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WaterTech 2008 - Agenda ***(updated - April 8th) Agenda
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2:00 |
Registration / Exhibitor Setup |
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| 6:00 - 9:30 |
Welcoming Reception Sponsored by Stantec Consulting Ltd. |
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April 17th, 2008
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7:00 |
Registration / Networking Breakfast |
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| 8:00 - 8:10 |
Opening Remarks and Welcome Emcee: |
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8:10 |
Opening Plenary Session Water
- Lubricating Investment in Alberta Groundwater
in Alberta - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, the Challenges
and the Opportunities Water
Quality Protection Initiatives in the Alberta Agricultural
Operation Practices Act |
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9:25 |
Networking
Break - Visit the Exhibitors and Enter the Door Prize Draw Contest (Exhibit Area - Mount Temple Ballroom) |
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Concurrent Sessions |
Concurrent
Sessions (Lakeshore Room) |
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| Site Analysis | Tools / Testing / Regulatory | |
| 9:45 - 10:15 |
The
Geology and Hydrogeology of the Spyhill Area (Calgary, AB) Clare North, WorleyParsons Komex |
The
Future is Liquid Jamie Wills, Waterline Resources Inc. |
| 5 minute Transition | ||
| 10:20 - 10:50 |
Buried
Bedrock Channels in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region – Conceptual
Understanding and Implications to Water Supply Scott Rayner, Matrix Solutions Inc. |
A
Case Study for Water License Renewal Application - Nipisi Enhanced
Recovery Project Craig Robertson, Wiebe Environmental Services Inc. (WES Inc.) |
| 5 minute Transition | ||
| 10:55 - 11:25 |
Hydrogeology
of a Shallow Coalbed Methane Play - A Case Study of Ardley Coal
in West-Central Alberta Shane M. Harrison, SH Consulting Services |
Forensic
Ecotoxicology: In search for Endocrine Disrupting Compounds
in Municipal Wastewater D.A. Birkholz, ALS Laboratory Group |
| 5 minute Transition | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Pumping
Test Analysis of Fourteen Depressurization and Injection Wells
in the Basal McMurray Watersand, Fort McMurray, Alberta Justin Bourne , Jacques Whitford AXYS Ltd. |
Hydrogeological
Assessment Tools Ian Mitchell, SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd |
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12:00 |
Keynote Luncheon Hydrogeologists without Borders - An
Update Keynote Presentation "Undersea Images" Sponsored by Bodycote Testing Group |
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2:00 |
Networking Break - Visit the Exhibitors
and Enter the Door Prize Draw Contest |
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Concurrent Sessions |
Concurrent
Sessions (Lakeshore Room) |
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| Waste Water / Water Treatment / Stormwater | Groundwater | |
| 2:30 - 3:00 |
Effluent
treatment using a Multi-stage Pre-treatment Train integrated
with Electro-kinetic Remediation (EK3) and Electro-Dialysis
(ED) Bonnie Swift, Pioneer Professional Services Group |
Nitrate
and Sulfate Assisted Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons:
Treatability Study and Pilot Scale Results David Abranovic, ERM |
| 5 minute Transition | ||
| 3:05 - 3:35 |
Surfactant
Enhanced Remediation (SER) of Contaminated Solid-liquid Drilling
Wastes, Industrial Waste Water, and Groundwater George A. Ivey, Ivey International Inc. |
In-Situ
Groundwater Nitrification and De-Nitrification Remediation Processes
Stephen Mailath, EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd. |
| 5 minute Transition | ||
| 3:40 - 4:10 |
Review
of the Use of Atrazine and Its Occurrence and Control in Drinking
Water Suzanne Lazorko-Connon, University of Calgary |
Remediation
of Sulfolane Impacted Groundwater – Characterization, Treatment
and Disposal Jamie Fairles, WorleyParsons Komex |
| 5 Transition | ||
| 4:15 - 4:45 |
Potential
Impacts of Climate Change of Stormwater Michael Hulley, XCG Consultants Ltd. |
Pilot
Testing of Groundwater Circulation Well Technology for a Caustic
Groundwater Plume in a Coastal Aquifer Lynda Smithard, URS Canada |
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4:45 |
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April 18th, 2008
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7:30 |
Visit the Exhibitors and Networking Breakfast
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Concurrent Sessions |
Concurrent
Sessions (Lakeshore Room) |
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| Stormwater / Wetlands | Hydrogeology | |
| 8:25 - 8:55 |
Polymer
Enhanced Best Management Practices for Erosion, Sedimentation
Control and Stormwater Steve Iwinski, University of Central Florida |
The
effects of climate change and land use on basin hydrology: a
review of major forcings affecting water balance Jon Fennell, WorleyParsons Komex |
| 5 minute Transition | ||
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Constructed
Wetlands for the Remediation of Contaminated Waters Chad Brassard, CH2M HILL Canada |
Perchlorate
as an emerging contaminant – health implications, environmental
forensics, and novel remediation techniques Erik Martin, TRIUM Environmental Solutions Inc. |
| 5 minute Transition | ||
| 9:35 - 10:05 |
Measuring
Wetland Health - Using Bioassessment Tools Geetha Ramesh, WorleyParsons Komex |
Hydrogeologic
assessment in support of the development of the Peace River
Oil Sands deposit: a case study concerning a pilot-scale in-situ
SAGD operation William (Bill) Wilmot, Matrix Solutions Inc. |
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10:05 |
Networking Break - Visit the Exhibitors
and Enter the Door Prize Draw Contest |
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Concurrent Sessions |
Concurrent
Sessions (Lakeshore Room) |
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| A Little of Everything | Tools / Testing / Analysis | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Integration
Chemical and Biological Technologies for Remediation of Contaminated
Soil and Groundwater Leonard Chan, Canada Colors & Chemicals |
Surface
Water Quality Monitoring: Program Design for Data Analysis Sergei G. Touchinski, AMEC Earth & Environmental |
| 5 minute Transition | ||
| 11:05 - 11:35 |
Application
of ICP/MS Collision Cell Technology for the Analysis of Trace
Metals in Marine Waters and Other Challenging Matrices Phil Heaton, Maxxam Analytics Inc. |
Is
Purging Necessary? A Comparison of Groundwater Data from Pre-
and Post-Purge Samples Brent Moore, Devon Canada Corporation |
| 5 minute Transition | ||
| 11:40 - 12:10 |
Using
Controlled Source-Audio Frequency Domain Magnetics for Contaminated
Groundwater Site Characterization: A Minimally Invasive Approach
Paul Rollins, Willowstick Technologies |
Low-Flow
Groundwater Sampling: An Update on Proper Application and Use David Kaminski, QED Environmental Systems |
| 5 minute Transition | ||
| 12:15 - 12:45 |
Water
and Oil Do Mix! A Discussion on How Leading - Edge Oil Field
Technologies are Applied to Groundwater Applications |
The
Benefits of Web-Based Environmental Information Management
Paris Edeburn, Trihydro Corporation |
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12:45 |
Keynote Luncheon, Door Prizes and
Closing Remarks "Putting Humor to Work" |
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