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🔎 In The Media : A new 5-yr project led by Audrey Murray (Agriculture and Agri-Food Can.) is helping Alberta dairy farms reuse wastewater with constructed wetlands. WI researcher Maricor Arlos and Anne Laarman are co-PIs on this innovative initiative. tinyurl.com/4ydmrnt5

In The Media: Canada is home to 25% of the world’s remaining wetlands — vital, life-supporting ecosystems that are too often overlooked. Water Institute member Maria Strack makes the case for protecting these natural treasures in the @ConversationCA . 🔗 theconversation.com/canadian-wetla…

Charting a New Path: Overcoming a Legacy of Pollution Nandita Basu set out to uncover what’s hiding in our soils. What she learned helped redefine the way we manage nutrient pollution and protect freshwater health. 🔎 Read more: uwaterloo.ca/global-water-f…

In the Media: Water Institute member Dr. Chris Houser shares advice on how swimmers can survive rip currents by staying calm and floating with the current via NYTimes. How to Stay Safe From Rip Currents, and What to Do if You’re Caught in One: nytimes.com/article/rip-cu…

Today at 2:45 pm: Join WI member Prof. Peter Crank for a climate science seminar: Microscale Urban Climate Modeling — pairing numerical modeling with the real world to promote healthy urban environments 📍MC 5501 uwaterloo.ca/applied-mathem…

Submit your abstracts, and come to the nutrient removal conference in Delft next year.

Advances in water research, driven by our experts. See what Water Institute researchers have been working on: uwaterloo.ca/water-institut… #Hydrology #WaterQuality #WaterInnovation

Tomorrow at 1:15 pm: Join WI member Prof. Andrea Scott for a climate science seminar: Fusing data for improved sea ice concentration estimates. 🧊 Discover how combining data sources enhances Arctic sea ice monitoring. 📍MC 5501 🔗 uwaterloo.ca/applied-mathem…

In The Media: “The province is undervaluing the true cost of its water.” – Dr. Roy Brouwer, executive director of the #UWaterloo @water_institute, on Ontario’s proposed permit changes for groundwater extraction. cbc.ca/news/canada/ki… #WaterGovernance #EnvironmentalEconomics

Monday: Water Institute member Prof. Marek Stastna explores the evolving relationship between math and climate science in Quantitative Climate Science: Adding Substance to a Phrase. 🗓️ Mon, July 21 🕐 1:15–2:15 PM 📍 DC 1302, UWaterloo 🔗 uwaterloo.ca/applied-mathem…

From California droughts to Oxford and now UWaterloo, Isabel Jorgensen’s journey puts water at the centre of it all. 💧 “I went from water being the entry point to the centre point.” Discover why she chose UWaterloo for her PhD: 🔗 uwaterloo.ca/future-graduat… #WaterResearch

Don’t judge a lake by its colour. In The Media: WI member Jozef Nissimov explores how viruses that attack cyanobacteria could help clear toxic algal blooms—but may leave behind hidden toxins. Read the @cottagelife article: cottagelife.com/general/could-… #AlgalBlooms @jin_oceanvir

Wildfires threaten more than forests—they put drinking water at risk. Join The Cdn Water Network for a timely webinar with WI member Prof. Monica Emelko exploring how communities can build #ClimateResilience. 🗓️ July 21 | 3–4:30 pm ET 🔗 Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/805e71bd…

🌊 Heading to the beach this summer? Water Institute researcher Dr. Chris Houser explains how learning to spot rip currents and surf hazards in the Great Lakes can help keep you—and others—safe. In The Media @ConversationCA: theconversation.com/the-great-lake… #BeachSafety #GreatLakes

Advances in water research, driven by our experts. See what Water Institute researchers have been working on: uwaterloo.ca/water-institut… #Hydrology #WaterQuality #WaterInnovation

🔎 In The Media: Water Institute researcher Dr. Luna Khirfan says expanding urban water bodies can help cool our cities during extreme heat. 🌊But it takes more than one solution—cities need a coordinated, nature-based approach. @CTVNews reports: ctvnews.ca/canada/article…

Charting a New Path: Overcoming a Legacy of Pollution Nandita Basu set out to uncover what’s hiding in our soils. What she learned helped redefine the way we manage nutrient pollution and protect freshwater health. 🔎 Read more: uwaterloo.ca/global-water-f…

In The Media: “In Ontario, it’s black and white. In Alberta, it’s shades of grey.” Jason Thistlethwaite comments on the risk of building high-rises in Edmonton’s floodplain — and what’s missing in provincial policy. cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

The latest issue of WaterNews is out! Dive into cutting-edge research, recent publications and collaborative activities from across the Water Institute. 📬 Read more: tinyurl.com/2s7rt9tc #WaterResearch #WaterNews

Had a great #CSC2025 conference with 10 lab members who made it to Ottawa. Many great talks and super high enthusiasm even on the last day. Our aptamers have gained popularity 👏👏