Exploration of collaboration opportunities between Dalhousie university and Trojan Technologies

船舶压载水是入侵水生生物在整个世界海洋中运输的主要载体，并且全球航运业受到联合国（UN）国际海事组织（IMO）越来越大的压力，以开发压载水修复方法。一种拟议的补救方法是用紫外线（UV）辐射对压载水进行消毒，这是目前该领域商业领导者非常感兴趣的领域。然而，关于使用紫外线进行水消毒的大部分现有知识来自对淡水系统进行的研究，但世界上大多数商业船队都在海洋环境中运行。该倡议提议在达尔豪西大学研究实验室与水处理技术的国际商业领导者特洛伊技术公司之间建立合作关系，以开发水质信息数据库，从而支持开发海洋压载水补救方法。

Ship ballast water is a major vector for the transportation of invasive aquatic organisms throughout the world ocean, and the global shipping industry has come under increasing pressure by the United Nations (UN) International Marine Organization (IMO) to develop ballast water remediation methods. A proposed remediation method is the disinfection of ballast water with ultraviolet (UV) radiation, and this is currently an area of intense interest for commercial leaders in the field. However, much of the existing knowledge on the use of UV for water disinfection arises from research performed on fresh water systems, yet the majority of the worlds commercial shipping fleet operates in the marine environment. This initiative proposes to establish a collaboration between Dalhousie University research laboratories and Trojan Technologies an international commercial leader in water treatment technology in order to develop a database of water quality information that in turn will support development of marine ballast water remediation methodologies.