Grant: Canada Excellence Research Chairs
University of Saskatchewan
$583,334.00
Water Security
FY 2017-18
Summary
The world?s water resources are threatened as never before by climate change, overuse, land use changes, and pollution. Across Canada, there are increasing concerns for long- term water quality and supply both for public consumption and to support industry, agriculture, and resource development. This CERC, led by one of the world?s foremost water scientists, is an unparalleled opportunity for Canada to assume global leadership in developing new solutions to critical problems facing global and domestic water security.
Capitalizing on world-class facilities and a unique breadth of expertise among more than
100 faculty and student researchers, the CERC will develop a new interdisciplinary field (?ecotoxicohydrology?) linking ecology, toxicology, and hydrology. This new science will be used to probe complex water/land/climate interactions to improve water use and management, advance water policy, and provide new tools for environmental risk assessment and remediation applicable to all types of natural resource development. Resulting new technologies and state-of-the-art modelling tools will address a wide variety of industrial and social needs including water stewardship, drought management, impacts on fishing and trapping industries, oil sands reclamation, and mine site waste management.
A new CERC-led Institute for Water Security, which will draw on natural, health and social sciences and applied sciences, will explore climate change impacts on water security, land management in the face of environmental change, and sustainable resource development, using key Western Canadian river and lake sites as case studies applicable to many water security situations globally. Issues to be addressed include pollutant impacts on human health, water allocation between upstream and downstream users, and balancing competing industrial and agricultural needs.
The CERC will provide unprecedented research opportunities for Canadian and international students in new holistic science, ecosystem modelling, and policy development, training the next generation of water scientists to better ensure the world?s water security.
See: www.usask.ca/water
Program
Canada Excellence Research ChairsCanada Excellence Research Chairs (linked with high confidence)
Recipient
Location
Saskatchewan, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
1000214685
Name nom
Wheater, Howard
Department département
Environment & Sustainability/Engineering
Organization id
16
Institution établissement
University of Saskatchewan
Province en
Saskatchewan
Province fr
Saskatchewan
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2017
Competition year année de concours
0
Award amount
583334
Program id
CERC
Program name en
Canada Excellence Research Chairs
Program name fr
Programme des chaires d'excellence en recherche du Canada
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
4500
Research subject group en
Hydrology
Research subject group fr
Hydrologie
Research subject en
Hydrology
Research subject fr
Hydrologie
Partie
0
Application title
Water Security
Keyword
CRC
Application summary
The world?s water resources are threatened as never before by climate change, overuse, land use changes, and pollution. Across Canada, there are increasing concerns for long- term water quality and supply both for public consumption and to support industry, agriculture, and resource development. This CERC, led by one of the world?s foremost water scientists, is an unparalleled opportunity for Canada to assume global leadership in developing new solutions to critical problems facing global and domestic water security.
Capitalizing on world-class facilities and a unique breadth of expertise among more than
100 faculty and student researchers, the CERC will develop a new interdisciplinary field (?ecotoxicohydrology?) linking ecology, toxicology, and hydrology. This new science will be used to probe complex water/land/climate interactions to improve water use and management, advance water policy, and provide new tools for environmental risk assessment and remediation applicable to all types of natural resource development. Resulting new technologies and state-of-the-art modelling tools will address a wide variety of industrial and social needs including water stewardship, drought management, impacts on fishing and trapping industries, oil sands reclamation, and mine site waste management.
A new CERC-led Institute for Water Security, which will draw on natural, health and social sciences and applied sciences, will explore climate change impacts on water security, land management in the face of environmental change, and sustainable resource development, using key Western Canadian river and lake sites as case studies applicable to many water security situations globally. Issues to be addressed include pollutant impacts on human health, water allocation between upstream and downstream users, and balancing competing industrial and agricultural needs.
The CERC will provide unprecedented research opportunities for Canadian and international students in new holistic science, ecosystem modelling, and policy development, training the next generation of water scientists to better ensure the world?s water security.
See: www.usask.ca/water
