The Centre for Alternative Wastewater Treatment (CAWT) promotes constructed wetlands and other innovative forms of wastewater treatment through applied research, education, and demonstration projects.
Located at Fleming College in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada, CAWT is at the centre of the school's state-of-the-art Environmental Technology wing. CAWT facilities include:
- Outdoor sub-surface flow constructed wetlands
- Short-term projects area
- Greenhouse facility for bench-scale research
- Plant propagation facilities
- Fully-equipped research and analytical laboratory
- Outdoor experimental ponds
- The Solar Ecology System - a greenhouse living machine wetland
Focused primarily on cold-climate constructed wetland research, CAWT also offers education resources, research support, project design services and more.
Fleming College acknowledges the financial support of the Province of Ontario through the Ontario Innovation Trust. The Trust invests in research infrastructure at Ontario's universities, hospitals, colleges, and research institutes. CAWT infrastructure and operations are also generously funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation and industry partners. The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) is an independent corporation created by the Government of Canada to fund research infrastructure at Canadian universities, colleges, research hospitals, and non-profit research institutions. Website production funded by the Kawartha Lakes CFDC and Industry Canada.
