1.0

Session 1: Drinking Water Treatment: Policy and Practice

Moderator: Anthony Greville, Klearwater Equipment & Technologies

1.1

Interior Health - Policy on Filtration and Deferral of Filtration (1.2 MB)

* Paper (0.1 MB)

• Elizabeth Sigalet, Interior Health
• Dr Paul Hasselback, Interior Health

1.2

Zero Wastewater Discharge - Summerland Water Treatment Plant (2.0 MB)

• Steve Brubacher, Urban Systems
• Greg Mealing, District of Summerland

1.3

Post Commissioning Plant Optimization - Kamloops Centre for Water Quality Strives for 99.99% Recovery in 2008 (1.5 MB)

• David P. Teasdale, City of Kamloops
• Peter Coxon, Urban Systems

1.4

Lessons Learned from Membrane Retrofit of the 115 ML/d City of Thunder Bay Bare Point WTP (3.8 MB)

• Joe Gemin, Earth Tech

1.5

Ballasted Flocculation Versus High Rate DAF Pilot Testing for the City of Swift Current (1.1 MB)

• Simon Breese, Earth Tech

2.0

Session 2: Wastewater Treatment: Today and Tomorrow

Moderator: Chris Town, Urban Systems

2.1

Providing a Sustainable Environment - a Major WWTP Renovation at City of Revelstoke (2.4 MB)

• Gordon Hall, City of Revelstoke
• Stella Chiu, Dayton & Knight

2.2

Whistler WWTP Upgrade (1.0 MB)

• Raymond Chin, Stantec

2.3

Resolving Sludge Handling Odour Issues at the Cameron, MO WWTP (1.0 MB)

• Trevor Jones, P.Eng., Senior Environmental Engineer, CH2M HILL

2.4

The Next Generation of the Biologically Aerated Filters (BAF) Technology: Recent Developments in Carbonaceous Pollution Removal (1.9 MB)

• Daniel Lamarre, John Meunier

2.5

Mastering MBBR (Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor) Process Design for Carbon and Nitrogen Abatement (1.5 MB)

• Robert Lafond, John Meunier

3.0

Session 3: Small Drinking Water Systems: Today and Tomorrow

Moderator: Brian Thorburn, EPCOR

3.1

Interior Health - Multiple Barriers of Drinking Water Protection Booklet (0.8 MB)

• Serge Zibin, Interior Health

3.2

Planning and Procurement of POE / POU Water Treatment Systems

Part A (0.4 MB)           Part B (0.4 MB)

• Vernon J. Rogers, Sustainable Infrastructure Society
• Adam Scheur, Tiger Purification Systems

3.3

How Far North Can We Take It?  Pushing the Limits of Slow Sand Filtration (1.2 MB)

• Shawn A. Cleary, Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

3.4

Development of Photochemical Processes for Water Treatment (2.0 MB)

• Mehrdad Keshmiri, BI Pure Water, UBC

3.5

Removal of Emerging Contaminants and Pathogens Using Modified Slow Sand Filtration: An Overview (1.4 MB)

• Brian Jobb, MS Filter

System Considerations for Dosing Sodium Hypochlorite (0.6 MB)

• Walter Schajnoha, ProMinent Fluid Controls

4.0

Session 4: Infrastructure Grant Programs, Projects and Financial Sustainability

Moderator: Glen Brown, Ministry of Community Services

4.1

Infrastructure Grant Programs - What Programs are Out There? (0.6 MB)

• Darry Kempling, Ministry of Community Services

4.2

Infrastructure Grant Programs - Improving Your Chances of Success (0.5 MB)

• Tara Tompkins, Ministry of Community Services

4.3

Infrastructure Grant Projects: A Look at Approved Innovative Projects and the Types of Projects the Province Wants to Support (0.4 MB)

• Glen Brown, Ministry of Community Services

4.4

Municipal Utility Financial Sustainability: The Sine Qua Non of Water Supply (0.3 MB)

• Ian H. Rose-Innes, Dayton & Knight

4.5

How to Receive a Return on Investment for your Training Dollars and Create a Plan for Obtaining Higher Level of Operator Certification

Part A (0.6 MB)       Part B (0.6 MB)

• Valerie Jenkinson, Nova Quality Training and Consulting
• Colwyn Sunderland, BCWWA Director

5.0

Session 5: Drinking Water: Supply

Moderator: Matt Henney, Associated Engineering

5.1

Interior Health Source Protection Initiative - A Role for Public Health in Watershed Management (1.4 MB)

• J. Ivor Norlin, Interior Health

5.2

Developing a Strategy to Manage Water Demands in a Growing Community (0.7 MB)

• Antigone Dixon-Warren, Township of Langley
• Sibylle Naf, Dayton & Knight

5.3

Solving Problems using Computations Fluid Dynamics (1.0 MB)

• Bob Hawboldt, Associated Engineering

5.4

Design, Construction and Repair of Potable Water Reservoirs (2.0 MB)

• John Boyle, Dayton & Knight

5.5

Piloting a New Water Source (1.0 MB)

• Scott Foster, BI Pure Water (Canada)

6.0

Session 6: Organic Residuals: Processing and Recycling

Moderator: Chantal Babensee, Metro Vancouver

6.1

MicroSludge plus Advanced Co-generation to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Metro Vancouver's Lulu Island Wastewater Treatment Plant (1.1 MB)

• Rob Stephenson, Paradigm Environmental Technologies

6.2

Upgrading from Nothing to Class A Biosolids: Sludge Stabilization at the Dan Region WWTP, Tel Aviv (0.8 MB)

• Barry Rabinowitz, CH2M HILL

6.3

A Comparison of an Organic Biofilter and an Inorganic Biofilter for the Treatment of Residual Odors Emanating from a Biosolids De-Watering Facility (0.8 MB)

• Daryl Letto, Biorem Technologies

6.4

Using Biosolids ON the Landfill? For Leachate Treatment? That's a Change! (1.5 MB)

• Denise Vieira, SYLVIS Environmental
• Nick Pilfold, SYLVIS Environmental

6.5

Can't Pass this Gas - Biogas, Biocovers and Biosolids in a Climate of Change (4.1 MB)

• Mike Van Ham, SYLVIS Environmental

7.0

Session 7: CAWQ Western Symposium: Nutrient Removal and Recovery

Moderator: Deborah J. Roberts, UBCO

7.1

Factors Affecting the Nutrient Solubilization and Settleability of Sewage Sludge using the Microwave-enhanced Advanced Oxidation Process (1.0 MB)

• Winnie Chan, UBC

7.2

Recovery of Nutrients from Anaerobic Sludge using Microwave-enhanced Advanced Oxidation Process (0.3 MB)

• Anju Kenge, UBC

7.3

Destruction of Fecal Coliforms Using Microwave Enhanced Advanced Oxidation Process (0.9 MB)

• Yang Yu, UBC

7.4

Struvite – Nuisance to Valuable Byproduct (0.9 MB)

• Kazi Parvez Fattah, UBC

7.5

Investigation of Nitrous Oxide Production from a Simultaneous Nitrification, Denitrification and Phosphorous Removal System (1.2 MB)

• Ingwei Lo, UBC

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