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World-Class Enginneering

CREDEAU Centre for research, development and validation of technologies and processes For water. Raymond Desjardins, Professor, ing . Former Director of CREDEAU Polytechnique Montreal May 31 st , 2014. World-Class Enginneering. Background and description.

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World-Class Enginneering

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  1. CREDEAU Centre for research, development and validation of technologies and processes For water Raymond Desjardins, Professor, ing. Former Director of CREDEAU Polytechnique Montreal May 31st, 2014 World-Class Enginneering

  2. Background and description • Established in 2003 with funding from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and the Ministry of Education, Recreation and Sport (MELSQ) • Grants received: $ 12.5 million (2003) and $ 4.8 million (2012) • The CFI grants aim to invest in cutting-edge research infrastructure to: • conduct research and development leading to world-class innovation • attract and retain the best researchers in the world • train the next generation of scientists to strengthen our position in the world

  3. Background and description • 10 principal investigators affiliated to four universities in Montreal: : • Polytechnique Montreal • Montreal University • École de technologiesupérieure • McGill University • Why ? • To create a single group sharing a research infrastructure in the region of Montreal • Infrastructures • Advanced analytical instruments • Eight highly automated and instrumented mobile pilot units, • In development: • A fixed pilot at the Botanical Garden in Montreal (The Phytozone) • A computer lab for process design and analysis

  4. Outreach Provincial Hydro-Québec MDDDEP MAMROT MAPAQ Federal Natural Resources Canada St. Lawrence Centre Health Canada Industrial John-Meunier Inc. Degrémont Technologies Ltée Dagua Lallemand Imalog EnviroSim Dessau-Soprin SNC-Lavalin Axor Roche Cima+ Tecsult Genivar Soconag Domtar Kruger Paprican Municipal Montreal Laval Repentigny St-Hyacinthe La Prairie Mirabel Mont-Tremblant Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts Gatineau Longueuil Ste-Julie Waterloo Hagersville and 20 more municipalities International collaborations USEPA OMS IWA IOA AWWA And 25 universities in 12 countries Canadian researchers Ontario (Universities of Toronto, Brock, Waterloo, Guelph) Nova Scotia (Dalhousie) Alberta (University Of Calgary) British Colombia (UBC)

  5. DRINKING WATERTREATMENT PLANT DISTRIBUTION WATER SOURCE SEWER OVERFLOWS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WRRF) WATER REUSE SLUDGE TREATMENT, RECOVERY, REUSE Integrating theme:The municipal water cycle DRINKING WATER WASTEWATER & BIOSOLIDS Industrialpartners Municipal Partners

  6. Research InfrastructureIndustrial Pilot installations Multi experimentation scales • from beaker to industrial pilot process Highly instrumented and automated mobile and fixed pilot units • 8 pilot units for industrial-scale research for the municipal water cycle

  7. Research InfrastructureAdvanced analytical Instruments • Analytical instruments for the detection of emerging contaminants of interest • Endocrine disruptors (hormones) • Pesticides • Cytotoxic agents • Algal toxins • Viable non-culturable Legionella • Infectious parasites by culturing cells • Probes for the detection of contaminants in real time • Unit costs ​​$25K to $ 600k • Method development (1 to 3 years) • Operation supported by a team of 22 technicians / research associates

  8. Outputs • Scientific, technical and economic validation of innovative technologies • Pilot testing for the selection of new treatments - 3 filtration plants of the City of Montreal (for supporting an investment of $ 226 million) • Pilot testing for selection of a new mode disinfection of wastewater to the City of Montreal (investment of $ 200 million) • Treatability tests for more than forty Quebec municipalities or companies ($ 400 M for rehabilitation) • Transfer of knowledge to users • 2004-2011: 330 scientific papers/700 conferences • Training of highly qualified personnel (HQP)

  9. How everything started • Slow start in the 80s • Small projects with City of Laval • Biological filtration • 1992: NSERC Industrial Chair on Drinking Water • Montreal, Laval, John Meunier inc. • Projects-Budget-Equipment-Water treatment plant • Technical meeting twice a year • Publications and conferences • 2003: CREDEAU • CFI grant (12,5M$) • Big increase in research infrastructure • Bigger research team

  10. Drinking Water Chairholders at Polytechnique • Two chairholders: • Professor Michèle Prévost • Professor Benoit Barbeau • Established in 1992 • Renewed every 5 years • Current cycle: 2010-2015 • Unique research infrastructure and equipments (CREDEAU) 2. The Chair

  11. NSERC Chair and CREDEAU projects • Worms in distribution system • Lead in drinking water • Pilot testing for the selection of new treatments

  12. Pilot testing

  13. Benefits

  14. Maintaining relationship • Maintaincontact with water treatment personnel • Information day twice a year • All results are presented • Close door meeting with officials to define research orientations • Formation on demand

  15. Conclusions • CREDEAU would not exist without Universities-municipalities collaboration • CREDEAU have a very positive influence on our research capacity • Municipalities have access to a highly qualified team of researchers • HQP hired in municipalities and industries have a positive effect on: • Research activities in universities • Implementation of results of research in municipalities

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