Fecal pollution in recreational and drinking source waters can result in outbreaks leading to the transmission of disease. Information on the sources of fecal pollution is important because the level…
Despite the future uncertainty of climate change, emerging contaminants, regulatory changes and unforeseen challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic, operational decisions in water, wastewater and…
Changes to Canadian Drinking Water Guidelines
Over the past year there have been nine new consultations and announcement of eleven new or updated Canadian Drinking Water Guidelines. Keeping up with…
This is the second webinar in a 2-part series; the first webinar will be held earlier on the same day.
Across the globe, wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 has surged since…
Information about Canadian drinking water systems and past water-borne disease outbreaks is incomplete and non-standardized. Standard definitions and coordinated surveillance systems for water-borne…
In the past decade, climate change-exacerbated landscape disturbances such as wildfires and floods have threatened water security by altering not only water availability, but also source water…
While boiling water is an effective way to kill most microbial pathogens, research performed in the United Kingdom has shown that people do not necessarily comply with boil water advisories.…
World Water Day 2020 is about water and climate change – and how the two are inextricably linked.