Fleming College is proud to announce that its Centre for Advancement of Water and Wastewater Technologies (CAWT) has been renewed as a Technology Access Centre (TAC) by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for an additional five years. This renewal was part of an announcement made today by Yasir Naqvi, Parliamentary
The CAWT’s Manager, Jennifer Andersen, is the featured member in the Ontario Onsite Wastewater Association’s (OOWA) Summer 2022 newsletter! Thanks to OOWA for featuring Jenn and the CAWT – we are proud to continue to be a part of OOWA. You can see more of OOWA’s Summer 2022 newsletter on their website.
The CAWT was proud to participate in Fleming College’s first annual Applied Research Showcase this week. During the Showcase, the CAWT debuted two new videos, which are linked below. Have a look! The first video features the CAWT’s Manager, Jennifer Andersen, as well as Nate, a CAWT Student Lab Assistant. See the video here: The second
Peterborough, ON – (November 9, 2020) Fleming College’s Centre for Advancement of Water and Wastewater Technologies (CAWT) has been awarded $50,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for research infrastructure related to the CAWT’s COVID-19 research. The funding announcement was made earlier by the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry. The
Peterborough ON – (October 1, 2020) – Researchers from Fleming College and QuantWave Technologies Inc. are working together to investigate the capability of QuantWave’s intelligent sensing system to provide an early warning of COVID-19 outbreaks when monitoring wastewater. Fleming College was awarded $75,000 from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) College
The second edition of the Environmental Management Handbook has been released, featuring research completed by the CAWT. The chapter, authored by Colin Yates, Brent Wootton, and Stephen Murphy, is titled ‘Wastewater Treatment Wetlands: Use in Arctic Regions 5-Year Update”. It appears in the handbook’s volume IV, ‘Managing Water Resources and Hydrological Systems’. From the
The CAWT’s Dr. Gordon Balch is retiring this summer. Gord has been a wonderful colleague and an integral part of the team at the CAWT and at Fleming College’s School of Environmental and Natural Resources Sciences (SENRS). Gord started in 2009 in a temporary position as Research Scientist and Manager for the CAWT. In 2010
Important COVID-19 Updates Fleming College (and the CAWT) is following best practices for social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic; accordingly, we are currently operating with reduced staff. We are monitoring email for urgent issues, but responses will likely be delayed. Thank you for your patience. As a public educational institution, our primary focus during
We are thrilled at the progress of the creation of our new Onsite Wastewater Research & Testing facility located about an hour north from our main Lindsay, Ontario location. The new facility is nearly ready and we can’t wait to show you inside. In the meantime, here’s a sneak peek. Our new facility will be
Fleming College will receive $2,899,974 in research funding through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) College and Community Innovation (CCI) Program. The majority of this funding was awarded to the Centre for Advancement of Water and Wastewater Technologies (CAWT), which became an NSERC Technology Access Centre (TAC) in 2014. “We are proud
The Southern Ontario Water Consortium (SOWC) has released its Impact Report, highlighting the successful Advancing Water Technologies (AWT) program. The Report is impressive, outlining the innovative achievements of the Consortium and its industry partners. AWT funding also helped several companies advance solutions for treating biosolids from municipal wastewater plants. For example, Walker Environmental worked with Fleming College’s CAWT to
CAWT Manager and Senior Scientist Dr. Barbara Siembida-Losch was presented her Professional Engineers of Ontario licence last week. Congratulations! Barbara is now the second Professional Engineer that the CAWT currently has on staff.
The public review of the standard W203 Municipal Wastewater Treatment in Northern Communities using Lagoon and Wetland Systems has begun. The CAWT’s Dr. Gordon Balch is a member of the Technical Subcommittee that was responsible for writing most of the draft standard. Dr. Balch has extensive knowledge and experience in cold temperature and tundra wastewater
With support from the Southern Ontario Water Consortium (SOWC), the CAWT has been working with Greyter Water Systems to help the Greyter Home System reach NSF 350 (Onsite Water Reuse) certification. An innovative technology, the Greyter HOME System collects a home’s shower and bath water and reuses it to flush toilets, ultimately reducing water consumption. The SOWC
Water Canada magazine has named the “Best 6 Cities to Launch Your WaterTech Startup” in their September/October 2018 issue. The City of Peterborough was named #2 in Canada and #1 in Ontario. We have seen Peterborough become a hub for water technology innovation and research and we are proud to be a part of the
Two of the CAWT’s Research Scientists were recently featured in videos produced by 5minofscience.com. In the first video, Dr. Barbara Siembida-Losch speaks about how the CAWT team works together to help our clients and partners innovate in the water and wastewater sphere, ultimately helping the environment and the economy. In the second video,
From Fleming College: Lindsay, ON (July 25, 2018) – Fleming College’s Centre for Advancement of Water and Wastewater Technologies (CAWT) will receive $994,318 in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) College-Industry Innovation Fund (CIIF) to expand the CAWT’s applied research infrastructure and equipment. The Honorable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, announced the CIIF funding
Dr. Barbara Siembida-Losch is serving as the CAWT’s interim Manager & Senior Scientist as CAWT Manager Jenn Paul takes a parental leave. Barbara joined the CAWT in 2014 as a Research Scientist. Providing scientific and technical leadership, and being heavily involved in many of the CAWT’s projects since then, Barbara has become an integral part
We’re looking for a Part-Time Laboratory Technician to join our great team. The posting can be found online at Fleming College’s website; the call for résumés closes on June 18th, 2018. If this job isn’t for you, but you’re still interested in joining the CAWT, bookmark Fleming College’s Careers page. All of our jobs are
The Southern Ontario Water Consortium (SOWC) has featured one of the CAWT’s projects funded under the SOWC’s Advancing Water Technologies projects program on its website. The article, titled UV Pure’s Crossfire Technology® and the road to validation describes the importance of the two-year applied research project to the company. From the article: A “made-in Canada” validation
The CAWT is changing! (sort of). To better reflect the work that we do, the Centre for Alternative Wastewater Treatment is changing its name to the Centre for Advancement of Water and Wastewater Technologies but you can still call us the CAWT. When our doors opened 2004, the Centre for Alternative Wastewater Treatment was primarily
Eco-Engineered Bioreactors: Advanced Natural Wastewater Treatment, recently published by CRC Press, provides a comprehensive understanding of a highly innovative method of natural wastewater treatment using advanced in-ground bioreactors called Eco-Engineered Bioreactors (EEBs). The book is authored by Dr. James Higgins (CAWT Research Engineer) and co-authored by Dr. Al Mattes (CAWT, Part-Time Research Scientist), Dr. Brent
The CAWT’s Gordon Balch and Brent Wootton have contributed to a newly published book, Multifunctional Wetlands: Pollution Abatement and Other Ecological Services from Natural and Constructed Wetlands. Drawing from work undertaken in Canada’s Arctic by both the CAWT and the Centre for Water Resource Studies (CWRS, Dalhousie University), researchers from both institutions collaborated to write
Fleming College’s Centre for Alternative Wastewater Treatment (CAWT) has achieved ISO/IEC 17025:2005 certification from the Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation (CALA). The CAWT has become the only college laboratory in Ontario with this certification listed in CALA’s Directory of Accredited Laboratories. The ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard formally identifies laboratories that offer testing services that operate at a level that ensures