Guest Lecture - Dr. M.J. MacPhee

The Centre for Water Resources Studies and The Department of Civil and Resource Engineering are pleased to announce a Special Guest Lecture from Dr. Michael J. MacPhee - Future Water Outlook, Supply Scarcity, and the Urban ShiftPosted Mar 9 2015

CWRS at WQTC

PhD Candidate Amina Stoddart and Dr. Gagnon presented at WQTC this week in New Orleans!Posted Nov 19 2014

CWRS at ACWWA

Good Luck to Michael Brophy, Sean MacIsaac, Holly Sampson, and Daniel Wesley all presenting at the ACWWA conference taking place in Halifax!Posted Oct 20 2014

CWRS at Weftec

Good luck to Master's student Xuesong Xie who is presenting at WEFTEC in New Orleans this weekPosted Sep 29 2014

Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment - Intro Workshop

14 Operators and Engineers from PEI, NB, and NS took part in the Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment Course last week.Posted Sep 8 2014

Wastewater Treatment Wetlands-Intro Course

Jenny Hayward and Dr. Rob Jamieson are collaborating with MPWWA to deliver a workshop on Municipal Wastewater Treatment Wetlands. Posted Aug 14 2014

New CWRS publications

CWRS Students and staff publish a new paper in Water PolicyPosted Aug 5 2014

New CWRS publications

Water Studies Staff, Students and Partners have been busy publishing papers over the past few months!Posted Jul 10 2014

Dr. Gagnon has been appointed to the "Round Table of Environment and Sustainable Prosperity

Dr. Gagnon has been appointed to the "Round Table of Environment and Sustainable Prosperity" for the province of NS. He will be the University representative on the Round Table. Details of the round table are described here http://www.novascotia.ca/nsPosted Jul 4 2014

STEWARD students back in town!

Dalhousie and Queen's University students in town for the annual symposium and CSCE conference!Posted May 29 2014

Convocation Day!

8 CWRS students received their Degrees at this morning's convocation. Congratulations! Posted May 28 2014

CWRS research is featured in two plain language CWN Reports

Learn more about CWRS research on drinking water safety plans, and decentralized wastewater treatment. Posted May 7 2014

Megan Wood, MASc Defence April 28

On Monday April 28, Megan Wood will defend her MASc thesis entitled: Removal of Aluminum in Filter Backwash Water: A Treatment Optimization Case StudyPosted Apr 22 2014

Dr. Gagnon's Fuller Award Interview

After Dr. Gagnon received the George Fuller award from the ACWWA, he completed an interesting round of Q & APosted Apr 17 2014

CWRS presenting to the Senate Standing Committee

Dr. Krkosek presented to the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, on April 3, on the unintended consequences of pharmaceutical use.Posted Apr 4 2014

Second Year Design Class Competition

The Dalhousie second year Civil/Industrial/Mining engineering students designed hand powered water pumps for Common Roots urban farm. Check out some of their designs!Posted Mar 31 2014

CWRS wins 2014 AWWA Distribution & Plant Operations Division Best Paper Award!

Congratulations Eliman, Krysta, Alisha and Graham on their award winning paper!Posted Feb 13 2014

Dr. Gagnon appointed as one of nine expert panelists in Hydraulic Fracturing Panel

Dr. David Wheeler, Chair of the Hydraulic Fracturing Independent Review and Public Consultation in Nova Scotia is pleased to announce the appointment of nine independent expert panellists to the Hydraulic Fracturing Review. Posted Feb 5 2014

Northern Water Research Video

Sarah Thompson, Masters student at Queen's working with CWRS, created a video on her research in NunavutPosted Jan 22 2014

Dr. Margaret Walsh first Female Chair of ACWWA

The CWRS Congratulates Dr. Walsh on her appointment as the first Female Chair of the Atlantic Canada Water and Wastewater Association (ACWWA)!Posted Nov 28 2013