NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Advanced and Emerging Technologies for Drinking Water Treatment

这个NSERC工业研究主席在先进和新兴技术的饮用水处理是由罗伯特安德鲁斯（高级主席）和罗恩霍夫曼（副主席）的土木工程系，多伦多大学。该研究侧重于市政饮用水行业的几个重要领域：（i）解决工厂内或处理基础设施内贻贝感染的新方法，（ii）改进颗粒活性炭的使用，以去除微污染物，如产生味道和气味的物质，（iii）探索使用紫外线和氯的替代先进氧化工艺，（iv）更好的方法来控制生物过滤并提高其性能，（v）确定减少超滤膜污染的策略，以及（vi）使用荧光技术进行有机物表征以实现更好的水处理。该研究计划涉及8个工业合作者的参与，其中大部分是为超过500万加拿大人提供饮用水的市政公用事业公司。这项工作将有助于以更低的成本和更好的过程控制为公众推广更安全和更有吸引力的饮用水。

This NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Advanced and Emerging Technologies for Drinking WaterTreatment is to be held by Robert Andrews (Senior Chairholder) and Ron Hofmann (Associate Chairholder) ofthe Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto. The research focuses on several important areasfor the municipal drinking water sector: (i) new methods for addressing the infestation of mussels at plantintakes or within treatment infrastructure, (ii) improvements to the use of granular activated carbon to removemicrocontaminants such as taste- and odour-causing substances, (iii) an exploration of an alternative advancedoxidation process using ultraviolet light together with chlorine, (iv) better methods to control biofiltration andto improve its performance, (v) identifying strategies to reduce fouling of ultrafiltration membranes, and (vi)using fluoresence techniques for organic matter characterization to lead to better water treatment.The research program involves the participation of 8 industrial collaborators, most of whom are municipalutilities that provide drinking water to over 5 million Canadians. This work will help to promote safer andmore appealing drinking water for the public, at a lower cost and with greater process control.