NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Water Treatment - Addressing Emerging Challenges in Drinking Water Treatment and Supply

滑铁卢大学的NSERC水处理主席是一个专业中心， 使命是对关键问题进行前沿的、基于根本的、但面向实际的研究 该项目旨在促进与水处理和质量有关的信息交流，并促进加拿大工业和大学之间的互动。 我们的研究解决了我们的资金合作伙伴，其中包括市政当局， 参与水处理和供水的顾问和行业。五年来进行的研究 主席任期的一年（2018-2022）将应对包括水源急剧变化在内的挑战 质量，更严格的法规和对更可持续的工艺的渴望，同时确保强大的 保护公众健康。三大研究主题包括： A -通过健全的系统成功地管理原水质量变化，这将开发工具， 帮助公用事业规划极端天气事件、泄漏情景、季节性发生的蓝藻水华， 新出现的污染物，如微塑料。 B -绿色和创新处理工艺，将研究生物过滤去除蓝藻毒素， 采用新技术和新的可持续方法控制地下水硬度和锰， 用于污染物如蓝藻毒素的可重复使用的复合吸附剂。 C -以铅为重点了解腐蚀，将调查腐蚀控制措施， 最大限度地减少现有铅管和含铅管道系统组件的铅释放，

The NSERC Chair in Water Treatment at the University of Waterloo functions as a centre of expertise, with a mission to conduct leading edge, fundamentally based, yet practically oriented research on critical issues related to water treatment and quality, and to facilitate interactions between Canadian industry and universities. Our research addresses the short- to medium-term needs of our funding partners, which include municipalities, consultants and industry involved in the treatment and provision of water. Research conducted over the five year period (2018-2022) of the Chair term will address challenges including drastically changing source water qualities, more stringent regulations and the desire for more sustainable processes all the while ensuring robust protection of public health. The three major research themes include: A - Successfully Managing Raw Water Quality Changes through Robust Systems, which will develop tools to help utilities plan for extreme weather events, spill scenarios, seasonally occurring cyanotoxins blooms, and emerging contaminants such as microplastics. B - Green and Innovative Treatment Processes, which will study biofiltration for cyanotoxin removal, sustainable approaches to control groundwater hardness and manganese using newer technologies, and novel, reusable composite adsorbents for contaminants such as cyanotoxins. C - Understanding Corrosion with a Focus on Lead, which will investigate corrosion control measures to minimize lead release from existing lead pipes and lead-bearing plumbing system components, and also