Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-00308, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Champagne, Pascale (Queen’s University), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : The concept of a 'real time' pathogen detection and quantification holds tremendous value from a water quality_x000D_
and human health perspective. This is essential not only from a drinking water perspective, but also from a_x000D_
wastewater effluent discharge. For example, such an approach could inform public beach/recreational water_x000D_
access, stormwater runoff discharge, sewer overflow quality or polishing pond performance to name a few._x000D_
TECTA-PDS developed the world's first automated, EPA-approved microbiological water quality testing_x000D_
system, making it easier, faster and less expensive to do on-site water testing for E. coli bacteria. To date, this_x000D_
technology has primarily been focused on determining drinking water portability via presence-absence tests for_x000D_
Escherichia coli (E. coli), total coliforms and Enterococcus. The existing technology is limited to binary results_x000D_
for wastewater applications, however TECTA-PDS equipment can provide quantifying values. This project_x000D_
aims to broaden bacterial quantifiability on a range of bacteria specific to wastewater quality. This will be_x000D_
accomplised by (1) determining whether TECTA is a viable method of quantifying bacteria composition in_x000D_
wastewater from different sources; (2) assessing whether existing calibrations (for E. coli, total coliforms and_x000D_
Enterococcus) in drinking water are suitable for wastewater; and (3) establishing appropriate wastewater testing_x000D_
protocols and TECTA parameters via custom calibrations. In the short term, tthe project will train one MASc_x000D_
and two undergraduate HQP over a 6-month period. Positive results will enable subsequent collaborations, on a_x000D_
longer term basis, involving bench-scale, then pilot-scale testing in collaboration with TECTA-PDS at the_x000D_
Beaty Water Research Centre at Queen's University. The capacity for rapid monitoring of bacterial wastewater_x000D_
parameters for small, rural and remote communities could assist these communities to achieve their regulatory_x000D_
effluent discharge requirements at a low cost. This in turn is expected to improve protection for Canadian_x000D_
watersheds which are currently being impacted by wastewater discharge in exceedance of regulatory_x000D_
requirements., program purpose french : The concept of a 'real time' pathogen detection and quantification holds tremendous value from a water quality_x000D_
and human health perspective. This is essential not only from a drinking water perspective, but also from a_x000D_
wastewater effluent discharge. For example, such an approach could inform public beach/recreational water_x000D_
access, stormwater runoff discharge, sewer overflow quality or polishing pond performance to name a few._x000D_
TECTA-PDS developed the world's first automated, EPA-approved microbiological water quality testing_x000D_
system, making it easier, faster and less expensive to do on-site water testing for E. coli bacteria. To date, this_x000D_
technology has primarily been focused on determining drinking water portability via presence-absence tests for_x000D_
Escherichia coli (E. coli), total coliforms and Enterococcus. The existing technology is limited to binary results_x000D_
for wastewater applications, however TECTA-PDS equipment can provide quantifying values. This project_x000D_
aims to broaden bacterial quantifiability on a range of bacteria specific to wastewater quality. This will be_x000D_
accomplised by (1) determining whether TECTA is a viable method of quantifying bacteria composition in_x000D_
wastewater from different sources; (2) assessing whether existing calibrations (for E. coli, total coliforms and_x000D_
Enterococcus) in drinking water are suitable for wastewater; and (3) establishing appropriate wastewater testing_x000D_
protocols and TECTA parameters via custom calibrations. In the short term, tthe project will train one MASc_x000D_
and two undergraduate HQP over a 6-month period. Positive results will enable subsequent collaborations, on a_x000D_
longer term basis, involving bench-scale, then pilot-scale testing in collaboration with TECTA-PDS at the_x000D_
Beaty Water Research Centre at Queen's University. The capacity for rapid monitoring of bacterial wastewater_x000D_
parameters for small, rural and remote communities could assist these communities to achieve their regulatory_x000D_
effluent discharge requirements at a low cost. This in turn is expected to improve protection for Canadian_x000D_
watersheds which are currently being impacted by wastewater discharge in exceedance of regulatory_x000D_
requirements., agreement title english : Feasibility for 'Real Time' Quantification of Wastewater Bacteriological Composition, agreement title french : Feasibility for 'Real Time' Quantification of Wastewater Bacteriological Composition, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-03-07, 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 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., 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