杏吧原创 Global Water Institute, in collaboration with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is hosting Indigenous water operators from for a panel discussion event to share their challenges and success and the power of collaborations with engineers in ensuring clean drinking water to Indigenous communities.

We would like to kindly invite you to attend the event.

Date: Wednesday, March 19

Time: 12:30-1:30PM

Location: Tory Building 238

More information can be found on our Event Page.

This event is open to all students, faculty, and community members.

Please note:聽Tickets are FREE but registration is required (scan the QR code for registration).

Join us for an enlightening conversation on Water Diplomacy featuring Ambassador Dr. Blanca Elena Jim茅nez Cisneros. This collaborative event, hosted by the Embassy of Mexico in Canada, the Embassy of Mexico in France, and the 杏吧原创 Global Waster Institute, will explore crucial aspects of international water management and sustainable development. The virtual session will take place on January 14th, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM via Microsoft Teams. Dr. Jim茅nez will share insights on innovative strategies and the future of water diplomacy, addressing shared water challenges that impact nations globally. Microsoft Teams Meeting Details:

Meeting ID: 275 265 909 629
Passcode: D9EV61q35

Don’t miss this opportunity to engage in a meaningful discussion about water diplomacy and international cooperation. Register now to secure your spot!

The recording of the webinar can be found below:

Our reliance on the subsurface for freshwater resources and sources of energy has created a nexus of concern for the environment and human health. A principal concern is the potential generation and/or release of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the shallow subsurface because of energy development and usage. These gases may pass through the subsurface becoming a source of emissions to the atmosphere or dissolve to groundwater threatening potability through physiochemical and biological changes. Some might see dissolution as a process to reduce GHG emissions and resulting climate changes. However, this comes at the expense of vital sources of fresh drinking water. Each of these potential impacts to the environment are severe and require quantitative understanding to develop monitoring techniques and engineering solutions to mitigate risk. This talk will explore energy applications to show the complex interactions between subsurface GHGs, shallow groundwater, and the atmosphere.

Speaker’s Biography:

Dr. Cole Van De Ven is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at 杏吧原创 University. His research focuses on studying physical, chemical, and biological processes controlling the movement and fate of gases and other contaminants in the saturated and unsaturated subsurface. Applications of this work include energy development, industrial contamination, waste storage, and natural processes. Overall, he seeks to develop sound monitoring techniques and engineering solutions to reduce environmental impacts to groundwater, soils, and the atmosphere. Prior to joining 杏吧原创 University, Dr. Van De Ven was a NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia. He received a bachelor鈥檚 degree in Civil Engineering from McMaster University and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Queen鈥檚 University

To attend, please send a Zoom link request to Dr. Banu Ormeci: banuormeci@cunet.carleton.ca

On behalf of the 杏吧原创 WEAO/OWWA chapter, our team would like to invite you to an upcoming interactive event.

Topic: Entrepreneurship and Career Opportunities in the Water Sector

Speaker: Sonja Behmel, Ph.D, PDG, CEO, Watershed Monitoring

Date : Mar 22, 2021

Time: 12:30 PM to 01:30 PM EST

Overview: Join us for a casual and interactive talk with Sonja Behmel where she will discuss her story and talk about what it means to an entrepreneur and the growing career opportunities in the water/wastewater industry! Sonja is CEO and Cofounder of Watershed Monitoring and has many years of experience in the field of water management in Canada and Europe. She is also actively involved in R&D and the training of the new generation of scientists.

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Time: Mar 22, 2021 12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Please review this short biography of Sonja Behmel, Ph.D.:

CEO and Cofounder of Watershed Monitoring; President and Cofounder of WaterShed Monitoring Europe; Scientific Coordinator at Agiro; Adjunct Professor at Laval University and INRS

Geographer specialized in limnology, Sonja Behmel holds a Ph.D. in spatial planning and regional development. Strong with many years of experience in the field of water management in Canada and Europe, she is actively involved in the R&D and the training of the new generation of scientists, and has authored numerous technical reports and scholarly articles. Since more than 10 years now, Ms. Behmel also distinguishes herself as scientific coordinator for Agiro and volunteering in various organizations dedicated to protecting water resources, here in Canada as well as internationally. Throughout the years, she received several awards for the quality of her work as a scientist and as an entrepreneur.

In 2013, she founded, together with academic and business partners, Watershed Monitoring, a company intending to provide stakeholders involved in integrated watershed management with innovative technological solutions to address water quality data storing and analyzing challenges while offering optimization and coaching services to facilitate knowledge acquisition and meet the needs in water resource management, urban planning and research. With that in mind, WaterShed Monitoring developed and marketed Enki庐, a one-stop access for water-related data, in accordance with the 鈥淪mart communities鈥� and 鈥淟earning communities鈥� principles.

Topic: Climate Change consideration in Drinking Water System Design

Speaker: Anna Comerton, Ph.D, P.Eng., Manager, Water Planning & Studies at Associated Engineering

Date : Dec 1, 2020

Time: 01:30 PM to 2:15 PM EST

Abstract: Overview of the new Infrastructure Climate Lens guidance document and discussion of opportunities for incorporation of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures in the design of new and retrofit water treatment systems illustrated through case studies.

This will be presented as a Zoom meeting. To attend, please contact Amitesh Malhotra (via cuLearn) amitesh.malhotra@carleton.ca to request an access link.

Title: Watershed Health Assessment and Monitoring of the Ottawa River

Date and time: February 28, Friday, 12-1 pm,

Location: ME (Mackenzie) 3444, 杏吧原创 University

RSVP: banu.ormeci@carleton.ca

ABSTRACT:

How do you know how healthy a river is? This is a challenging question to answer, especially for a system as complex as the Ottawa River watershed. It is also why Ottawa Riverkeeper has begun the Watershed Health Assessment and Monitoring project, a multi-year project that includes partnering with Indigenous communities to co-design projects, working with communities throughout the watershed to understand local issues, and engaging citizen scientists to participate in community based monitoring projects. Come learn how, by collecting and analysing data throughout the watershed and identifying data gaps, we hope to answer some of the questions surrounding the health of the watershed. Our work also includes sharing this information and empower people as they learn more about the health of the watershed to take actions to protect the incredible Ottawa River.

SPEAKER BIO:

As Ottawa Riverkeeper’s Director of Science and Policy, Larissa investigates the numerous issues facing our watershed and oversees our community-based water monitoring initiatives. She works with many different groups and volunteers, including the Riverwatch network, throughout the Ottawa River watershed, learning first-hand from the people invested in caring for this river and finding ways to support their efforts. Larissa has a B.Sc. in Environmental Science from Concordia and a Masters in Resource and Environmental Management from Dalhousie University. She has worked with communities to advocate for renaturalisation projects along urban waterways and has encouraged the adoption of practices that protect freshwater lakes and rivers.

Dr. Moffat will be presenting ‘Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: Prioritization Process & Development of a Value for Chromium’.

Health Canada, in collaboration with the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water, develops and publishes the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality for chemical and microbiological parameters. For chemicals, the guidelines specify the maximum acceptable concentrations of a chemical(s) in drinking water. As part of our cyclical 5-year chemical prioritization process, Health Canada used a framework that integrates tiered exposure and hazard information into risk plots for iterative rounds of decision making. From 421 potential chemicals for evaluation, we prioritized 62 high, 290 low and 69 wait priority chemicals. This process provides a science-based, methodologically-robust and transparent way to identify and prioritize chemicals/groups requiring the development of a drinking water risk assessment.

Chromium was a chemical that required the development of a drinking water risk assessment. However, the risk assessment of chromium is complex. To better understand this complexity, the essential information on exposure, toxicology and mode of action (MOA) on which agencies based their risk assessments are provided. Humans are exposed to an average of 0.2鈥�2 渭g hexavalent chromium per liter in drinking water through natural erosion of soil and rocks or by contamination from industrial sources. Internationally, drinking water limits for total chromium range from 50 to 100 渭g/L. These values are based on intestinal toxicity data from experimental animals, since human toxicity data via the oral route are lacking. MOA analysis supports a progression from noncancer to cancer effects via a nonmutagenic MOA and therefore a threshold approach is appropriate for the risk assessment of chromium in drinking water. Drinking water limits derived from this approach are measurable by available analytical methods and achievable by available treatment technologies, and are protective of both cancer and noncancer effects.

‘Detecting Social Network Effects on Willingness to Pay for Environmental Improvements using Egocentric Network Measures’.

This seminar will be presented by Dr. John Janmaat who is an associate professor in the Department of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science at the Okanagan campus of the University of British Columbia, and Regional Innovation Chair in Water Resources and Environmental Sustainability.

Date, time and location: December 10, 10:30 am 鈥� 12 pm, Richcraft Hall, Room 3224

RSVP: banu.ormeci@carleton.ca

ABSTRACT:

Detecting Social Network Effects on Willingness to Pay for Environmental Improvements using Egocentric Network Measures

We are social animals, and how much we care about the environment is likely influenced by those we associate with. However, most nonmarket valuation studies in economics do not consider people鈥檚 social ties. This is partly due to the fact that the development of economic models demonstrating the importance of social networks for individual willingness to pay is relatively recent. Theoretical results are largely based on completely mapped social networks, which are generally impossible to map. We explore the use of practical, local network measures.

SPEAKER BIO:

John Janmaat is an associate professor in the Department of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science at the Okanagan campus of the University of British Columbia. He currently holds a Regional Innovation Chair in Water Resources and Environmental Sustainability. His current research includes looking for a signature of drinking water quality in housing prices, measuring the willingness to pay for small environmental projects, and examining the opportunities and challenges for agricultural adaptation to climate change in the Okanagan and Cariboo regions of British Columbia. Prof. Janmaat holds an MBA in concentration finance and a PhD in Environmental and Resource Economics and Econometrics.

We were also very fortunate to have in attendance highly knowledgeable Ambassadors and Delegates representing Embassies of Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Jordan, accompanied by many highly qualified water sector experts.

This was our third Water Conversations talk of the academic year.

During the Egyptian Ambassador’s talk, called “Nile Waters at Risk鈥� Time for Water Diplomacy! An Egyptian Perspective”, audience members learned that the Nile River emanates from outside the Egyptian territories in the Equatorial and Ethiopian plateaus, and crosses 10 countries before reaching its downstream destination in Egypt, leaving that country and its 104 Million people in a significantly fragile water security situation.

Through his passionate presentation, the Egyptian Ambassador was able to bring the attending group on a fascinating journey through decades of water negotiations and agreements, developed to tackle allocations and sovereignty over the Nile waters, in light of the building and commissioning of the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Ethiopia.

With thoughtful and respected input from attending diplomatic guests, it became very clear that continued international water diplomacy is a critical process needed to bring about mutually beneficial solutions in the Region and to avert emerging water crises.

Egypt and it’s neighbours along this vital watershed have agreed to continue their efforts to promote positive engagement and confidence building in noble pursuit of a “Win – Win”, no harm solution.

For his willingness to provide insight into the Egyptian perspective, 杏吧原创 and the Global Water Institute wish to sincerely thank Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid.