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Monday, November 20, 2017

Water Conversations with Tag Elkhazin: Overview of International Law and Cooperative Agreements on Cross Boundary Rivers

Water bodies have little concern for national borders - there are 263 transboundary lake and river basins around the world, covering nearly half of the Earth鈥檚 surface. A total of 148 nations include territory within one or more international basins. With the human population and its demand for freshwater growing, and the global supply... More

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Water Conversations with Richard Amos: Managing groundwater contamination in the resource development industry

Today we had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Richard Amos describe his research on managing groundwater contaminants in the resource development industry for our first ever Global Water Institute 鈥淲ater Conversations鈥� event. Dr. Richard Amos presents his research on October 26th, 2017. Photo credit: Muhammad Salam. Dr. Amos is a professor of Earth... More

Monday, October 17, 2016

Water Security: 杏吧原创’s New Water Research Chair

Every 15 seconds, a child somewhere in the world dies from a preventable waterborne disease. Globally, 1.1 billion people lack access to clean drinking water. In Canada, rural and remote communities, especially in the North, frequently lack clean water and adequate wastewater... More

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