NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Management and Surveillance of Drinking Water Quality from the Watershed to the Citizen's Tap

新出现的污染物、更严格的饮用水法规以及公众对自来水的更高期望，都促使人们需要更多的信息以及复杂的管理和监测战略。此外，监测和管理水质的决策工具需要创新和有效的办法，这些办法可以很容易地转让给最终用户。工业研究教席(IRC)的更新是对先前研究的合乎逻辑的延续。它将巩固基于伙伴关系的研究，以满足市政当局纳入有效保护和管理饮用水质量的工具的迫切需要。IRC的目标将通过制定由四个互补主题组成的多学科研究计划来实现：1)气候变化背景下水源水质变化的影响；2)新出现的令人关注的污染物的发生；3)重新审视分配系统中的残留消毒剂管理；以及4)评估水质管理和监测的智能工具。凭借包括设备齐全的实验室和创新的现场仪器在内的强大研究基础设施，重点将放在收集从源头到水龙头的关于水质的强大时空信息，以及实施开创性的管理和监测模式。该中心与两个市政当局、两个工业伙伴和一个分水岭机构合作，将在今后五年内直接帮助培训十几名博士、硕士、博士后研究员和专业人员以及几名本科生。预期的好处包括减少与自来水消费相关的健康风险，以及在管理、监测和监测方面的财政投资产生更好的成本/效益结果。对于行业合作伙伴来说，研究成果将使他们能够巩固他们在计划中考虑的特定领域的专业知识，加强他们的研发能力，提高他们的竞争力。

Emerging contaminants, more stringent regulations for drinking water and greater public expectationsconcerning tap water all contribute to the need for more information and sophisticated management andsurveillance strategies. In addition, the decision-making tools for the surveillance and management of waterquality require innovative and effective approaches that can be easily transferred to end-users. The renewal ofthis Industrial Research Chair (IRC) is a logical continuation of previous research. It will consolidatepartnership-based research that addresses the urgent need for municipalities to incorporate tools to efficientlyprotect and manage drinking water quality. IRC objectives will be achieved through the development of amultidisciplinary research program represented by four complementary themes: 1) Impacts of source waterquality variability in the context of a changing climate; 2) Occurrence of contaminants of emerging concern; 3)Revisiting residual disinfectant management in distribution systems; and 4) Assessing smart tools for waterquality management and surveillance. With a robust research infrastructure including full-equipped laboratoriesand innovating field instruments, the emphasis will be placed on collecting, from source to tap, robustspatio-temporal information on water quality, as well as implementing pioneering management andsurveillance models. In partnership with two municipalities, two industrial partners and a watershed agency,this IRC will contribute directly to the training of a dozen PhD, MSc, post-doctoral fellows and professionals,and several undergraduates over the next five-year period. Anticipated benefits include the reduction of thehealth risks associated with the consumption of tap water and better cost/benefit outcomes of financialinvestments in management, surveillance and monitoring. For industrial partners, the research results willallow them to consolidate their expertise in specific areas considered in the program, strengthen their research& development capacities and improve their competitiveness.