As McGill students, we rely on access to clean water from the city’s infrastructure, but few of us know where our water is actually coming from, how it is filtered, or where it goes once we are done using it. Every day, the city must clean, store, and distribute water[Read More…]
Tag: infrastructure
SciTech Reviews: ‘The World in a Grain’
The world as we know it would not be the same without the small but infinitely useful substance of sand. Incorporated into critically important products such as concrete and beauty processes such as microdermabrasion, sand finds its way into nearly every crevice of our lives. Author Vince Beiser knows this[Read More…]
The Dread of McGill’s Deferred Maintenance
Climate change and degrading infrastructure are forcing McGill University into a game of catch-up—will they ever win?