WCW Conference & Trade Show Calgary September 21 - 24 2010 

Technical Program


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*Paper presentation schedule may be subject to change without notice 
THURSDAY
 
Instrumentation & Controls
Water Technology & Innovation
Storm Water Management
Wastewater Technology & Innovation
 
8:30 – 9:00
The Past, Present, and Future of Real Time Controls in Edmonton’s Combined Sewer System
Angela Steward
The use of UV / Peroxide for Treatment of Micropollutants in Drinking Water
Rob Haas
The City of Calgary Stormwater Quality Retrofit (SWQR) Program
Ian Morley
Advanced Sludge Degritting - A Cost Effective Solution to Abrasives Removal
Pat Herrick
9:00 – 9:30
Alarm Management: Edmonton Water Treatment Plants
Abhishek Bhargava
Got gas? Relief through the effective design and construction of onsite sodium hypochlorite facilities.
Matt Henney
Coventry Hills Stormwater Quality Retrofit Wet Pond
John Grainger
Corinne Arkell
 
Building the Business Case - Conceptual Design of the Bonnybrook Wastewater Treatment Plant Headworks Upgrade
Max Wong
9:30 – 10:00
Sustainable Real-
Time Water Utilities:
The Value of SCADA
Data to the
Darrol Weiss
Dean Henley
Use of Ion Exchange Pretreatment for THM Compliance at Hudson Bay, SK
Barbara Martin
Shepard Wetland - The Largest Constructed Wetland in Canada - Construction is Complete
David Taylor
Commissioning of Pine Creek WWTP
M. Kim Fries
10:00 – 10:30
COFFEE BREAK
 
Instrumentation & Controls
Water Technology & Innovation
Storm Water Management
Wastewater Technology & Innovation
Utility Management UM
10:30 – 11:00
Water Treatment Plant Dechlorination: Advancement in Chemical Injection Control Technology
Matthew McCrank
Using Zeta Potential to Improve Filtration Performance
David Pernitsky
Treatment Design Optimization of a Stormwater Pond Using Computation Fluid Dynamics and Biochemical Analyses
Margarita Houston
Pilot Test of High Rate Tertiary Phosphorous Removal Process
Peter Wood
Maintaining a
Skilled Workforce
Using A
Competency
Management
System: A City Of
Calgary Water
Utility Case Study
Melanie Clark
 
11:00 – 11:30
Optimizing Biological Nutrient Removal Through Instrumentation
Bob Dabkowski
Working Through a Significant Chemical Regime Change at Calgary’s Two Water Treatment Plants
Jason Sinclair
Concurrent Dual Drainage Modeling of Urban Watersheds
Andrew Wiens
Three Years of Operation of the Steinbach SAGR Facility Confirms the Viability for Cold Temperature Post-Lagoon Nitrification
Martin Hildebrand
A Water And Wastewater
Operations Career Attraction Project As A Catalyst In Support Of Workforce Renewal
Edith Phillips
Del Morrison
Michael Aherne
11:30 – 12:00
Automatic Sludge Age Control: Wasting Pounds Instead of Gallons
Bob Dabkowski
Winter Operation with Optimized Chemical Doses at Edmonton’s Rossdale Water Treatment Plant
Saifuddin Molla
TBA
Fort Resolution
Wastewater
Management Study
Ken Johnson
Tricia Hamilton
Can You Hear Your Customers, Getting Community Input on Service Levels
Greg Chartier
12:00 – 1:30
LUNCH BREAK
 
Utility
Management 2
Water Technology & Innovation 2
Linear Infrastructure Maintenance
Odour Control
 
1:30 – 2:00
Implementation of ISO 14001 within The City of Calgary, Water Services: Exploring the benefits and challenges
Natasha Kinloch
Maximizing Treatment Plant Water Efficiency in a Closed Watershed
Anita Selinger
The New CSA Guideline for Sewer Defect and Distress Coding: Moving Forward
Ross Homeniuk
Membranes for odour control? - a case study on a new approach for the clovis water reuse facility
Trevor Jones
2:00 – 2:30
Application of Spatial
Database Models For
Data Management
On Engineering
Projects
Candice Gottstein
Slow sand filtration using a backwash process
David Manz
Large Diameter Interceptor Inspection and Analytical Assessments Using Multi-Sensor Technologies
Chris Macey
Superoxygenation For Odour Control At Harbour Landing Forcemain
Alex Munoz
2:30 – 3:00
Developing a Sustainable Service Based Asset Management Plan, Getting from A to Z
Greg Chartier
Pay Me Now Or Pay Me Later" - The Role Of Raw Water Reservoir Management On Treatment Implications
Sutha Suthaker
Determining Operational Vulnerabilities in Gravity Wastewater Sewer Systems
David Enns
Odour Control for the Pine Creek WWTP: From pre-design to optimization
Catalina Nadeau-Bonilla
3:00 – 3:15
WATER BREAK
 
Utility
Management 2
Water Technology & Innovation 2
Linear Infrastructure Maintenance
Reclamation & Reuse
 
3:15 – 3:45
Applying PAS-55 Principles – Water Wastewater Case Study
James Nesbitt
Membrane Treatment - Using New Technologies in New Ways
Don Burgess
Utilidor Replacement in Inuvik, NWT
Ken Johnson
 
Technical Considerations for the Reclamation & Reuse of Bonnybrook Effluent
A. Warren Wilson
3:45 – 4:15
The Improvement of Municipal Water Use Data Collection Methods to Facilitate Water Conservation Measures
Allisha Sordi
Membrane Application for Organic Control
Rudy Chan
Samantha Simpson
Condition Assessment of Large Diameter Water Transmission Mains
Marshall Gibbons
Water Treatment & Reuse at a Fire Training Facility
Sutha Suthaker
 
4:15 – 4:45
OurWinnipeg: Phase 1 - Infrastructure Review
Andy Nagy
The “Green” Water Treatment: Northern Sunrise Regional WTP Design
Hwei Suan
A New Direction for the City of Winnipeg Water Main Cleaning Program
Jon Goodbrandson
Technical, Economic,
Environmental and
Social Challenges
Associated with Large
Scale Desalination and
Reuse Schemes
David Griffiths

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