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GEOSCIENCE Researcher Named In Calgary’s Top 40 Under 40 Benjamin Tutolo, Associate Professor, Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, recognized for his work on how interactions between rocks, water, and gases affect climate, habitability, and life on Earth and Mars. SUSTAINABLE BUILDING Bridging the Sustainability Gap Between Timber & Investors Swiss Start-up Timber Finance Initiative educates investors on climate impact in the build sector AI & WATER Reinforcement Learning and Water Treatment Edmonton start-up RL Core Technologies to improve drinking-water treatment using a data-driven AI approach called reinforcement learning BIODIVERSITY DATA World's First Nature Intelligence Platform Powered By Environmental DNA Uplink Top Innovator NatureMetrics analyzes eDNA in water, sediments and insects to deliver decision-ready data GLACIAL SHRINKAGE Lakes In Canada's Rockies Losing Iconic Turquoise Colour Losing Blue, presented by NFB, documents the effects of glacial shrinkage GREEN TEXTILES Water & Chemical-Free Textile Dyeing Debuts in Canada Quebec-based Regent Textile Machinery aims to expand Top Innovator DyeCoo waterless technology in the Canadian market UN INNOVATOR UN Innovator Aquacycl Selected As Finalist For Earthshot Prize Transforming Wastewater Into Clean Energy WATER SHORTAGE Where has all the water gone? A news roundup of Severe Water Shortages in Canada CRIME Three Well Contractors fined $25,500 The convictions for violating the Ontario Water Resources Act were reported on September 12. CALL OUT TO ALL AQUAPRENEURS Zero Waste Water Challenge Uplink's Zero Water Waste is currently open for submissions CARBON CAPTURE CO2 That Rocks BC start-up Arca removes CO2 from mine tailings, transforms it into rocks to safely store it for millennia WATERTODAY IN THE NEWS Harmful Algae WT Media Group to release Harmful Algal Bloom and other critical water news to local radio and print media outlets SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE Driving Regenerative Agriculture With Plant Intelligence Swiss deep-tech start-up Vivent improves food security with biosensors linked to naturally occurring bioelectrical signals WASTEWATER Pioneering a New Era of Sustainable Waste Management Duke University Spin-off 374Water creates energy, water, and minerals from recalcitrant wastes RIGHTS OF NATURE Pioneering a New Era of Sustainable Waste Managemente Ohio's CELDF aims to restore Rights of Nature after lawmakers' pushback MENTORSHIP Start-up Accelerator & Innovation Engine For Promising Cleantech Ventures Quebec's Cycle Momentum offers personalized training, access to top investors PLASTIC Clean Rivers Save Oceans UN Top Innovator Germany-based Plastic Fischer focuses on rivers to prevent ocean plastic, and create jobs with low-tech collection systems SMS ALERTS WT new SMS system launched WaterToday officially started sending out its new SMS water alerts - Boil Water, Do not consume, Water Shortage, Flooding, Blue-Green algae - on June 30, 2023! BLUE-GREEN ALGAE Massive toxic algae bloom at the mouth of Maumee Bay NCCOS satellite image July 4 FUNGI Growing Mushrooms In Arid Climates UN Top Innovator Solution: UAE's first ag-tech company Below Farm follows waste-to-resource principles WT INVESTIGATIVE How WT writes the news Find out how a story unfolds on WaterToday CARBON CAPTURE Turning Canada Into The World's Carbon Capture Capital Quebec start-up Deep Sky aims to build large-scale carbon-removal and sequestration infrastructures in Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta DRINKING WATER Bringing Water Safety to the Digital Age UN Top Innovator Swiss start-up bNovate analyzes microbial water quality in minutes instead of days CWA CRIME 15-mile oil sheen on the Ohio River forces closure of drinking water intakes in two states Clean Water Act Historic Prosecution:  Fiscal Year 2017 (Ohio) INDIGENOUS TRADITIONS Yukon-based filmmaker Fritz Mueller's feature documentary VOICES ACROSS THE WATER is now streaming. CWA CRIMES Historic CWA Prosecution:  Fiscal Year 2015; Case ID# CR 2755  CWA violation with grand jury obstruction brings half a million in fines and restitution WASTEWATER TREATMENT Winner of Water Treatment Tech Challenge Aspires to Treat Oil Sands Process Water Safely Ontario start-up JEOSAL will work on treating contaminants of concern in collaboration with U of A UN INNOVATOR - AIR TO WATER Water Source For Arid Regions UN Top Innovator Kenya start-up, Majik Water, brings safe water to drought-stricken communities with air-to-water technology UN INNOVATOR - DESALINATION The Power Of Waves To Desalinate UN Top Innovator Quebec start-up, Oneka Technologies is the world's only zero-energy desalination technology PLASTICS A Plastic Revolution Sets Sail Spotlighted by the UN, East African The Flipflopi Project aims to end single-use plastic and ensure all other plastics are part of a circular economy UN INNOVATOR - WASTERWATER Decarbonized Energy-Autonomous Wastewater Reuse UN Top Innovator Portugal start-up ALGAESYS algae-based wastewater treatment system is powered by the sun MINING Santa Marta 5 Water Defenders detained in unknown condition in El Salvador, have they been disappeared by the state? MINING Arbitrary detention of the Santa Marta 5 Water Defenders in El Salvador Canadian mining company entangled in Salvadoran mining controversy WASTEWATER Transforming Wastewater Into Clean Energy California start-up Aquacycl uses natural bacteria to clean wastewater and produce electricity RIGHTS OF NATURE AFNQL leader confers 'personhood' status for St. Lawrence River Interview with Quebec Grand Chief Ghislain Picard. SPACE CSA Announces Finalists in The Deep Space Food Challenge RENEWABLES Renewable Heat Solution For Heavy Industry Calgary start-up SolarSteam uses enclosed concentrated solar technology to reduce industry emissions UN INNOVATOR - DRINKING WATER Creating Local Aquapreneurs Swiss start-up Openversum provides water purification resources and education to marginalized communities UN-INOVATOR- RAINWATER The Internet of Things For Rainwater Reuse Canadian company and UN Top Innovator RainGrid provides a circular solution to protect watersheds UN INNOVATOR - PORTABLE WATER FILTRATION UN Top Innovator Wateroam Singapore's clean water start-up makes a global impact on disaster relief FOREVER CHEMICALS PFAS zapped forever UBC engineers have developed a water treatment that removes forever chemicals safely, efficiently and for good. PLASTIC SMOG Research shows plumes of microplastics hovering over the ocean Lisa M. Erdle, PhD, Director of Science and Innovation, 5 Gyres, and co-lead author of peer reviewed research FLOOD MAPPING Why we need a unified view of flood risk Interview with Slobodan P. Simonovic, Professor Emeritus, Western University UN INNOVATOR - WASTEWATER Mumbai Start-Up Top Innovator at UN Water Conference 2023 INDRA Water's decentralized wastewater treatment recovers wastewater for reuse FLOOD MAPPING Why we need a unified view of flood risk Interview with Slobodan P. Simonovic, Professor Emeritus, Western University CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION Placing Sustainable Forestry In Everyone's Hands European start-up EcoTree drives forest restoration with unique incentive model. RESTORATION Restoring Degraded Marine Ecosystems University of Hong Kong spinoff Archireef creates habitat for threatened coral reefs PFAS and TOILET PAPER University of Florida research points to toilet paper as a major PFAS contributor to wastewater br>Interview with Jake Thompson, Ph.D., Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida WATER SECURITY Is it time to ditch the World Wide Web and return to peer-to-peer intranet? Interview with Dr. David Murakami Wood, Professor of Critical Surveillance and Security Studies, University of Ottawa RESEARCH Biochar and the elimination of PFAS in wastewater Western University, ON, leads the world in pyrolysis technology CARBON CAPTURE AWARD Vancouver’s Svante Inc makes the 2023 Global Clean Tech 100 list The company makes carbon capture and removal a reality for hard-to-decarbonize industries. RESEARCH Endocrine Disruptors & World-Wide Decline in Human Fertility Alarming new research points to a 2.64% fertility decline. CLEAN SHIPPING Earthshot Prize Nomination Shines Light On Canadian Veer Corporation, a "Clean Shipping Movement", has been nominated in the "Fix Our Climate" category DEEP SPACE FOOD CHALLENGE The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is working with NASA on the Deep Space Food Challenge, a competition to develop new technologies to produce food for future space missions while expanding opportunities for food production on Earth. The 10 semi-finalists are listed below. A Precision-Automated Plant Growth Environment Ontario start-up, PeaPod Technologies Inc advances to the DSFC semi-finals with a cloud-connected space food production system Cultivating Chlorella and Regenerating CO2 in Space A University of Waterloo Chemical Engineering team develops a combined food growth and environmental regeneration device Algae-Based Superfood Goes Galactic McGill University's second DSFC semi-finalist project, the InSpira Photobioreactor transforms spirulina into an edible gel and drink Algae's potential to close the sustainability loop in space AlgaBloom International cultivates novel super-resistant Canadian algae for terrestrial and extra-terrestrial applications AstroYeast Concordia University's interdisciplinary team bioengineers yeast to create nutrient-rich delicious space food. Black Soldier Flies could satisfy several DSFC requirements The Outpost, an automated composting system, provides healthy food for remote communities on and off planet. Growing vegetables, fruit, and mushrooms without soil, sunlight, or adding fresh water University of Guelph’s Canada GOOSE (Growth Options for Outer Space Environments) Advances To Semi-Finals in the Deep Space Food Challenge A Circular Food Solution In Space Peterborough Company Noblegen advances to semi-finals in the Deep Space Food Challenge using human waste feedstock to create protein McGill University's Deep Space Food Challenge semi-finalists will breed and harvest crickets to feed astronauts Interview with Alexander Becker Vancouver Team CANGrow moves on to semi-finals in the Canadian Space Agency's Deep Space Food Challenge The company's Ecoation Innovative Systems, develops food technology for long-term space missions. All space news can be found here WASTEWATER Breakthrough technology transforms performance and economics for industrial wastewater reuse Boston Start-up ZwitterCo MINING International deep seabed mining kicks off under "secrecy agreement", the first in: Canada WT Interview with Catherine Coumans, Ph.D. MiningWatch Canada CLIMATE ADAPTATION A natural systems approach to adapting to climate change WT Interview with Leanne Sexsmith, Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia SMART IRRIGATION High Technology applied to water conservation - where it counts the most How Lumo Ag took its smart water valve from idea to market WATERSHEDS Winning at water security in BC Collaboration proves climate adaptation works Interview with Zita Botelho, Watersheds BC NASA SWOT MISSION SWOT satellite, launched on December 16, to survey all water on Earth Interview with Jean Bergeron, Missions Scientist, Canadian Space Agency FIRST NATION WATER The First Nation Drinking Water Settlement BIOFOAM Sustainability with repurposed forest wood-waste industries A collaboration between Wet'suwet'en First Nation and a research team at the University of British Columbia has resulted in an innovative packaging foam made entirely from post-harvest waste wood. DATA CENTERS Large Amounts of Water Required to Operate Data Centers Interview with Landon Marston, Assistant Professor Civil & Environmental Engineering Virginia Tech FIRST NATIONS Inclusive Leadership for the Urban Indigenous Interview with Charlene Lavallee, AMNSIS President TIDAL POWER Toronto, start-up Biome Renewables is turning the tide to unlock increased tidal power potential CLEAN SHIPPING WT Women - Danielle Doggett Named One of the most influential women of the century Building the World’s first fleet of 100% clean ocean-going container vessels FLOOD MAPS Canada's long-awaited national flood maps NRCan responds to WaterToday’s inquiry about the current state of Canadian flood maps OCEAN SCHOOL WT Women - Taking a deep dive with Ocean School’s education At the intersection of science, education, and storytelling ARCTIC Canada's Arctic Corridors & Northern Voices Project Update The Arctic Corridors & Northern Voices project was developed by the University of Ottawa in partnership with the Canadian Coast Guard OFF GRID OffGridBox: An all-in-one solution providing renewable energy and clean water to remote communities WT Interview with Bas Berends, Chief Partnership Officer, OffGridBox PFAS Axine EOx technology enables PFAS destruction by 99.999 per cent WT Interview with Greg Peet, CEO, Axine Water Technologies