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Calgarians can now track traces of COVID-19 in their wastewater

Data available to public thanks to UCalgary, City of Calgary, and Alberta Health Services partnership

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Reuse Beer Virtual Launch Webinar

Miss the ACWA Reuse Beer Virtual Launch? Watch the webinar now! 

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ACWA and partners produce Alberta’s first beer made with treated wastewater

ACWA, Village Brewery and Xylem champion water reuse and demonstrate that wastewater is part of a sustainable future; virtual launch event Aug 22.

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Wastewater samples will help identify local COVID-19 outbreaks, fast

UCalgary, The City of Calgary and AHS team up in the fight against COVID-19

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UCalgary wins seven prestigious ASTech awards

ACWA researcher Dr. Andrew Tay honoured for achievements in science and technology in Alberta

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Gender fluidity in the water: What we learn from the feminization of fish

The past couple of decades have opened up new conceptions of sex and gender.

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How UCalgary experts help keep Canada's water safe and sustainable

Today is World Water Day: Lee Jackson, Susana Kimura-Hara, Tawab Hlimi and Cathy Ryan have something to say.

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Researcher looks at keeping our drinking water safe

CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund supports Susana Kimura-Hara’s lab infrastructure.

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Expert panel calls for holistic approach to wastewater management

Read more in The Star Vancouver.

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Calgary scientists create mini-worlds to test water-treatment strategies

Read the article in The Globe and Mail

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Researchers develop algae to target contaminants in wastewater

Experiments to mitigate unwanted chemicals and pharmaceuticals in our water take place at ACWA research facility

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Will Big Data Save Our Water Resources?

Read the article in Water Canada

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Improving wastewater treatment

Crews have started building a unique research infrastructure at the Pine Creek Wastewater Treatment facility for Advancing Canadian Wastewater Assets (ACWA)

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New technology from university destroys hazardous PCBs using UV light

Mobile cleanup system much cheaper, safer than incineration method

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Developing the next wave of wastewater treatment

Schulich School of Engineering professor receives funding to test new bioagents in real scale

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Gender-bending Water

Pharma-pollution is distorting sexual development in wildlife. What about humans?

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University partners with city in first-of-its-kind waste water research facility

Unique multidisciplinary collaboration allows researchers, practitioners and industry to work together

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Partnership opens a new era in water research

The ripple effects of the opening last week of the waste water research facility in south Calgary

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Outsmart microbes

Attack thy shield with thy spear

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Building Better Bugs: Canadian Facility Studies Biological Nutrient Removal

Calgary’s combined wastewater research facility — Advancing Canadian Wastewater Assets — works to develop more efficient bacteria that could save billions of dollars.

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New evidence of pesticides in Calgary air, soil

An environmental testing facility has found pesticides that are expected to dissipate in a matter of days persisting in Calgary’s soil and air for months after lawn and garden season has ended.

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Will Big Data Save Our Water Resources?

Water Canada discusses watershed projects, like ACWA, that are tackling issues around Big Data.

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Calgary scientists create mini-worlds to test water-treatment strategies

Scum is a key ingredient in Dr. Jackson’s plan to plug a gaping hole in our knowledge of water pollution and accelerate the search for effective ways of treating it.

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Researchers develop algae to target contaminants in wastewater

Experiments to mitigate unwanted chemicals and pharmaceuticals in our water take place at ACWA research facility

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