The Centre de recherche, développement et validation des technologies et procédés de traitement des eaux (CREDEAU), founded in 2003, is a centre for research, development and validation of water-treatment technologies and processes. The Centre is a working consortium established by four Montréal universities: Polytechnique Montréal, Université de Montréal, École de Technologie Supérieure and McGill University.
The CREDEAU technology platform is unique in Canada. The facility provides researchers with leading-edge equipment for testing and validation of most water-treatment technologies at all three scales of demonstration: bench-scale jar testing, laboratory-scale pilot testing, and full-scale on-site prototype testing.
To help reach its objectives, CREDEAU has a budget of $17.3 million, which includes a grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for the construction of new research laboratories, acquisition of state-of-the art analytical equipment, and purchase of various new water-treatment technologies.
CREDEAU’s research interests encompass the entire water cycle: drinking water, wastewater, industrial wastewater, stormwater and sewer overflows, as well as sludge management and odour treatment.
