The Canadian Academy of Engineers (CAE) has awarded WaterSMART Founder and CEO Dr. Kim Sturgess with the Léopold Nadeau Memorial Award for Distinguished Service. Dr. Sturgess was recognized for her work as president of the CAE from 2011-12 where she repositioned the strategic direction of the Academy, and where she significantly increased Western Canadian representation…
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Since 2015, WaterSMART has led the Agriculture’s Water Future Project which focused on developing a process to better define and prove the value of water stewardship across the agri-food supply chain in Alberta. The results of the project are applicable globally. The goals of the project were to help position Alberta’s agri-food sector as a…
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WaterSMART is proud of our work supporting Suncor’s Water Technology Development Centre (WTDC), which in May won a 2019 Daily Oil Bulletin Energy Excellence Award in the Operational and Project Excellence category. The WTDC is a $143 million live-fluid test facility being constructed at Suncor’s Firebag steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) facility. It is a…
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In January of 2019, WaterSMART brought together investment and asset companies to discuss the disconnect between the two groups regarding reporting metrics for water risks. The goals of the workshop were to develop a shared understanding of investor-driven reporting requirements, to understand the metrics important for assessing risks and opportunities aligned with water strategies and…
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From a starting point as the Bow River Technical Working Group, to the diverse collaborative group formed following the 2013 flood, WaterSMART has been supporting the Bow River Working Group for 10 years. Through facilitating meetings and supporting modelling exercises, WaterSMART is instrumental in the efforts to balance the management of the Bow River watershed…
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