Posts Tagged: DWRG
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…
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…
PhD candidate Karlye Wong (CivMin) is assessing and optimizing off-grid systems for disinfecting drinking water before use U of T Engineering PhD candidate Karlye Wong (CivMin) is working with the Geita and Nyanghwale District Councils in northern Tanzania to develop an…
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…
While the U of T campus is closed to the public, in-person classes and non-essential lab work, an attempt is being made to connect with individuals continuing to work from home. This is part of a regular series to help…
More than 150 industry and community leaders, government partners and faculty members gathered Nov. 13, 2019 at the Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship for the U of T Engineering Partners’ Reception. Now in its fourth year, the event celebrated the Faculty’s longstanding ties with over 400 industry partners across…
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…
In Toronto, when you turn on a water tap, water comes out. But for more than a billion people around the world, that is not always the case. “About 21% of the world’s water pipes don’t usually have water in…
Is there plastic in your drinking water? Professors Bob Andrews (CivMin) and Chelsea Rochman (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) say there is — but right now, researchers don’t know much more than that. “If someone asks me how microplastics in drinking…
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