Synergy Session: "Exploring business models for water quality monitoring labs for private wells in Newfoundland and Labrador"
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
12:00 pm - 1:030 pm NST
Suncor Energy Fluvarium, 5 Nagles Place, St. John's
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The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador regularly tests public drinking water supplies to ensure acceptable levels of any microbiological, physical or chemical contaminants. There are over 40,000 wells in Newfoundland and Labrador servicing approximately one-fifth of the total population. However, these wells fall outside the mandate of these testing regimes, and monitoring is the sole responsibility of the individual owner. Most of these wells are located in remote rural areas, and there is no affordable laboratory facility in the province for water quality testing of these wells. Furthermore, the Aboriginal communities encounter serious water quality problems. However, little is known about complex socio-economic and cultural dynamics of water insecurities in Aboriginal communities. This Synergy Session will examine the vulnerability of the Aboriginal communities in Black Tickle (Labrador) and explorepotential business models to establish a lab to serve communities in a sustainable manner.
The session will be presented by Dr. Atanu Sarkar, Arifur Rahman, and Kalen Thomson (Division of Community Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University)
Free admission and lunch will be served. Parking is available in the Fluvarium parking lot.
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