On November 5th, 2015, Safe Water Project was introduced on TVO under the title, “How one northern project speeds up access to clean water.” With an active role in the project, AUG’s TRITON – Intelligent Water Surveillance™ was described as a mobile monitoring system that allows the water treatment operators to remotely monitor drinking water quality in real-time. AUG is very proud to support the Safe Water Project in cooperation with Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KO) tribal council and help the First Nations communities to enable safe drinking water.
On October 29, A.U.G. Signals’ TRITON- Intelligent Water SurveillanceTM appeared on the Globe and Mail under a press release titled, “Clean air dealers are cashing in on China’s pollution problem.”
The article illustrates AUG’s successful market penetration in China with its online water quality monitoring system. TRITON has been deployed and is in operation at the 2014 APEC Conference, Beijing, City of Tianjin and City of Lanzhou. As stated, TRITON is capable in conducting online identification and quantification of highly toxic contaminants at concentration levels of up to 10 times below the maximum acceptable concentrations defined by Health Canada, WHO and EPA with a false positive detection rate of approximately 10-4.
AUG is excited to expand its TRITON- Intelligent Water Surveillance’s reach and implementation across China, providing effective monitoring and security for drinking water. AUG believes in strengthening Ontario’s ties to China with a focus on technological and environmental concerns.
On October 26th, A.U.G. Signals Ltd. (AUG)’s TRITON Intelligent Water SurveillanceTM appeared on CBC News, “Bad water: Innovative solution for remote northern Ontario First Nations”, acknowledging its significant role in securing safe drinking water for First Nations communities.
The Safe Water project provides the technology and support to respond to drinking water issues immediately. Photo: Barry Strachan (third from left), Johnny Miles, Dennis Big George, and Eric Morris inside water plant in Fort Severn. (Keewaytinook Okimakanak)
Three northern Ontario First Nations have managed to stop boil water advisories in their communities since May because of access to this real-time water quality monitoring system. Deer Lake, Fort Severn, and Poplar Hill First Nations have all spent close to 1,000 days on a boil water advisory in the past decade.
“Historically, what’s happened, is there’s a time delay. When you take a [water] sample, analyze it and get the results to those that can do things about it, it can often mean people are at high risks for a [longer] period of time,” said Barry Strachan, the lead on the Safe Water Project.
Strachan says that outdated processes often lead to boil water advisories. The Safe Water Project provides the technology and support to respond immediately to potential problems.
“We get alerts of adverse water quality events immediately as they happen and it allows us to [advise] or actually attend the situation and fix it in short order,” said Strachan.
The article also demonstrates how the Safe Water Project leads to creating career opportunities and new hopes for young people in First Nations communities.
A.U.G. Signals Ltd. (AUG) is proud to serve the City of Lanzhou, China as of August 2015 with TRITON- Intelligent Water Surveillance™ providing online, real-time drinking water quality monitoring for the city. TRITON was successfully installed and is in operation in the City of Lanzhou as a solution for effectively protecting public health and safety.
Lanzhou is the capital and largest city of Gansu Province in Northwest China with population of approximately 3,616,163 people. Prior to the official announcement of installation, TRITON was closely inspected by the City Health Authority and Lanzhou Veolia for its capability in monitoring wide range of parameters and water contaminants, including but not limited to chlorine, turbidity, pH, conductivity, temperature, ammonia, benzene (including toluene, xylene), total organic carbon, nitrates, nitrous acid, styrene and volatile phenol.
Since 2012, A.U.G. Signals Ltd. (AUG) has been collaborating with Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KO), a tribal council serving six First Nations in Northern Ontario, to provide a drinking water monitoring solution customized for the unique challenges they face.
Safe Water Project in Fort Severn, ON
Recently, KO in cooperation with AUG introduced “Safe Water Project,” the latest water and waste water initiative to reduce boil water advisories across Canada. This project aims to empower communities to effectively manage their own drinking water through the early detection, diagnosis and treatment of contaminants, and to support local water operators and personnel in addressing adverse water quality events as they occur in real-time.
AUG’s TRITON- Intelligent Water Surveillance™ was selected by the First Nations as the state-of-the-art technology to provide continuous, remote monitoring of the drinking water for the communities. TRITON supports and complements standard monitoring practices by offering an additional level of protection.
Recent accomplishments of the Safe Water Project through TRITON include:
Preventing boil water advisory in two instances, potential adverse water quality events have been detected and corrected prior to them becoming critical
Training KO/AUG 10 local personnel in the O&M of the TRITON units, developing First Nations capacity
Viewing and interpreting the data from the TRITON units has become a routine daily activity for management and operational personnel alike
The following links are the public news release on the Safe Water Project:
A.U.G. Signals Ltd. (AUG) has formed a collaborative partnership with Remote Sensing Solutions GmbH (RSS), for a project entitled “Forest height and aboveground biomass retrieval in tropical forests using multi-pass C- and X-band POLInSAR data” under C- & X-band initiative of Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and German Aerospace Center (DLR).
The project utilizes both RADARSAT-2 and TerraSAR-X multi-pass Polarimetric Interferometric Synthectic Aperture Radar (POLInSAR) data to perform forest height retrieval and aboveground biomass (AGB) estimations. More accurate and robust forest parameter estimation will be obtained using novel algorithms through random volume over ground (RVoG) interferometric model, the random motion over ground (RMoG) interferometric model and hybrid coherent and incoherent approaches. This project is undertaken with the financial support of the CSA.
These developments will provide necessary and relevant data to the forestry industry, not only enhancing Canada’s domestic industry, but also providing leadership on an international level by adapting EO data into a useful and practical solution.
With over 29 years of experience and a highly qualified engineering team specializing in SAR processing, AUG will be able to increase its industrial capabilities connected to the integration of C- and X-band SAR satellite data, enhancing Canada’s world-class expertise and international competitiveness. AUG is dedicated to fostering Canada’s future economic growth through EO development and its international partnerships.
As of April 12, 2015, A.U.G. Signals Ltd. (AUG) established a collaborative project with the Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosols Research (SOCAAR), University of Toronto and the College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at Peking University to create an integrated, portable, flexible, and low-cost air pollution monitoring system. This collaboration is supported by the Ontario-China Research and Innovation Fund (OCRIF).
Urban air quality is currently a major challenge for China, with air pollution recently ranked as the 4th leading cause of death in the nation. The negative impacts of unchecked air pollution and biological health hazards include billions in economic losses and significant damage to public health around the globe. To effectively address this environmental crisis, a new, comprehensive and accurate air monitoring approach is needed. Standard analytical tools are currently insufficient, due to their bulky size, complex design and operation, and high cost. This new intelligent air quality monitoring system project will address these current limits, enabling the collection of more comprehensive and pertinent air quality data.
With the support of OCRIF, AUG and its partners will work together to share unique knowledge and strengthen economic and academic relationships between China and Ontario. This international collaboration will produce groundbreaking research and a market-ready product for air quality monitoring, raising the profiles of both Ontario and China in the greater scientific community. AUG’s successful completion of this project will foster further development and growth of the clean technology industry in Ontario by promoting air quality research and international commercial partnerships.
“Tips for Leak Detection in Water Systems” written by Dr. Eric Morris, Principal Research Engineer at A.U.G. Signals Ltd. (AUG) was published online by Water & Wastes Digest on February 9th, 2015. This article provides readers with a general overview of the steps that can be taken to enhance a water utility’s leak detection capabilities through the combination of technological advancements with pre-existing techniques and infrastructure.
AUG is pleased to provide helpful solutions to both industrial and public utility sectors, cutting the costs of unnecessary water losses. AUG is committed to ongoing innovative water technology research, improving the safety and efficiency of water distribution networks in communities around the world.
Original link to “Tips for Leak Detection in Water Systems”: http://www.wwdmag.com/leak-detection-products/tips-leak-detection-water-systems
AUG Signals’ TRITON™-Intelligent Online Water Quality Monitoring System joint venture in China, Beijing AUG Signals Longyu Technology Ltd. (北京奥格龙雨科技有限公司), was recognized as an “Innovation Example” finalist at the 2014 Annual Chinese Green Economy along with Hach Company and Nanjing Lanshen Pump Corp. Leveraging on the growing reputation of TRITON™, AUG is excited to announce that its innovative water surveillance systems will continue to expand operations in the forthcoming year.
To view the original article in Chinese, please click [here].
Dr. George Lampropoulos, President & CEO of AUG Signals, was invited to the Canadian Defence Military Institute (CDMI) Gala Dinner by the Never Forgotten National Memorial Foundation on November 19, 2014. It was a great opportunity to listen to the keynote speaker, Chief of Defence Staff General T.J. Lawson, who previously worked on his M.Sc. thesis with Dr. Lampropoulos.
Here are a few pictures taken at the event with Chief of Defence Staff, General T.J. Lawson at CDMI Gala Dinner.
