ACWA
Dr. Kimura-Hara is affiliated with ACWA (Advancing Canadian Wastewater Assets), an alliance between The City of Calgary and the University of Calgary.
ACWA contains a full-scale experimental wastewater research facility that feeds twelve constructed, replicate, naturalized experimental research streams for ecological assessments, and analytical laboratories for biological and chemical measurement.




Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis
Simultaneous multispectral NTA (ViewSizer 3000, HORIBA)


Fluorescence and Absorbance Spectrometer
HORIBA Duetta's dual fluorescence and absorbance spectrometer

Gas chromatography-Mass spectrometry
Agilent 5973N GC/MSD System with 6890 GC and 7683 Autosampler (Hewlett Packard)

3D printer
Flashforge Adventurer 4 3D Printer

Water bath
5L water bath (VWR)

High pressure ion chromatography
Dionex integrion HPIC system

Atomx XYZ
Teledyne Tekmar Atomx XYZ Multi-Matrix Purge & Trap
UPLC-MS
Waters UPLC-MS Acquity


Gas chromatography-Mass spectrometry
7000E Triple Quadrupole GC/MS

Nano-bubble generator
Custom-made electric generator

UV lamp

UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
UV-200i (Shimadzu)

Densimeter
Model O3D (Sodev)

Water Purification System
Thermo Scientific Barnstead MicroPure UV/UF Water Purification System