Development of methods and tools for the integrated management of drinking water quality

饮用水安全是加拿大和全世界极为关切的问题。由于严格的政府法规和人们对自来水的高期望，公用事业公司必须在任何时间和任何地点提供高质量的饮用水。为此，必须提倡一种综合管理办法，将水源、处理厂和分配系统作为一个整体加以考虑。这项合作研究与开发（CRD）提案将支持开发评估和监测饮用水质量的方法和工具。该提案提出了一个研究计划，包括八个互补项目，将在五年内进行。这些项目包括评价和监测水源、处理作业期间和市政分配系统内的水质。它们由五名具有不同科学资格的研究人员和各种合作者实施。团队成员的互补性专业知识有助于本提案的六个工业和市政合作伙伴进行具有高潜力成果的多学科研究。该提案将有助于培养各种博士，本科生和博士后研究员。这项提案的研究活动是对工业研究主席提案的研究活动的补充，该提案将在今后五年内同时进行。该研究计划的结果将供我们的合作伙伴在规划和日常操作任务中使用。效益还包括在评估和监测方面的财政投资产生更好的成本/效益结果，并减少与自来水有关的健康风险。预计这项CRD提案的成果将加强加拿大在制定从源头到水龙头的饮用水质量管理决策工具方面的全球地位。**********************

Drinking water safety is a matter of great concern in Canada and worldwide. Because of stringent government regulations and the high expectations of the population regarding tap water, utilities must provide high-quality drinking water at all times and at any location of distribution systems. To achieve this, an integrated management approach that considers the water source, treatment plant and distribution system in its entirety must be promoted. This Collaborative Research & Development (CRD) proposal will support the development of methods and tools for the assessment and monitoring of drinking water quality. This proposal presents a research program with eight complementary projects to be conducted over five years. Those projects involve the assessment and monitoring of water quality at the water source, during treatment operations, and within the municipal distribution system. They are implemented by five researchers and various collaborators with different scientific qualifications. The complementary expertise of the team members is conducive to multidisciplinary research with high potential outcomes for the six industrial and municipal partners of this proposal. The proposal will contribute to the training of a various doctoral and undergraduate students and post-doctoral fellows. The research activities of this proposal are complementary to those of an Industrial Research Chair (IRC) proposal to be carried out simultaneously over the next five years. The results of this research program are intended for use by our partners during planning and routine operational tasks. Benefits also include better cost/benefit outcomes of financial investments in assessment and monitoring and the reduction of health risks associated with tap water. It is expected that outcomes of this CRD proposal will strengthen Canada's position worldwide in the development of decision-making tools for drinking water quality management from source to tap.**********************