The CAWT would like to introduce and welcome our newest staff member, Hong Zhang, Ph.D., to the Centre. We are excited to have Hong on the team to lend her expertise in disinfection byproducts, corrosion control, advanced oxidation, anaerobic sludge beds, membrane bioreactors, micropollutants, advanced analytical instrumentation, and much more. Hong is a graduate of
Join us at the Ontario Onsite Wastewater Association’s Decentralized Wastewater Symposium (How to Redefine Infrastructure Investment and Economic Development) in Peterborough on September 30th. The all-day event features interesting speakers and a Peterborough Water Technology Spotlight. Visit OOWA’s website for more information.
Fleming College’s Dr. Brent Wootton has returned after completing his secondment with WaterTAP. During his time at WaterTAP (January to July 2015), Dr. Wootton served as the VP Policy and Exports, as well as Interim CEO. Mary Lou McLean served as the Director of Applied Research (Acting) during Dr. Wootton’s leave and is now the Manager
The CAWT has begun to upload some of our most-requested presentation slide decks to our new SlideShare account (http://www.slideshare.net/CentreAlternativeWastewaterTreatment). Now you have access to presentations that were previously unavailable! Our scientists lecture and present on a range of topics surrounding water, wastewater, and emerging technologies. Check often, as we will be adding more presentations periodically.
On April 15th, during Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi’s official state visit to Canada, Fleming College and India’s National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) signed an agreement that would see the College providing water sector training to India. Fleming College President Tony Tilly signed the MOU during a ceremony in Ottawa. The partnerships formed with the NSDC have been endorsed by Prime Minister
Press Release: NSERC College-University Idea to Innovation grant will support research of Euglena as a wastewater management solution City of Kawartha Lakes ON – (April 8, 2015) – Fleming College’s Centre for Alternative Wastewater Treatment (CAWT) and Trent University will receive federal research funding through a College-University Idea to Innovation grant, part of the Natural