
University of Calgary
University of Calgary is a university that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.

University of Calgary named world’s first United Nations University hub for water
The University of Calgary will be home to the world’s first United Nations University (UNU) Hub focused on water, underscoring the university’s commitment to address the most pressing problems of our world through collaborative research and education. The UNU Hub at UCalgary on Empowering Communities to Adapt to Environmental Change is a partnership between UCalgary and the UNU Institute […]

What else is in a flush? UCalgary researchers are going to find out
Researchers awarded $6M to expand successful COVID-19 wastewater monitoring program to detect a wider range of viruses.

Could there be a link between wildfire smoke and river water quality?
While Deep Purple once warned us about smoke on the water, a University of Calgary undergraduate research study discovered smoke in the water could be the real danger. Joshua Evans, BHSc’20, conducted a study using historical data collected over the course of 18 years by fellow students in Environmental Science Field Course I (ENSC401) in the Faculty […]

Alberta, Canada, produces first beer made with treated wastewater
Partners University of Calgary, Xylem and Village Brewery champion water reuse, demonstrate that wastewater is part of a sustainable future.