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非常关注的问题。由于严格的政府法规和人们对自来水的高期望，公用事业必须在任何时候和在分配系统的任何位置提供高质量的饮用水。为了实现这一目标，必须促进一种综合管理办法，将水源、处理厂和供水系统作为一个整体加以考虑。该合作研究与开发（CRD）提案将支持开发用于评估和监测饮用水质量的方法和工具。该提案提出了一项研究计划，其中包括将在五年内进行的八个补充项目。这些项目涉及在水源、处理作业期间和市政分配系统内评估和监测水质。它们由五名研究人员和具有不同科学资格的各种合作者实施。团队成员的互补专业知识有利于多学科研究，为该提案的六个工业和市政合作伙伴提供高潜力成果。该提案将有助于培养各种博士生、本科生和博士后研究员。该提案的研究活动是对未来五年内同时开展的工业研究主席（IRC）提案的补充。该研究计划的结果旨在供我们的合作伙伴在规划和日常运营任务中使用。惠益还包括在评估和监测方面的财政投资取得更好的成本效益结果，以及减少与自来水有关的健康风险。预计这一CRD提案的成果将加强加拿大在开发从源头到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.**********************