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Drowning in data: Interdisciplinary case study on Coimbatore’s water supply underlines challenges with open data and smart cities

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SmartSpouts — low-cost sensors embedded in these water filters — can track when and for how long the spigot is open. More than 200 of them have been successfully deployed in a radomized controlled trial in South Africa's Limpopo Province. (Photo: David Meyer)

This low-cost smart sensor can help optimize interventions to improve water quality and public health

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U of T Engineering professors and alumni elected to the Canadian Academy of Engineering

Professors Elodie Passeport (CivMin, ChemE) and Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin (ChemE) have both received renewed Canada Research Chairs.

Renewed Canada Research Chairs will power research into green chemistry and environmental remediation