Trent University water quality centre

特伦特大学的水质中心（WQC）是一个综合的多学科设施，利用最先进的分析仪器进行水质研究。该中心的重点是利用质谱法的方法;它对水质分析的新方法和这些方法在自然环境中的应用进行研究。该设施结合了无机和有机化学领域的能力，使研究人员能够研究非常广泛的问题和许多特定的污染物。这种设备能力的多样性，以及与该中心合作的许多大学和研究所的研究人员的多样性，使WQC独一无二。除了水质问题，这些设施对地质学、生物化学、生物学和陆地生态学等其他领域的科学家也很有价值。该中心正在进行的研究类型的一些例子包括研究废物处理设施释放的药物、环境中微量金属污染物的循环、进入我们湖泊的各种汞来源的重要性以及开发测量环境中放射性元素的新方法。 该设施由国内和国际大学、政府和私营部门的科学家使用。该中心在安大略省对研究和发展的影响最大，该中心在该省为有关水质问题的研究和发展提供了分析服务。

The Water Quality Centre (WQC) at Trent University is an integrated multidisciplinary facility that utilizes state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation in the study of water quality. The Centre focuses on methods that utilize mass spectrometry; it conducts research on both new methods for water quality analysis and applications of these methods in the natural environment. The facility combines capabilities in both the inorganic and organic chemistry fields, allowing the researchers to study a very wide range of issues and many specific contaminants. This diversity in capability of the equipment, and the diversity of the researchers from the many universities and institutes who collaborate with the Centre, make the WQC unique. In addition to water quality issues, the facilities are valuable to scientists from other fields including geology, biochemistry, biology and terrestrial ecology. Some examples of the types of research being undertaken at the Centre include the study of the release of pharmaceuticals from waste treatment facilities, the cycling of trace metal contaminants in the environment, the importance of various sources of mercury entering our lakes, and development of new methods to measure radioactive elements in the environment.   The Facility is utilized by scientists from universities, government and the private sector, both nationally and internationally. The Centre's greatest impact on research and development is in the province of Ontario, where the Centre has provided analytical services for research and development concerning water quality issues.