Saad Jasim
International Ozone Association, City of White Rock, Richard Ivey Foundation, Swansea University College of Engineering, Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Swansea University
About
Dr. Jasim received his B.SC. from Baghdad University, Iraq, and his PHD & MSC, from University of Wales, Swansea, United Kingdom.
Serves as:
-President, SJ Environmental Consultants (Windsor) Inc., Windsor, ON
-Editor-in-Chief, Ozone News-International Ozone Association
-Adjunct Professor, University of Windsor-Teaching a Graduate Course (Masters) “Water Treatment & Reuse”
Recipient of a total of many Awards, including but not limited to:
-Recipient of the 2025 CONSUMER CHOICE AWARD-BUSINESS EXCELLENCE-Category: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT
-Recipient of the 2023 Harvey Rosen Award for the paper published in the Ozone Science & Engineering Journal
-Recipient of the “2022 Ontario Professional Engineers Awards (OPEA)-Engineering Medal for Entrepreneurship”.
-Recipient of the Engineer of the Year Award, 2004, Professional Engineers of Ontario.
-First Canadian to serve as President of the International Ozone Association (2020-2022)
-Member of the Advisory Board for New York University-Abu Dhabi Water Research Centre (2022-25).
-President of the Multicultural Council Foundation, Windsor and Essex County, Canada (2025-2027)
-Introduced Ozone as Primary Disinfectant for drinking water in Windsor, the First City in Ontario in 2001
-Solved many challenges in drinking water quality, the latest was (2019) solving the Arsenic and Manganese problem in drinking water White Rock, BC
-Served as the Director, Great Lakes Regional Office-International Joint Commission (IJC) for Canada and USA.
-Founding CEO for the Walkerton Clean Water Centre following the outbreak tragedy in Walkerton.
-Designed and successfully implemented ozone application for water reuse for Green House operation in Leamington, ON, Canada.
Submitted Patents for Design of Water Systems Member of the Editorial Board of Ozone Science & Engineering Journal
Supervised PHD and Master students at 3 different Canadian Universities, and published and presented many papers on water treatment and water quality
Employment
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International Ozone Association Editor-in-Chief2024 - Present
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City of White Rock Manager, Utilities2016 - 2020
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Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute Principal Investigator2015 - 2016
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International Joint Commission, Canada & United States Director2010 - 2013
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Walkerton Clean Water Centre CEO2005 - 2010
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Windsor Utilities Commission Director, Water Quality & Production1998 - 2005
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SJ Environmental Consultants (Windsor) Inc. President1993 - 2030
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SJ Environmental Consultants (Windsor) Inc. President1993 - 2005
Education
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Richard Ivey Foundation Executive Development Program2007 - 2007
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Swansea University College of Engineering PHD1985 - 1988
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Swansea University MSC1979 - 1981
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University of Baghdad College of Engineering BSC1972 - 1977
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (27)
- Evaluations of conventional, ozone and Uv/H<inf>2</inf>O<inf>2</inf> for removal of emerging contaminants and THM-FPS Save
- Reaction Kinetics of Ozone with Selected Pharmaceuticals and Their Removal Potential from a Secondary Treated Municipal Wastewater Effluent in the Great Lakes Basin Save
- Evaluation and Comparison of Conventional and Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Removal of PPCPs and EDCs and Their Effect on THM-Formation Potentials Save
- Development of novel charged surface modifying macromolecule blended PES membranes to remove EDCs and PPCPs from drinking water sources Save
- A Survey of Occurrence and Risk Assessment of Pharmaceutical Substances in the Great Lakes Basin Save
- Field testing of modified ca membranes to remove PPCP from drinking water Save
- Pharmaceutical and personal care products removal from drinking water by modified cellulose acetate membrane: Field testing Save
- Protecting our Great Lakes: Assessing the effectiveness of wastewater treatments for the removal of chemicals of emerging concern Save
- Bromate Formation in Ozone and Advanced Oxidation Processes Save
- Comparison of cellulose acetate (CA) membrane and novel CA membranes containing surface modifying macromolecules to remove pharmaceutical and personal care product micropollutants from drinking water Save