UBC Future Waters

Future Waters examines the future states of water system design, management, policy, and governance.

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Please share with anyone interested in interdisciplinary water discussions @CHBEUBC @ubccivil @ubcappscience @ubcscience @UBC @PH2E_UVic @UBCeoas @UVicResearch @UViCIVE @UVicECS @world_at_uvic

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The 2022 virtual WEST (Water and Environment Student Talks) conference is June 8-10, 2022. Call for Abstracts and registration (which is free!) is now open: https://t.co/199syg43SK . This year's theme is "Resiliency in Every Drop" and we just released this year's speakers.

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Congratulations @nbanthia! Keep up the excellent work.

[UBC Engineering @ubcengineering]

Researchers from @ubccivil, @ubcmech & @SBME_UBC are among this year's #UBC Faculty Research Award recipients.

Congratulations Dr. Nemkumar Banthia (@nbanthia), Dr. Gwynn Elfring (@gelfring) and Dr. Anna Blakney (@AnnaBlakney)!
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Water conference announcement: the fully-virtual 2022 #WEST Conference is June 8- 10, 2022 with the theme 'Resiliency in Every Drop'. Call for Abstracts due April 15. #pleaseshare More info: https://t.co/199syg43SK

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Why is groundwater so under-tapped in Sub-Saharan Africa? How could using more groundwater for irrigation help smallholder farmers? Explore the potential of this under-exploited resource in a four-page policy brief from IWRA.

#WorldWaterDay story 👉 https://t.co/66ApTqSPaX

[Karl Zimmermann @KarlZimmerman17]

#WESTalks is back for 2022 with an exciting lineup starting Jan 13 with @drmansfeldt of @CUEVEN on "the potential for our 150-year-old sewer networks to evolve into nuanced information sources and tailored treatment systems". Register for free and #share: https://t.co/8RVApICT0n

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Congratulations to @ArriagadaEvelyn and your exciting and important work around water. Your passion and caring is unparalleled. Perhaps you’re due to host an upcoming “Welcome to my Water” chat with @UBCFutureWaters ??? Congratulations!

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Nous sommes ravis d’annoncer que nous avons récemment lancé l’appel des résumés pour le Symposium WASH du Colorado de 2022. Veuillez considérez soumettre un résumé pour présenter et partager sur votre expérience dans le secteur de l’eau, l’assainissement et l'hygiène.

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#WESTalks this Thurs Dec 2nd, will feature Dr. Monica Emelko @water_institute @UWaterloo discussing Techno-Ecological Approaches to Resilience and #Drinking #Water Security in the face of #Climate #Change.
Register for WESTalks here, and #share https://t.co/8RVApICT0n @ICIMPACTS

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Thanks to Mohamed El Badrawy for sharing about the Nile River Conflict as part of @UBCFutureWaters's #Welcome to my #Water series. The group had a great
discussion around the challenges of #transboundary #water #governance and thoughts on #desalination and other options.

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Check out this week's #WESTalks by Dr. Ilan Adler @CEGE_UCL on "#Rainwater Harvesting #RWH in Practice" on Thurs Nov 18th at 9am PST (Vancouver time zone). Register for WESTalks (for free!): https://t.co/8RVApIUtRV @ucl @ICIMPACTS @UBCFutureWaters @UN_Water #water #WASH #SDG6

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Did you miss Dr. Maura Allaire's #WESTalks on equity in access to safe drinking water, a dive into what areas are underserved (rural and minority populations!) and resource-sharing to help meet minimum drinking water standards. Video here: https://t.co/t4uHZ3v0P1 @UCIrvine

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Thanks Dr. Allaire for sharing this very important discussion topic on #water #affordability. Join us for #WESTalks every second Thursday. Sign up here: https://t.co/4XCOjAIzvX

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“The end result of drinking water affordability discussions is that if a community can’t afford to meet the standards, how will we assist them to comply?” - Dr. Maura Allaire @UCIrvine discussed race, ethnicity, income and failure to meet drinking water standards #WESTalks

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“Doesn’t everyone walk around with hollow fibre membranes in their pockets?” Thanks Dr. Pierre Berube @ubccivil for the talk on “The Life of Bubbles” #water #membranes @suezWATERTECH

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Thanks @LivingLakesCA, Jim Clarricoates & Norm Allard for yesterday's webinar on #Ktunaxa Knowledge Relationships in the #Columbia river basin. Very interesting presentation on fish throughout the Columbia basin and Indigenous fishing techniques.

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Understanding stakeholders' Drought Orientation and opinions towards natural water storage (Beaver Mimicry!?!) were two topics discussed by Dr. Jamie McEvoy from @montanastate in a seminar at @ubcires today. Thanks for the talk, Dr. McEvoy! #drought @McEvoyJamie @leilaharris

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2022 #WEST Water Conference is recruiting students from all water related backgrounds at UBC to join the #Organizing #Committee. We need students for the leadership, communication, content, sponsorship and logistics teams. Meet Nov 9th from 4-5pm. Register https://t.co/199syfMsua

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"The further you go from a large city, the value of #water goes up." was a point of discussion about increasing connections to water in remote settings during our excellent chat by @UBCFutureWaters group during our #Brews and #News chat on: “What value does clean water provide?”

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Youtube link now available for Dr. Bentel's #WESTalk from last week: https://t.co/H5lZMyWBw8

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“By changing the pH of the system, we can drive towards more cost-competitive #PFAS treatment using the hydrated electron.” - Dr. Michael Bentel from @ClemsonUniv in his #WESTalk presentation this week. #watertreatment. Register for WESTalks here: https://t.co/4XCOjAIzvX

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@realSaraBeck @PMirindi @AAdefolawe Congrats on your #water research group kickoff!