Theme 3: Drinking Water Treatability
The Problem
Source water protection (SWP) is an important part of ensuring the water we drink is suitable and economically-viable to treat, but the rise of natural disturbances and connected impacts on our drinking water sources creates new problems and complications for the treatability of our drinking water.
The Approach
forWater is working on treatability issues by creating new knowledge on the effects of disturbance-associated water quality and its implications for engineering infrastructure needs, operations, and distribution. This includes working to establish a more nuanced understanding of public health risks from chemical and microbial concerns in source water and distribution systems.
The Impact
From larger municipalities to Indigenous and First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities, forWater is working with partners to apply knowledge to ensure the treatability and safety of our drinking water from the source to the tap.
Researchers
Source water protection (SWP) is an important part of ensuring the water we drink is suitable and economically-viable to treat, but the rise of natural disturbances and connected impacts on our drinking water sources creates new problems and complications for the treatability of our drinking water.
The Approach
forWater is working on treatability issues by creating new knowledge on the effects of disturbance-associated water quality and its implications for engineering infrastructure needs, operations, and distribution. This includes working to establish a more nuanced understanding of public health risks from chemical and microbial concerns in source water and distribution systems.
The Impact
From larger municipalities to Indigenous and First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities, forWater is working with partners to apply knowledge to ensure the treatability and safety of our drinking water from the source to the tap.
Researchers
Monica Emelko,
Theme Leader Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Waterloo |
Sarah Dickson-Anderson
Civil Engineering McMaster University |
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Jozef Nissimov
Biology
University of Waterloo
Biology
University of Waterloo
Field Research
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