Frind, Emil

Engineering Alumni Hall of Distinction Award: 2015 Recipient
Emil Frind
CivE 6T6, MASc MechE 6T7, PhD CivE 7T1

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Emil Frind’s background in engineering combined with his interest in water resources put him on the leading edge of the emerging field of quantitative groundwater science. In 1971, he joined the University of Waterloo’s Department of Earth Sciences as a core member of its newly established groundwater group. Most recently, Frind collaborated with the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in developing a strategy for the sustainable use of local groundwater as a drinking water source, saving the Region’s taxpayers the billion-dollar cost of a Great Lakes pipeline. Frind remains active as a distinguished professor emeritus at the University of Waterloo.