The Centre for Alternative Wastewater Treatment:

focus on onsite and alternative wastewater treatment

Dr. Brent WoottonOOWA Symposium – Wed. Sept. 30, 2015www.cawt.ca

Facilities include: • Six concrete experimental cells, 25 ponds• Experimental facility for bench-scale, mesocosm and pilot scale experiments• Environmental chamber (-30 to + 30C)• Fully-equipped, state-of-the-art (and soon to be ISO accredited) analytical laboratory

What is the CAWT?

Who is the CAWT?• Dr. Brent Wootton, Ph.D., Director/Senior Scientist• Dr. Gord Balch, Ph.D., CAWT Scientist/Professor• Dr. Barbara Siembida-Lösch, Ph.D., CAWT Scientist/Professor• Associated Faculty from School Programs• Mary Lou McLean, Manager, Office of Applied Research• Stephanie Collins, CAWT Manager• Jenn Paul, M.Sc., Project Manager• Heather Broadbent, Lab Technologist• Dr. Hong Zhang, Ph.D. Lab Technologist• Joy Zhu, M.Sc., Senior Lab Technician• Marcus Shepherd, Lab Technician• Stephanie Young, Lab Technician• Matthew Plouffe, Lab Technician• Becky Yarnell, Lab Technician• Laura Coles, Communications Coordinator• Vicki Welton, Office Assistant• Jessica Banks, Research Grants Financial Officer• part-time student technicians• graduate students with partner Universities

What is the CAWT?

Currently over 25 projects underwayCDN >$13 million in secured resources to date >100 industry partners

ServicesProof of concept, product and process applied research, product testing, technology development, piloting and demonstration, problem solving, performance measurement, verification and testing.

International Scope

PartnershipsExamples of partners: Peterborough Economic Development (PED)Greater Peterborough Innovation Cluster (GPIC)City of Kawartha Lakes (CKL)OCWA, SOWC, GPS, NSF, ETV Canada.

China Agricultural University, Nankai University, Tianjin University, Yellow River Conservancy Technical Institute, IIT-Kanpur, Trent University, Guelph University, Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Waterloo, Queen’s University, United Nations University, University of Copenhagen, University of Montreal, Royal Military College, McMaster University, Lakehead University, University of Toronto,

UNEP (Osaka, Nairobi); UN Wastewater Task Force; UNU-INWEH (Hamilton); WHO (Geneva)International Polar Year SecretariatForeign Gov’ts; NGOs/Aid Agencies – CIDA National Skill Development Corporation - India

India: National Skills Development Corporation and the Canada-India Water Training Consortium

Signing MOU with NSDC during Prime Minister Modi’s state visit to Canada Apr., 2015. Fleming to develop training programs in water operations.

International Scope

Letter of Intent to collaborate on future development, promotion, training, and education to India’s water sector.

Southern Ontario Water Consortium

We’ve worked with:

software creation algae

aquaculturedisinfection methods

remote mapping

constructed wetlands

treatment wetlands

floating wetlands

dust monitors

bioreactors uvbioremediation of heavy metals

advanced oxidation technology

membrane technology

prototype optimizationenvironmental spill technology aeration

environmental technology verificationcomposting

lagoon mapping technologiescold climate technologies

ozone treatment

phosphorus removallagoon circulation technologies

waste-reduction technologies

integrated watershed managment

on-site wastewater treatment systems

arctic treatment wetlandsgreywater recycling demonstration projectsproof of concept

gasification

training

denitrification

uv spectrum analyzers

industry effluent

sampling

Our specialization:

alternative and decentralized wastewater technologies

Who else do we work with?

Majority are small- to medium-sized Ontario companies with innovative ideas:• Products or technologies that improve existing treatment

systems• Revolutionize treatment options• Pioneering technologies and techniques

We are seeing first-hand that Ontario is a hub for water and wastewater innovation.

Some examples:

In the last few months we’ve started four NSERC ARD (Applied Research and Development) projects:

• Short, up to 6 months in duration• Roughly $25,000

All four of these recent ARDs involve decentralized wastewater technologies…

About treatment technologies:

There is no single technology or system that meets the needs of global wastewater treatment.

We need to continue to find, develop, and improve various alternative wastewater treatment options.

Thank you

www.cawt.ca