Nothing is simple about phosphorus. The agricultural fertilizer that makes it possible to feed the world is poison for many of the world’s rivers, lakes and coastal systems. And now, concern is rising that future supplies of the mineral may not be adequate to meet demand. University of British Columbia (UBC) civil engineer Donald S. Mavinic is the co-inventor of a new Canadian technology that is earning rave international reviews for helping cities and towns remove phosphorus from wastewater and convert it into fertilizer. He will talk about the challenges and rewards of bringing a new environmental technology to market in today’s economy, and the larger issue of what more will be needed soon to tackle the global phosphorus problem.<\/p>\n
Dr. Mavinic has headed the Environmental Engineering Program at UBC since 1984, and is the author of more than 250 papers and technical reports. In 1992, he was awarded the Albert E. Berry Medal by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering for major contributions to environmental engineering in Canada. He is a Member of the Board of OSTARA Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc., a UBC spin-off company he helped found in 2005. He also acts a special advisor on nutrient recovery technologies and global phosphorus shortages to the European Union and the governments of the United States, China and Australia.<\/p>\n
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Rien n\u2019est simple quand il est question de phosphore. L\u2019engrais agricole qui permet de nourrir le monde empoisonne bon nombre des rivi\u00e8res, des lacs et des syst\u00e8mes littoraux du globe. En outre, \u00e0 l\u2019heure actuelle, on se demande de plus en plus si l\u2019approvisionnement en phosphore sera suffisant pour r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 la demande \u00e0 venir. Donald S. Mavinic, ing\u00e9nieur civil de la University of British Columbia (UBC), est un des inventeurs d\u2019une nouvelle technologie canadienne qui s\u2019attire des \u00e9loges \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle internationale pour avoir aid\u00e9 les villes \u00e0 \u00e9liminer le phosphore de leurs eaux us\u00e9es et \u00e0 le convertir en engrais. Il traitera des d\u00e9fis et des avantages de la mise en march\u00e9 d\u2019une nouvelle technologie environnementale dans l\u2019\u00e9conomie d\u2019aujourd\u2019hui et d\u2019un enjeu encore plus important, soit d\u00e9terminer les mesures suppl\u00e9mentaires qu\u2019il faudra bient\u00f4t prendre pour s\u2019attaquer au probl\u00e8me mondial du phosphore.<\/p>\n
M. Mavinic dirige le programme de g\u00e9nie environnemental \u00e0 la UBC depuis 1984 et il est l\u2019auteur de plus de 250 articles et rapports techniques. En 1992, la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 canadienne de g\u00e9nie civil lui a d\u00e9cern\u00e9 la M\u00e9daille Albert E. Berry pour ses contributions majeures au g\u00e9nie environnemental au Canada. M. Mavinic si\u00e8ge au conseil technique consultatif d\u2019OSTARA Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc., une entreprise d\u00e9vir\u00e9e de la UBC qu\u2019il a aid\u00e9 \u00e0 fonder en 2005. Il est aussi conseiller sp\u00e9cial sur les technologies de r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration des nutriants et sur la p\u00e9nurie mondiale de phosphore aupr\u00e8s de l\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne et des gouvernements des \u00c9tats-Unis, de la Chine et de l\u2019Australie.<\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"dr-donald-s-mavinic-wrestling-with-phosphorus-how-new-canadian-environmental-technology-is-helping-address-an-urgent-global-problem-sattaquer-au-probleme-du-phosphore-une-nouv","image":false,"all_day":false,"start_date":"2009-11-26 07:15:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2009","month":"11","day":"26","hour":"07","minutes":"15","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2009-11-26 08:15:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2009","month":"11","day":"26","hour":"08","minutes":"15","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":"2009-11-26 12:15:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2009","month":"11","day":"26","hour":"12","minutes":"15","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2009-11-26 13:15:00","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2009","month":"11","day":"26","hour":"13","minutes":"15","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"America\/Toronto","timezone_abbr":"EST","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"","currency_code":"","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[],"tags":[],"venue":[],"organizer":[{"id":2226,"author":"2","status":"publish","date":"2020-09-24 11:04:19","date_utc":"2020-09-24 15:04:19","modified":"2020-09-30 15:07:02","modified_utc":"2020-09-30 19:07:02","url":"https:\/\/pagse.org\/organisateur\/the-partnership-group-for-science-and-engineering\/","organizer":"The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering\/Le Partenariat en faveur des sciences et de la technologie","slug":"the-partnership-group-for-science-and-engineering","json_ld":{"@type":"Person","name":"The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering\/Le Partenariat en faveur des sciences et de la technologie","description":"","url":"","telephone":"","email":"","sameAs":""},"global_id":"pagse.org\/fr\/?id=2226","global_id_lineage":["pagse.org\/fr\/?id=2226"]}],"json_ld":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Event","name":"Dr. Donald S. Mavinic: Wrestling with phosphorus — how new Canadian environmental technology is helping address an urgent global problem | S\u2019attaquer au proble\u0300me du phosphore : une nouvelle technologie environnementale canadienne aide a\u0300 re\u0301gler un enjeu mondial urgent","description":"<p>Nothing is simple about phosphorus. The agricultural fertilizer that makes it possible to feed the world is poison for many of the world\\'s rivers, lakes and coastal systems. And now, […]<\/p>\\n","url":"https:\/\/pagse.org\/fr\/event\/dr-donald-s-mavinic-wrestling-with-phosphorus-how-new-canadian-environmental-technology-is-helping-address-an-urgent-global-problem-sattaquer-au-probleme-du-phosphore-une-nouv\/","eventAttendanceMode":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OfflineEventAttendanceMode","eventStatus":"https:\/\/schema.org\/EventScheduled","startDate":"2009-11-26T07:15:00-05:00","endDate":"2009-11-26T08:15:00-05:00","organizer":{"@type":"Person","name":"The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering\/Le Partenariat en faveur des sciences et de la technologie","description":"","url":"","telephone":"","email":"","sameAs":""},"performer":"Organization"}}