Fleming College
AC-10: Support for Research

Background Notes on Fleming College’s Innovative Sustainability Related
Research

One of the unique features of Fleming College is the sustainability focused
research conducted throughout the College. Although research is not
considered during faculty tenure and promotion decisions as a matter of
policy or standard practice, Fleming College does conduct
sustainability-focused research in areas such as at the Centre for
Alternative Wastewater Treatment, located within our School of
Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences at our Frost Campus in Lindsay,
Ontario. Research at the Centre is conducted in the following areas:

Constructed wetlands
Anaerobic digesters
Composting technology
Gasification technology
Membrane technology
UV • Ultrafiltration
Environmental spill technology
Bioremediation of heavy metals
Phosphorus removal technologies
Micronutrient stimulants
Lagoon circulation technology
Advanced Oxidation technologies
Aeration technologies
Modelling Software • Bioreactors

Below is a listing of major sustainability related research projects
conducted both at the Centre for Alternative Wastewater Research and across
the College in the period between 2013-16. For more information on these
and other projects please go to: https://flemingcollege.ca/applied-research
and http://cawt.ca/

2016
Investigation and Evaluation of the best available technology for treatment
of cosmetic wastewater (NSERC Engage: $25,000)

Assessing Constructed Wetlands for the Treatment of Wastewater in CFS Alert
(DND: $71,843)

Investigation and assessment of an innovative antimicrobial product as a
viable disinfectant for the treatment of water / wastewater (NSERC Engage:
$25,000)

Assessment and evaluation of an innovative absorption product for
environmental remediation (NSERC Engage: $25,000)

Characterization of abattoir wastewater streams and evaluation of their
wastewater treatment systems (NSERC Engage: $25,000)

Partner in the Southern Ontario Water Consortium which received $12 million
in federal funding to develop and commercialize new water technologies.
Please see:
http://cawt.ca/12m-in-federal-funding-for-southern-ontario-water-consortium-announced/

2015
Assessing Constructed Wetlands for the Treatment of Wastewater in CFS Alert
(DND: $61,843)

Design of an Automated Dissolved Air Floatation System for Onsite Greywater
Recycling Systems for Commercial Application (NSERC ARD: $25,000)

Development of Industry-Specific Real Time UVA Spectrum Analyzers as an
Innovative Alternative to Monitoring Regulated Wastewater Parameters (NSERC
ARD: $25,000)

Improvement and Re-design of an Innovative On-Site Wastewater Treatment
System (NSERC ARD: $25,000)

Validation of an Innovative Wastewater Treatment Technology to Remove
Nitrogen at Varying and Cold Temperatures (NSERC ARD: $25,000)

Advanced Analytical Equipment for Enhanced Capacity in Water and Wastewater
Technology Applied Research (NSERC ARTI: $150,000)

2014
Assessing Constructed Wetlands for the Treatment of Wastewater in CFS Alert
(DND: $61,000)

Species at Risk, Road Mortality (MNR: $54,684)

2013
OMAFRA New Directions, 2013-15 (OMAFRA: $200,000)

Lake Simcoe Muskellunge Restoration Project, Great Lakes Guardian Community
Fund (MOECC: $22,258)

Open Water, 2013-2014 (NSERC ARD: $23,480)

2012-2015
Advancement and Development of Innovative Water and Wastewater Treatment
Technologies, 2012-2015 (NSERC CCI: $2,300,000)

Treatment Technologies for the Greenhouse Industry, Optimization of Water
2012-2015 (NSERC CUI2I: $602,610)