SOWC and the Grand River Conservation Authority and Primodal Inc. have signed an agreement to facilitate Primodal’s access to GRCA’s water quality monitoring stations for research, development and demonstration of a new monitoring technology in a real environment within the Grand River watershed.... more
At Canadian Forces Base Borden they are tracking underground movement. But this isn’t a military operation, it is the University of Waterloo’s research into watershed contamination and remediation.At CFB Borden, the site is near the base’s old garbage dump in the shallow aquifer above a... more
Dr. David Major is a Branch Manager and Principal of Geosyntec's Canadian Operations, and manages the development and deployment of remediation strategies. Geosyntec is an international environmental consulting firm that has worked on projects with Fortune 500 companies, the U.S. Department... more
Dr. Deborah MacLatchy is the Vice-President: Academic & Provost and a Professor of Biology at Wilfrid Laurier University, in Waterloo. An ecotoxicologist and comparative endocrinologist, Dr. MacLatchy's research focuses on the study of the effects of toxic chemicals on fish... more
Ecotoxicology is critical to understanding the effects of contaminants in our water, and fish are a key indicator in identifying which chemicals are present. The SOWC is home to world leading ecotoxicological researchers. As part of the SOWC, Dr. Deborah MacLatchy is leading the... more
A testing facility at a London sewage treatment plant is one of the projects a partnership of eight Ontario universities is undertaking to establish southern Ontario as a hub for companies to research, demonstrate and test new water technologies.
The facility will be located in London’s already... more
Innovative companies and researchers in the wastewater and resource recovery sector are developing groundbreaking technologies aimed at providing solutions to wastewater treatment challenges, and they are interested in evaluating and demonstrating technology outside of the lab, in the real world.... more
WaterTAP Ontario, the Centre for Alternative Water Treatment (CAWT) at Fleming College and the Southern Ontario Water Consortium (SOWC) were recently in India tocollaborate on the launch of the ReserWater Innovation Foundation (RWIF) project and grow Ontario’s global water presence. CAWT and... more
The Southern Ontario Water Consortium has been selected to be featured in Water Canada's Water's Next publication in recognition of leadership in collaboration in the water sector. The SOWC is a platform for turning water ideas into water innovations through research, development, testing and... more
SOWC and the University of Guelph, in collaboration with the City of Guelph, have broken ground on a project to construct a research, development and demonstration facility for wastewater technologies and services. Located at the Guelph Wastewater Facility, the SOWC facility will help... more
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Laurentian SETAC Course Laurentian SETAC Course Advances in Management and Remediation of Contaminated SedimentsThursday, |
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SOWC Guelph Wastewater Event and Networking Session, with special guest the Honourable Gary Goodyear Join us on June 24th, 2013 for the SOWC Guelph Wastewater Event and Networking Session.With special |
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SOWC EVENTS - SOWC Analytical & Ecotoxicology Event On April 16th SOWC and Wilfrid Laurier University hosted the Analytical & Ecotoxicology Event |
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May 27-28 – OCE Discovery Conference The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE), Discovery brings together key players from industry |
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May 31 - Waterlution workshop - Creative Disruptive (Water) Leadership Waterlution, a registered non-profit corporation that works across Canada and internationally |
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