Media
Pharmaceuticals in the environment
Télé-Québec, November 1, 2012Television
6-minute documentary on our research on the presence of pharmaceuticals water
Illicit Drugs in Wastewater
Télé-Québec, March 1, 2016Television
6-minute documentary on our research on sewage epidemiology
Radio Web UQAM, February 15, 2016Radio/Podcast
Interviewed by Carine Monat-Reliat of L'oeuf ou la poule?
Analyse économique en ingénierie
by Park C.S., Soucy G., Grenon, M. Yargeau V.
Renouveau Pedagogique
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Water and Wastewater Treatment: Chemical Processes in Metropolitan Sustainability: Understanding and Improving the Urban
Published by Elsevier
September 11, 2012
Book Chapter
URL: https://www.elsevier.com/books/metropolitan-sustainability/zeman/978-0-85709-046-1
Linking drugs of abuse in wastewater to contamination of surface and drinking water
Published by Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
April 1, 2016
The study demonstrate the importance of improving wastewater treatment in order to protect our drinking water sources.
Comparative measurement and quantitative risk assessment of alcohol consumption through wastewater-based epidemiology: An international study in 20 cities
Published by Science of the Total Environment
September 15, 2016
This study shows that wastewater-bred epidemiology can provide timely and complementary information on alcohol use and alcohol associated risks in terms of exposure at the community level.
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969716308312
Development of a facile and high-throughput bioluminescence assay using Vibrio fischeri to determine the chronic toxicity of contaminated samples
Published by Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
December 1, 2016
This study emphasizes the need for additional chronic toxicity testing to further evaluate the toxicity of compounds or unknown samples.
URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00128-016-2008-z
Analysis of drugs of abuse in wastewater from two Canadian cities
Published by Science of The Total Environment
July 15, 2014
Highlights •One of only a few reports on community use of opioid drugs; first for North America. • Evidence of high oxycodone use and consumption of ketamine is found in selected communities. • Sampling rates for passive samplers are determined for the first time for 7 drugs. • POCIS is useful for monitoring in treated WW, but has limited applicability in untreated WW.
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969713013776
Biography
Viviane Yargeau serves as Professor at McGill University. Yargeau also serves as the Chief Technology Officer and Director at Earth Alive Clean Technologies inc. She is a chemical engineer, serves on various committees including the international management committees of the Advanced Oxidation Processes specialist group of the International Water Association (IWA) and on several journal editorial boards. Her expertise is in chemical and environmental engineering. She is a leader in the control and assessment of environmental pollutants. Her research focuses on both fundamental and technological aspects leading to improvement of technologies to mitigate the release of pollutants in the environment. Yargeau has established strong research and industrial collaborations in Canada and internationally. Her multidisciplinary research program also includes working closely with toxicologists to assess the impact of pollutants and their transformation products on the environment and public health.
Recognition/Reconnaissance
Distinction, Ministère de l'éducation, des loisirs et du sport, Quebec | Professional
Five year of funding to acknowledge quality of teaching, $105,000
Award, Gerald W. Farnell Teaching Scholar | Professional
Award to recognize teaching excellence and novel initiatives, $13,500
Additional Titles and Affiliations
Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec
Past Talks
#FlushGate 100 days later
Canadian Water Network public event
Montreal, November 2, 2016
Research Grants
Wastewater in Small, Rural Communities: Integrated Sewage Lagoon and Ozone Treatment
Organization: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)Date: September 1, 2016
Grant amount: 478800
Details:
Co-Investigator, Operating grant Principal investigator - Chris Metcalfe Trent University Partner - Aclarus Ozone Water Systems
Conventional and advanced wastewater treatment: Providing secure sources of drinking water by removing contaminants of emerging concern
Organization: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)Date: October 1, 2012
Grant amount: 606133
Details:
Principal Investigator, Operating grant
Development of a novel ozonation system at pilot scale for wastewater disinfection and removal of contaminants of emerging concern
Organization: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)Date: June 24, 2014
Grant amount: 624700
Details:
Principal Investigator, Operating grant
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Towards Responsible Replacements
Organization: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)Date: October 1, 2016
Grant amount: 2000000
Details:
Co-applicant, Operating grant Principal Investigator - Barbara Hales McGill University
Evidencing that improvements to wastewater treatment and use of fate models protect sources of drinking water
Organization: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)Date: April 1, 2015
Grant amount: 175000
Details:
Principal Applicant, Operating grant
Application of Bioanalytical Tools for the Rapid Assessment of Residual Biological Activity of Wastewater Using in vitro Cell Based Assays
Organization: Ontario Ministry of the EnvironmentDate: September 1, 2015
Grant amount: 30000
Details:
Principal Applicant, Contract
Patents
Dust suppressant
Patent number: PCT/EP2014/062265 | Date: January 2, 2014Inventor
New soil activator containing ammonium lignosulfonate and uses thereof
Patent number: PCT/CA2015/050313 | Date: January 1, 2014Inventor