Reference number : GC-2017-Q2-00026, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Emelko, Monica (University of Waterloo), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Strategic Network Grants Program, program name french : Programme de subventions de réseaux stratégiques, program purpose english : Drinking water is one of society's most critical water needs and delivery of safe drinking water-security-is a_x000D_
national strategic priority. Most Canadians are just becoming aware how fragile this essential resource is and_x000D_
the potentially catastrophic effects climate change and high energy costs can have on drinking water security._x000D_
To reduce risks to public health, Health Canada relies on the "multi-barrier approach" to prevent or reduce the_x000D_
contamination of drinking water from source to tap. All variations of this framework identify source water_x000D_
protection (SWP) for risk prevention and in-plant treatment technologies for risk management. Notably, all of_x000D_
the barriers in this framework must be effective to ensure drinking water security. Climate change-associated_x000D_
disturbances (wildfires, hurricanes, floods) have revealed alarming inadequacies in current implementations of_x000D_
the multi-barrier approach. These disturbances are causing increasingly variable or deteriorated source quality,_x000D_
and challenging in-plant treatment technologies beyond design and operational response capacities, to the point_x000D_
of service disruptions. Water industry consensus points to the pressing need for new SWP technologies for_x000D_
climate change adaptation to ensure secure community water systems. In Canada, effective SWP must focus on_x000D_
forested source watersheds because that is where the drinking water for most urban, rural, and Indigenous_x000D_
communities originates. Healthy forests typically produce high quality water-the value of natural storage and_x000D_
filtration of water by global forests has been estimated at $4.1 trillion. Forest management approaches have_x000D_
been suggested as SWP technologies and include thinning or prescribed burning for pre-emptive risk reduction_x000D_
or reactive effects mitigation of potentially catastrophic disturbances. While forest management impacts on_x000D_
water have been well studied, little if any of that work has focused specifically on drinking water treatability,_x000D_
which will likely vary in regionally. The forWater Network will provide new knowledge regarding the impacts_x000D_
of different forest management strategies on drinking water source quality and treatability to assess their_x000D_
suitability as SWP technologies across the major ecological/forest regions of Canada., program purpose french : Drinking water is one of society's most critical water needs and delivery of safe drinking water-security-is a_x000D_
national strategic priority. Most Canadians are just becoming aware how fragile this essential resource is and_x000D_
the potentially catastrophic effects climate change and high energy costs can have on drinking water security._x000D_
To reduce risks to public health, Health Canada relies on the "multi-barrier approach" to prevent or reduce the_x000D_
contamination of drinking water from source to tap. All variations of this framework identify source water_x000D_
protection (SWP) for risk prevention and in-plant treatment technologies for risk management. Notably, all of_x000D_
the barriers in this framework must be effective to ensure drinking water security. Climate change-associated_x000D_
disturbances (wildfires, hurricanes, floods) have revealed alarming inadequacies in current implementations of_x000D_
the multi-barrier approach. These disturbances are causing increasingly variable or deteriorated source quality,_x000D_
and challenging in-plant treatment technologies beyond design and operational response capacities, to the point_x000D_
of service disruptions. Water industry consensus points to the pressing need for new SWP technologies for_x000D_
climate change adaptation to ensure secure community water systems. In Canada, effective SWP must focus on_x000D_
forested source watersheds because that is where the drinking water for most urban, rural, and Indigenous_x000D_
communities originates. Healthy forests typically produce high quality water-the value of natural storage and_x000D_
filtration of water by global forests has been estimated at $4.1 trillion. Forest management approaches have_x000D_
been suggested as SWP technologies and include thinning or prescribed burning for pre-emptive risk reduction_x000D_
or reactive effects mitigation of potentially catastrophic disturbances. While forest management impacts on_x000D_
water have been well studied, little if any of that work has focused specifically on drinking water treatability,_x000D_
which will likely vary in regionally. The forWater Network will provide new knowledge regarding the impacts_x000D_
of different forest management strategies on drinking water source quality and treatability to assess their_x000D_
suitability as SWP technologies across the major ecological/forest regions of Canada., agreement title english : forWater: NSERC Network for Forested Drinking Water Source Protection Technologies, agreement title french : forWater: NSERC Network for Forested Drinking Water Source Protection Technologies, agreement number : NETGP, agreement value : 5500000.0, agreement start date : 2017-07-12, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2023-2024)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2023-2024)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada