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Mark and Patricija traveled to Patagonia to collaborate with the MERI Foundation in Melimoyu, Chile.

Mark Servos was reappointed as the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Water Quality Protection (Oct. 2018). You can visit the CRC site

Mark Servos participated in a national expert panel on wastewater contaminants. The report was released at the Canadian Water Network's Blue Cities conference.  The report outline a blueprint for approaching investments in Canada's wastewater systems to ensure maximum benefit for society and the environment.

Ainslie Cruickshank Environment Reporter, May 1, 2018. 

Maricor has graduated and moved on to a Post Doctoral Fellowship with Eawag/ETH, Switzerland. Read about her story on the Water Institute website.

Read a summary of the recent research results on how fish are recovering the Grand River in response to major infrastructure upgrades at the wastewater treatment plants.

Many successes but also many challenges were identified for water management in the Grand River in a recent new article in the the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Region Record (Dec. 2, 2017).

A recent article in Influents (Water Environment Association of Ontario) describes the recent work to model estrogens in the Grand River.

Arlos, M., W. Parker, S. Andrews, M. Servos. 2017. Relationship between estrogens and intersex in a major Lake Erie tributary: a modelling approach. Influents: Official Publication of the Water Environment Association of Ontario.  Summer 2017: 52-55.   

, Department of Biology, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, Oct. 6, 2017.  

Prof. Mark Servos was Director of the Collaborative Water Program and continues to teach the Water courses.

Mark Servos discusses the impact of wastewater treatment upgrades on intersex in fish (rainbow darter) downstream of Kitchener in the Grand River. The paper, Hicks et al. 2017 was published in .

The interdisciplinary Water 602 class (Collaborative Water Program) explored the complexity of issues in the Grand River during a week of field trips and discussions with water mangers in government, industry, NGO and academia.  

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