Latest Publications
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Canada to start testing some wastewater for polio-clarification
With the development of strategies and methods for collecting, analyzing, and tracking the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the door has been opened to monitor for other viruses. CBC is reporting that testing for polio and monkeypox viruses will soon be conducted in select municipalities.
PFOA in rain worldwide exceeds EPA advisory level!
On the basis of the four PFAAs considered, it is concluded that (1) levels of PFOA and PFOS in rainwater often greatly exceed US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lifetime Drinking Water Health Advisory levels.
Taylor Lynn Virgin – Alumni Gold Medal Award
Alumni Gold Medal recipients are selected on recommendation from the Dean of a Faculty or the Dean of Graduate Studies to recognize the outstanding academic achievement of graduating students.
School and childcare center drinking water: Copper chemistry, health effects, occurrence, and remediation
US schools and childcare centers including that “flushing contaminated water was the most evaluated remedial action but was unreliable because copper quickly rebounded when flushing stopped.” They point to a second potentially important finding, “building water treatment systems have been used, but some were not capable of making the water safe.
Drinking water, fracking, and infant health
We find consistent and robust evidence that drilling shale gas wells negatively impacts both drinking water quality and infant health. These results indicate large social costs of water pollution and provide impetus for re-visiting the regulation of public drinking water.
Three University of Waterloo graduates receive top awards for environmental engineering research
Kelsey Kundert, Senior Project Process Engineer at the City of Calgary, and Nik Knezic, current PhD candidate at the University of Waterloo, won first and second place in the American Water Works Association Academic Achievement Awards for best Master’s thesis.
In The Press
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How the rise in wildfires could affect how Calgary treats its drinking water
How the rise in wildfires could affect how [...]
How Wildfires Are Polluting Rivers and Threatening Water Supplies
As wildfires become more frequent and destructive in a warming world, they are increasingly leaving in their wake debris and toxic runoff that are polluting rivers and fouling water supplies. Some municipalities are having to upgrade their water treatment methods to...
Fort McMurray seeing big spike in water-treatment costs, Monica Emelko comments
CBC News recently featured a story on the rising [...]
Canadian women increasingly help lead the water treatment industry
By Judy MacDonald, photos courtesy of AWWA. Three [...]
On-Going Research
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Canada to start testing some wastewater for polio-clarification
With the development of strategies and methods for collecting, analyzing, and tracking the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the door has been opened to monitor for other viruses. CBC is reporting that testing for polio and monkeypox viruses will soon be conducted in select municipalities.
PFOA in rain worldwide exceeds EPA advisory level!
On the basis of the four PFAAs considered, it is concluded that (1) levels of PFOA and PFOS in rainwater often greatly exceed US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lifetime Drinking Water Health Advisory levels.
Taylor Lynn Virgin – Alumni Gold Medal Award
Alumni Gold Medal recipients are selected on recommendation from the Dean of a Faculty or the Dean of Graduate Studies to recognize the outstanding academic achievement of graduating students.
School and childcare center drinking water: Copper chemistry, health effects, occurrence, and remediation
US schools and childcare centers including that “flushing contaminated water was the most evaluated remedial action but was unreliable because copper quickly rebounded when flushing stopped.” They point to a second potentially important finding, “building water treatment systems have been used, but some were not capable of making the water safe.
Drinking water, fracking, and infant health
We find consistent and robust evidence that drilling shale gas wells negatively impacts both drinking water quality and infant health. These results indicate large social costs of water pollution and provide impetus for re-visiting the regulation of public drinking water.
Three University of Waterloo graduates receive top awards for environmental engineering research
Kelsey Kundert, Senior Project Process Engineer at the City of Calgary, and Nik Knezic, current PhD candidate at the University of Waterloo, won first and second place in the American Water Works Association Academic Achievement Awards for best Master’s thesis.