Contamination-eating microbes are ready for action
A new public-private collaboration enables field trials of bacterial cultures that can degrade hazardous waste
Tag: water
Three U of T Engineering CREATE grants accelerate translation from lab to market
Funding supports research and knowledge translation in industrial biotechnology, green infrastructure and health-care robotics
Why some cities turn off the water pipes at night
A new paper outlines a simple, yet powerful model to understand why some water suppliers choose to turn off their supply at certain times — and how we can set smart goals for improvement
Fish farming technology from CGEN wins global invention competition
Team WETech receives $10,000 to further develop a passive aerator that delivers oxygen to fish ponds
Under pressure: Modelling intermittent water supplies to improve public health
Professor David Taylor studies water access and distribution in the developing world, helping utilities, local governments and NGOs improve quality and supply
Microplastics in drinking water: how much is too much?
Professors Chelsea Rochman (left, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) and Bob Andrews (right, CivMin) have joined forces to develop new techniques for analyzing microplastics and nanoplastics in drinking