This research used a combination of techniques to determine contaminant loadings for the 30 sub-watersheds that contribute to the Lower Fraser Valley. It addressed the challenge of scaling up from sub-watersheds to watersheds, connecting land use to water quality data using GIS, nutrient budgets, modelling, hydrometric and stream monitoring data.
This objective of this research was to develop new analytical techniques for determining previously unknown DBPs, and analyse and compare how DBPs are formed during different disinfection processes.
This project positioned Canada to become a leader in the area of consumer preferences and perceptions about water quality. Focusing on the gap between perceived drinking water risks and actual health risks, the project examined the implications of this gap, as well as the factors that explain the development of the average consumer's risk perceptions.
This project, led by Dr. Ed McBean, involved three workshops and the development of a board that focused on sharing information and creating a dialogue around the challenges and needs of small water systems in order to inform water treatment.
This project examined a wide range of innovative approaches to storm water management in Canada in order to provide planners, developer and municipal engineers with information on storm water management through a series of workshops.
This project tested the applicability of the various Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA) models, and reviewed the ways in which QMRA risk estimates can be improved or validated and ways in which user-friendly QMRA models can be deployed in Canada.
The research team, led by Rob Jamieson, has conducted a field-scale study which directly links microbial contamination of groundwater to specific agricultural activities as a means to address some of the existing knowledge gaps in this area.
The project aimed to develop two technologies in parallel: a biological remediation system for arsenic-contaminated mine waste, and a chemical treatment system for small drinking water systems.
While detecting bacterial contaminants or measuring levels of regulated chemicals is relatively easy and routinely done, current test indicators do not detect viruses or parasites, and these continue to be the source of numerous waterborne outbreaks. This project aimed to provide partners with data for regulatory purposes and risk evaluation.
This project investigated the use of novel molecularly imprinted (MIP) and non-imprinted (NIP) polymer particles as a treatment method for removing emerging compounds from water and wastewater.