Posts Tagged: Drinking Water Research Group
The Drinking Water Research Group’s annual event helps to share current and future research with stakeholders. Water, water, everywhere. But is it safe to drink? Can we provide better-quality water to the public? Should we be monitoring for substances we…
Growing up in a small neighbourhood in Cameroon, Maeva Che was aware of challenges of accessing clean drinking water. Maeva Che, a PhD candidate in the department of civil and mineral engineering, is working on alternative ways to remove contaminants from Ontario’s…
Water treatment plants are on guard of the safety and cleanness of the water we use daily. However, the CivMin’s Drinking Water Lab is essential in addressing the many challenges they face. We chatted with two graduate students working under…
A developing project from a CivMin master’s candidate aims to support household access to safe drinking water in low and middle-income communities by adopting solar-powered ultra-violet (UV) LEDs to treat water in Mexico’s rainwater harvesting systems. Working on the…
The aquarium on the fourth floor of the Galbraith Building is a pleasant reminder to Prof. Susan Andrews of her many trips to the Caribbean through the years, but it also makes her lament the deteriorating condition of our world’s lakes, rivers, and oceans—these majestic…
Would you wake up one morning and drink a glass of water that your neighbour down the street used a few days ago to take a shower? That’s the reality for some water-stressed communities around the world, including parts of…
Every year millions of tonnes of plastic make their way into our waterways. Over time, larger plastics break down into tiny pieces that can infiltrate lakes and rivers which serve as sources of drinking water. Prof. Robert Andrews is trying…
Monday, March 22 is World Water Day - this year’s theme is Valuing Water. To celebrate, we’re highlighting the incredible research our CivMin faculty and students are leading to preserve and value water. ~ Prof. Jennifer Drake is a co-researcher at the Daniel’s Geen Roof…
With COVID-19 making it vital for people to keep their distance from one another, the city of Toronto undertook the largest one-year expansion of its cycling network in 2020, adding about 25 kilometres of temporary bikeways. Yet, the benefits of…
Is there plastic in your drinking water? The University of Toronto’s Bob Andrews and Chelsea Rochman say there is – but, unfortunately, they don’t have much more information to share. “If someone asks me how microplastics in drinking water influence human health, I have…
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