastien Sauvé’s laboratory tanks at the City of Montreal wastewater treatment plant smiled while his team probed...
Groundbreakers: Speedy Samples
Although the technologies involved in water analysis are complex, they’re vital to ensuring the world’s supply of safe drinking water sources. Recognizing the need...
RBC Blue Water Project Announces 2011 Leadership Grants
Thirty organizations, delivering projects in five countries, will share more than $4 million for programs that help protect watersheds and improve access...
The Home Advantage
While we’re not facing a national water crisis, it’s no secret that this country is rife with water challenges.
The Canadian Water Network (CWN) plays...
Friend and Foe
Urban roads and expansive highways propel our interconnected economy and mobile lifestyle, but a snowstorm can bring productivity crashing to a halt. Not to...
Wasted Energy
Across the country, provinces are updating Building Code standards—or implementing policies that would allow provincial ministries to change standards. Canada’s new building code, coming...
Helmholtz Academics to Visit Waterloo’s Water Institute
Nineteen influential environmental scientists from Germany will participate in a water protection research seminar Thursday as part of a four-day visit to the University...
Playing Catch Up
In water and wastewater treatment, carbon nanotube technology (CNT) has many advantages, such as reusability and therefore increased efficiency compared to traditional membranes that...