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THEWATER OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF WATER PROFESSIONALS ACROSS WESTERN CANADA

FALL 2017 | Volume 69 | Issue No. 3

69th Annual Western Canada Water Conference & Exhibition TCU Place | Saskatoon, SK | September 19-22, 2017

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President Elect – Heather MacKenzie (204) 515-3215 [email protected] WORKING TOGETHER FOR WATER Vice President – Nancy McAteer www.emcowaterworks.com (403) 886-4265 [email protected] Features Past President – Ryan Roberts Western Canada Water 69th Annual Conference & Exhibition ...... 31 (403) 716-8108 [email protected] THEME: MAKING EVERY DROP COUNT Water Reclamation and Reuse Treasurer – Andrew Barr – A View from Western Canada...... 58 (403) 262-4500 Cryofront: Nunavut’s Water [email protected] – Abundant Resource in Short Supply...... 61 CWWA Director – Vicki Campbell TAP IN – ATCO’s Heartland Industrial Water System...... 64 (306) 337-7210 Fort Smith Struggles and Succeeds with Water Filtration...... 68 [email protected] Wave of Upgrades at Yukon Water Treatment Facilities...... 70 AWWOA Director – Andy Bebbington From WEF: Accelerating Resource Recovery...... 72 (780) 987-3415 [email protected] Departments MSSA Director – Max Wong President’s Message...... 6 WCW Crossword...... 30 (403) 251-2438 [email protected] Editorial...... 8 Water Research...... 52 Calendar...... 10 Guess What?...... 54 MWWA Director – Karly Friesen MSSA Member Profile...... 12 The Last Drop...... 91 (204) 239-8359 News from the Field...... 16 Reach our Advertisers...... 92 [email protected] New Products Showcase...... 28 NTWWA Director – Arlen Foster (867) 920-2882 One Stop Shop [email protected] CO Reports CSJWP...... 75 WEF...... 82 SWWA Director – Tim Cox AWWA...... 76 NTWWA...... 84 For All Your Water & Waste Water Needs (306) 778-2725 No matter the complexity of the job, Emco Waterworks Products can supply a [email protected] CWWA...... 77 MWWA...... 85 WCWEA...... 78 SWWA...... 86 complete package for nearly any type of water distribution project. WCS AWWA Director – Mark Draper MSSA...... 79 Water For People...... 89 (403) 407-6094 AWWOA...... 80 Find a store near you! [email protected] WCWEA Director – Rasel Hossain (403) 716-8000 Working in Water Profiles BRANDON CALGARY EDMONTON SASKATOON [email protected] Doug H. Olson...... 22 Brian Taylor...... 26 343 Park Avenue East 9716-40 Street South East 15740-118 Avenue 37410 Yellowhead Road Executive Director – Audrey Arisman Cheryl Southam...... 24 Phone (204) 571-3470 Phone (403) 720-0288 Phone (780) 447-4800 Phone (306) 343-3626 (877) 283-2003 Fax (204) 728-1141 Fax (403) 720-0020 Fax (780) 447-5512 Fax (306) 244-6464 [email protected] www.wcwwa.ca Toll Free: (866) 623-6202 Toll Free (800) 818-EMCO Toll Free (800) 568-5774 Toll Free (877) 343-3626 Editorial Committee Bill Brant (chair); Alan Thompson; Vicki Campbell; Stormy Holmes; Ken Johnson; Dan Willems; Justin Rak-Banville; Abigail Dyson; Ashley Morrissey; Lin Watt; Kristen McGillivray; Gillian Edwards. Western Canada Water is published by LETHBRIDGE FORT MCMURRAY GRANDE PRAIRIE WINNIPEG WE WELCOME MEMBERS’ SUBMISSIONS! 255-31 Street North 1-2 360 Mackenzie Blvd. 11012-96 Avenue 39 Eagle Drive Send “News” items to Terry Ross ([email protected]) New Product information and MSSA Profiles to Alan Thompson ([email protected]) Phone (403) 317-4413 Phone (780) 713-2433 Phone (780) 532-4483 Phone (204) 697-3120 Calendar information to Kristen McGillivray ([email protected]) Fax (403) 394-0359 Fax (780) 713-2434 Fax (780) 532-4848 Fax (204) 779-3685 Project Profiles, Going Green, Last Drop Items, and Other Articles to Bill Brant ([email protected]) Toll Free (866) 701-3626 Toll Free (866) 286-3626 Toll Free (866) 535-3626 3rd Floor, 2020 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba R3J 0K4 Tel: 204-985-9780 Fax: 204-985-9795 The articles published in Western Canada Water do not necessarily reflect the opinion of WCW. www.kelman.ca © 2017 Craig Kelman & Associates Ltd. All rights reserved. The contents of this publication may not Managing Editor - Terry Ross – [email protected] be reproduced by any means, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the publisher. REGINA LLOYDMINSTER RED DEER Design/layout - Jackie Magat Marketing Manager - Rod Evason 1205 Pettigrew Avenue East 4502 35th Avenue 7763 Edgar Industrial Way Advertising Coordinator - Jenna Matthes Phone (306) 569-5590 Phone (306) 825-7007 Phone (403) 341-4660 ISSN: 1483-7730 Fax (306) 569-0731 Fax (306) 825-7013 Fax (403) 341-4065 Publications mail agreement #40065075 Toll Free (877) 569-5590 Toll Free (866) 558-7007 Toll Free (866) 700-3626 Send undeliverable Canadian addresses to: [email protected] PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Welcome to WCW17 Dawn Dierker, WCW President

his will be my last message organization, as the members are a the oil spill they experienced during as Western Canada Water superb group of professionals to serve. the summer of 2016 in the North President. It has been a At long last, the 2017 Western Saskatchewan River. tremendous year working with Canada Water Conference – WCW17 Keynote speaker, Ken Coates, Tthe Conference Planning Committee, – has arrived. For the past two years, will open the conference. Ken is a the Western Canada Water Executive a committee of 20 volunteers and professor and Canada Research Chair and the Board. We have accomplished the staff in the Cochrane office have in Regional Innovation at the University several of the tasks facing the Board in been working diligently to prepare an of Saskatchewan’s Johnson Shoyama regards to revisiting policies, rewriting extraordinary technical program, great Graduate School of Public Policy. He is procedures and updating the office entertainment and opportunities for also a Fellow in the Royal Society of roles and responsibilities. I am looking you to network with your industry peers. Canada. Ken’s areas of interest are forward to the next year working with This year’s Conference will offer Indigenous engagement in the natural Heather McKenzie and Nancy McAteer special sessions including one resource area. He has been working on as they move into their roles of President with John Lagimodiere of Eagle the potential application of scientific and President Elect. Feather News discussing Aboriginal and technological innovations in I hope to continue my involvement history in Canada, terminology and northern and remote regions. in Western Canada Water and its demographics relating to First Nations, Kevin Traves and his planning Constituent Organizations as a treaties and the Indian Act. John committee have put together a volunteer and as an active member. will end the seminar discussing the conference that will keep you I am thankful for the opportunity to investments, partnerships and calls to learning, networking and entertained. serve this organization as President action that are helping change how The Technical Committee has a and for the skills and experiences that I Indigenous people fit into Canada. line-up of industry experts ready to received as a result of my involvement. Of special interest to delegates is discuss their latest projects, studies I encourage anyone that has the time a series of technical sessions that will and innovations. Don’t forget to stop or the inclination to volunteer for this review the measures taken to mitigate and see the Water for People silent auction and the Western Canada Section AWWA Water Taste Test at the Exhibition. The Exhibition promises to be a fun-filled night of networking with a German theme. Make sure to get there early to receive a special limited edition beer stein courtesy of Great West Brewing. The party will continue on at the delegate night in the beautiful Top of the Inn at the Sheraton Cavalier Hotel with a Mardi Gras theme and entertainment by CCMA award We put people rst. winning guitarist Topher Mils. We are looking for top talent to help us address In closing, I would like to thank conveyance, treatment, and water resource the membership of Western Canada challenges throughout Western Canada. Join Stantec Water for the opportunity to be your Water – chances are you’ll make a positive di erence representative. I am honoured to have in your own community and in those that appreciate worked with many of you and am you all around the world. proud to be part of an organization that provides safe, secure water to the people Design with community in mind stantec.com/careers of Western Canada. Let’s remember to ‘Make Every Drop Count.’

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e have long recognized to Kill Your Community’ (written by) Doug public not repair a cash register, a bar the value of water. On one Griffiths, a former Member of the Legislative code machine or credit card terminal that level, it represents the Assembly and former Minister of Municipal was undercharging for the merchandise? second most critical Affairs, in Alberta…. delivered some powerful That is exactly the same as having a Wsubstance sustaining human life, as messages about how to encourage growth, malfunctioning water meter: it is the cash without it, one would be dead in a development and prosperity, and also how a register of the water industry. Business matter of weeks, if not days. Only air community can be condemned to wither and owners know what stands between them is more critical to short-term survival. die. The first way identified by Mr. Griffiths and bankruptcy, but some public decision On another level, water represents the as a sure-fire way to kill your community: makers? Not so much. lifeblood of a community. don’t have a good, plentiful, high-quality Or what about communities that As I wrote recently in an article for water supply. A regional development haven’t yet upgraded to automated Plan North West magazine (Issue #3, agency, Saskatchewan South East Enterprise meter reading systems? These AMR 2017), “…water resources are needed to Region (SSEER), summarized his message systems allow thousands of meters to provide the supplies essential for human in a Community & Economic Development be read in a day, without having to enter consumption, for firefighting and for Information leaflet (2017) as follows: homes and buildings. They also facilitate industrial needs…. The ancient Romans If water quality in a community is bad, the monthly billing. That benefits the utility in built aqueducts over two millennia ago, community is probably in sharp decline with terms of improved cashflow and benefits to convey good quality water from unpol- businesses closing, empty houses for sale the consumer in that a leaky plumbing luted uplands rivers and lakes, because and a community that appears decrepit and problem can be identified much more they understood the need for fresh water unsightly. Nowadays, people view good quickly, before a thousand dollar account to supply their large, growing cities. After quality water as an essential quality of life. is accumulated. In the case of AMR their civilisation collapsed, cities of the Furthermore, many industries require good systems tied in with telephone lines or Roman Empire fell on hard times. Never- quality water to be sustainable, including other central data collection infrastructure, theless, to this day, some of those ancient agriculture and tourism…. If you want your problems can be identified in real time and aqueducts still provide water to a number community to fail, if you do not want to a customer can be notified immediately of of cities. A book entitled ‘Thirteen Ways see it grow – just don’t bother to address unusually high water usage. And we’d be the issue of water (supply, quality, safety, ‘making every drop count!’ NEXOM WELCOMES disposal, etc.).” In times of environmental sensitivities Of course, the importance of water will and challenging economics, we can’t be understood by water professionals like afford to waste any resource, whether it be FRANCIS us, but not so much by some members of water, capital, labour, energy or materials. BORDELEAU the public or some of the politicians who A lot goes into developing community SALES MANAGER, represent them in the decision-making insti- water resources, and then treating, CANADA tutions of government. ‘Making every drop pumping and delivering the water to the [email protected] count’ is far from the thoughts of citizens customer, usually at a cost of a few cents who allow their leaky plumbing fixtures to per litre. Put that into perspective: buy that waste this precious resource, at least until litre of water in a bottle at the supermarket the water bill arrives and even then, the irre- and it will likely cost 100 times more. sponsible consumer will complain that water That brings me around to a favourite costs too much. Some even believe water is theme of mine, that public water supplies a ‘right,’ with the implication that it should are mostly underpriced, therefore not be subject to a price. undervalued, therefore often wasted, Some community leaders (a misnomer, which is inconsistent with our Saskatoon in this case) refuse to provide from their Conference theme of ‘making every drop budget the funding needed for water meter count.’ Let’s do our part by attending the testing and meter replacement programs. Conference and learning from specialist FORMERLY NELSON “It costs too much,” they will say. Would a presenters and from each other, how the ENVIRONMENTAL nexom.com business owner selling products to the theme can become a reality.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2017 SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER 25-28 10-13 5-8 MWWA Annual 4th Water Research Conference: CWWA National Conference and Tradeshow The Role of Water Technology Water and Wastewater Conference Brandon, MB Innovation in the Blue Economy St. John’s, NF www.mwwa.wildapricot.org Kitchener-Waterloo, ON www.nwwc2017.ca www.elsevier.com/events/conferences/water- MARCH research-conference 6-10 12-16 Northern Territories AWWA Membrane Technology 19-22 Water and Waste Association Conference and Exhibition Western Canada Water 2017 Conference West Palm Beach, FL 2017 Annual Conference Iqaluit, NU www.awwa.org/conferences-education/ Saskatoon, SK www.ntwwa.com/agms.asp conferences/membrane-technology.aspx www.wcw17.wcwwa.ca 12-16 19-23 30-Oct. 4 AWWA Water Quality Technology AWWA/WEF Design-Build for WEFTEC 2017 Conference and Exposition Water/Wastewater Conference 2018 Chicago, IL Portland, OR Portland, OR www.weftec.org www.awwa.org/conferences-education/ www.wef.org/events/conferences/upcoming- conferences/water-quality-technology.aspx conferences/design-build-for-waterwastewater- OCTOBER conference-2018/ 19-20 Northwestern Ontario Water and 2018 25-28 Wastewater Conference AWWA Sustainable Water Thunder Bay, ON JANUARY Management Conference www.nwowwc.com/main/ 24-25 Seattle, WA AWWA International Symposium www.awwa.org/conferences-education/ conferences/sustainable-water-management.aspx 30-Nov. 2 Biological Treatment AWWA Water Infrastructure Conference Austin, TX Houston, TX www.awwa.org/conferences-education/ MAY www.awwa.org/conferences-education/ conferences/biological-treatment.aspx 15-18 conferences/water-infrastructure.aspx WEF Residuals and Biosolids Conference FEBRUARY Phoenix, AZ 31-Nov. 3 20-23 www.wef.org/events/conferences/upcoming- SWWA 2017 Annual Conference & Tradeshow conferences/residualsbiosolids/ Saskatoon, SK AWWA/WEF www.swwa.ca/conference/ The Utility Management Conference San Antonio, TX www.awwa.org/conferences-education/ conferences/utility-management.aspx

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TAP Infrastructure Management Ltd., better known for INAC (Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada). Garry, to operators throughout Western Canada as “ATAP”* who is still very much involved in ATAP today, recollects there was created in 1999 by Dan Hogan, then General was a critical need for operator training. ATAP subsequently Manager of Associated Engineering (Sask.) Ltd. Dan developed a five-week training program and took its course Asaw there was a gap between the delivery of new infrastructure to the operators, who gained confidence in putting what they and the ability of the client’s operational personnel to run these learned into practice. new facilities. ATAP’s goal was to fill that gap. The Cryptosporidium outbreak in North Battleford, To assist him in realizing this new ‘toolbox and coveralls’ arm Saskatchewan in April 2001 would have a tremendous impact of the company, Dan immediately thought of SaskWater Circuit on the water industry in Canada. ATAP, fairly fresh in the Riders Garry Tenaschuk and Keith Mayoh, who collectively had industry, was no less impacted by this event. ATAP played a 50 years of experience in the water industry. Recognizing this significant role in the aftermath by delivering Unidirectional unique opportunity, both were keen to join Dan in creating Flushing (UDF) to clean and disinfect the City’s entire this service-based, private company that would provide both distribution system (a service still provided to the City on a technical field assistance and formal operator training to routine three-year preventative basis). The success of this, and municipalities, first nations, and industry. other field contracts, led to ATAP being awarded the NRSTA One of the company’s first big projects came about in (Northern Revenue Sharing Trust Account) ‘Northern Technical response to experiences in commissioning new plants built Support and Operational Guidance Program’ in 2003, delivered to 31 northern Saskatchewan municipalities. Fourteen years later, ATAP still has the trust of northern operators and communities, and continues the program today. The issue in North Battleford had another impact on ATAP by creating a surge in the demand for training programs. Following publication of the Commission’s investigative report, the Province instituted mandatory certification for Saskatchewan water and wastewater operators. With a training program already developed, ATAP condensed it into one-week courses and would instruct the thousands of Saskatchewan operators who would need exam prep training. Since then, ATAP has become a leader in operator training throughout Western Canada, not only under the ATAP logo, but also in partnerships with public colleges. ATAP’s most Performing a backwash audit in northern SK recent training foray was developing an innovative, live, online

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MONTREAL, QC VEGREVILLE, AB SURREY, BC In the modern age of climate change, Alberta is moving on whirling disease low-starting salaries, unpaid internships by opening Canada’s first laboratory and long working hours, millennials are exclusively dedicated to testing for and struggling to find a career path that is preventing the disease. The new facility both lucrative and fulfilling. At the same in Vegreville is part of $9.3 million time, the water and wastewater industry committed in Budget 2017 to expedite is facing a generational jam of older, testing as part of efforts to prevent the experienced workers retiring and leaving further spread of the parasite-related essential operator roles unstaffed. disease, which was discovered in the Wastewater operation could be a Oldman and Bow watersheds in the dream job for environmentally-conscious past year (Editor’s note: See Summer millennials seeking a Career. There’s only issue p. 42). one problem, they have no idea the job Whirling disease is not harmful exists. In honour of hard-working water to humans, but can severely impact operators in Canada, FluksAqua, a free juvenile trout and whitefish, including BI Pure Water, Inc. has been approved water and wastewater utility forum, has vulnerable bull and westslope for an IRAP grant (National Research launched a national awareness campaign cutthroat trout populations. Council of Canada’s Industrial to ensure the next generation of water “Whirling disease is a threat to Research Assistance Program) to pilot and wastewater operators are ready to some of Alberta’s most iconic species. its low cost remediation solution for answer their calling. Accurate and timely testing is our first Refractory (difficult-to-oxidize) Organic The personal and financial benefits step in reducing that threat. We also Contaminants. BI Pure Water’s in-house of water and wastewater operators are need to ensure Albertans clean, drain master chemist Ian Wylie has been impressive. Five provinces offer a highly and dry any gear that touches water,” personally working on the chemical competitive salary of 60-90K after reaching says Shannon Phillips, Minister of problem for a decade and he believes the position or equivalent of level four Environment and Parks. he’s found a low cost solution. operator (after only 4-5 years of training.) The new lab is in an InnoTech “There are so many unaddressed Alberta (a subsidiary of Alberta industrial chemicals in our environment, Starting Maximum Innovates) facility formerly used for I find this a very exciting and promising Salary Salary autopsies on large animals. Nearly market,” says Wylie, R&D Project (Level 1 (Level 4 $2.9 million will go towards the lab’s Manager. “This process should be able Province Operator) Operator) operational costs, as well as the six to treat refractory wastewaters at an British $60,000 $90,000 full-time technicians who process operating cost 5 to 20 times lower than Columbia samples for expedited testing at the existing oxidation processes and other Alberta $56,576 $73,320 University of Alberta. environmentally unsound methods, such Saskatchewan $40,300 $74,700 The province began collecting as incineration.” samples to test for whirling disease in BI Pure Water’s Advanced Oxidation Ontario $39,000 $79,000 August 2016, when the first case was Process (AOP) in combination with Manitoba $29,000 $60,320 discovered at Johnson Lake in Banff biological treatment will greatly expand Water and wastewater operator is a job in National Park. Since then, more than the range of wastewaters treatable high-demand with few graduates heading 6,000 samples have been collected by biology. AOP used in combination into the field. Water associations across and tested from six of Alberta’s with MBR/MBBR or biogas generation Canada agree that a lack of awareness watersheds, as well as provincial is cheaper, more effective and ‘much of the field is to blame for the insufficient hatcheries and commercial fish farms. greener’ than competing processes. number of up-and-coming water operators. Additional funds from this year’s The process is particularly useful “Compared to medicine, law enforce- budget will go towards implementing for refractory wastes with aromatic ment, legal and business, water operation Alberta’s whirling disease action functionality and many other difficult to is not a hot topic at high-school career plan. The three-pillared approach is treat organic chemical contaminants, days,” said Dr. Hubert Colas, president focused on determining the extent of such as: phenol from refineries and Americas of FluksAqua. “If we start the the disease and using education and chemical synthesis, polychlorinated conversation early, water and wastewater mitigation to prevent it from spreading. biphenyls, creosotes, naphthenic operation could be a real option for young Alberta will hire additional staff to work acids from oil/gas extraction, drugs Canadians. New graduates just don’t throughout the province, including and synthetic hormones from the understand how great and stable a job it is a fish disease specialist, fisheries pharmaceutical industry and a wide range and the opportunities that are available in biologists, aquaculture specialists, and of difficult to treat industrial wastewaters. their own communities.” outreach and education staff. BI Pure has found its first pilot project

16 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | Fall 2017 NEWS FROM THE FIELD The Strength of Many. with leachate from a Canadian landfill. 1. Attend a regional meeting Starzyk believes the problem of It’s seeking more partnerships with The(for First Power Nation representative of One. delivering safe, clean drinking water to potential customers having ‘challenging organizations,The Strength First Nation of Many.First Nations is solvable, but she said, waters’ that need a practical way to technical groups, and First Nation “Consulting with First Nations about reduce harmful waste. To pilot and Thecommunities Power – by invitation of only). One.how to make the Safe Drinking Water demonstrate the technology the project 2. Send comments/suggestions to for First Nations Act more effective is seeking partners that spend more than ProprePNh2o-cleanFNh2o@ is a good step, but such consultation $5.00 per m3 to treat difficult waste. aadnc-aandc.gc.ca. should focus on taking practical steps 3. Send comments and suggestions to resolving this human rights issue.” WINNIPEG, MB by mail. (Source: Water Canada, June 19, 2017) On May 29, 2017, the federal Department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada posted a notice online that engagement with First Nations for safe drinking water K. Brent Pooles, B.A., C.I.M. would be undertaken. Industrial Group [email protected] The announcement came as a surprise 1036 Waverley Street Phone: 204-896-1333 Jeffrey K. Warren to some leaders within the First Nations Winnipeg, MB R3T 0P3 www.groupwd.com [email protected] community and advocacy groups. Details of the engagement strategy were not presented to the communities The Strength of Many. The Power of One. or representative organizationsOur lineupprior to of composite water & sewer prodcts: or at the time of its launch. OurPI lineup Valve ofBoxes composite water & sewer products:Robar 1696-2BRepresenting the The information presentedOur on lineup the of composite water & sewer prodcts: New Robar all stainlessfollowing steel two bolt website also lacks direct or clear details WD82 PI - MWSBPI Valve Approved Boxes quality products: regarding the engagement process. PIWD46 Valve PI - CityBoxesWD82 of Winnipeg PI - MWSB Approved Approved Robarmulti-range 1696-2B coupling: Instead, it describes: Type A PI - CityWD46 of Regina PI -Approved City of Winnipeg ApprovedNew Robar all stainless steel two bolt TheWD82 PI Strength- MWSBType Approved A PI - City of of Regina Many. Approved “The Government of Canada will Type C PI - City of Saskatoon Approved multi-range- Non-Corroding coupling: engage with: WD46 PI - CityType of Winnipeg C PI - City Approved of Saskatoon Approved • National and regional First Nation TheType Power A PI - City of Regina of Approved One. - Large OD Range TypeLIGHTER, C PI -STONG CityLIGHTER, of & Saskatoon NON-CORRODING! STRONG Approved & NON-CORRODING! representative organizations - Non-CorrodingEasy Installation • First Nation technical groups WD50SC Composite Manhole Cover - Large OD Range • First Nation communities and other LIGHTER, STONG & NON-CORRODING! FitsWD50SC City of Winnipeg Manhole WD50F Cover Frames - Easy Installation interested parties.” - < 40 Lbs. As now outlined, the transparency - Non-corrosiveFits City of Winnipeg WD50F Frames of the process has made some - Non-conductive-WD50SC < 40 Lbs. Manhole Cover Representing the following quality products: stakeholders challenge the proposed - Lockable- Non-corrosive & Sealable methodology. “To make this process Fits City of Winnipeg WD50F Frames -

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Project guidelines are as follows: Environmental requirements, ALEXIS FIRST NATION, AB Alberta Municipal Water/ efficiencies in management and On July 4, Carolyn Bennett, Minister Wastewater Partnership (AMWWP) operational practices are also taken of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, • AMWWP assists eligible Alberta into account. Pipelines for new regional along with Richard Feehan, Alberta municipalities with the construction systems (water or wastewater) are Minister of Indigenous Relations of priority water supply and treatment funded at 90%. joined Chief Tony Alexis of Alexis and wastewater treatment and Nakota Sioux Nation to announce the disposal facilities. TORONTO, ON construction of a new regional water • Under AMWWP, grant levels start at On June 22, the 6th Annual Water’s line and water infrastructure to ensure 75% up to a population of 1,000 and Next Award ceremonies were held at a safe and secure water supply for decline thereafter to “0” at 45,000. the Sheraton Centre Hotel, in Toronto. the community. • The program is available to: Cambridge-based Lystek International “It’s evident that our natural water Cities with a population was presented with two, national source is at risk and a water line would under 45,000 Water’s Next Awards – the first in be essential to help protect this precious Towns the Project/Technology (Wastewater resource for future generations,” Villages category) and the second for overall said Chief Alexis. “After working to Summer villages Company of the Year. The awards were develop partnerships with all levels Eligible hamlets within counties, presented to Lystek in recognition of of government, they have taken this municipal districts, Métis its market-leading technical solutions, positive step to ensure my community settlements, the Special Areas customer satisfaction and numerous and others will have access to clean, and improvement districts achievements in the sustainable sustainable drinking water.” Regional commissions management of biosolids and organics. The project will connect the Nation The Water’s Next Award program to the West Inter Lake District regional Water for Life (W4L) is the only national awards program water supply system in addition to • Regionalization of water supply to honour leadership across the constructing a potable water supply line, systems started in the ‘60s in the entire water sector – including public pumphouse, and treated water reservoir. Edmonton area. In 2004, Alberta servants, non-governmental groups, The Government of Canada plans to Environment and Parks completed researchers, municipalities, and invest approximately $10 million to a province-wide risk assessment technology providers. Its purpose is to support the completion of the project. report of municipal waterworks recognize individuals and companies The Alberta government is investing systems that identified options for that successfully work to change the $7.15 million to complete the Alexis communities, such as individual way we treat, and protect, our valuable Nakota Sioux water tie-in project plant upgrades, regional water water resources. connecting the regional water system pipelines, remote facility monitoring “On behalf of our entire team at to the reserve. This project is part of and technical support and regional Lystek and our parent company, the Alberta’s $100 million commitment operational consortiums. Tomlinson Group, we are extremely over four years to ensure Alberta First • There is a higher capital cost to honored to accept these prestigious Nations have access to clean and safe implement regional systems but, in the awards,” said Kevin Litwiller, Director drinking water. long-term, regional systems provide of Marketing & Business Development the best overall benefit. for Lystek. EDMONTON, AB • The W4L initiative was initiated in 2006 Pressure to increase diversion of More than $131 million from the Water and is ongoing. valuable, organic resources from landfills for Life and the Alberta Municipal • The objective is to support the is mounting – as is the demand for Water/Wastewater Partnership grant development of new regional water alternative sources of energy. These programs will support 29 water and wastewater systems under materials can be converted into energy infrastructure projects across Alberta AMWWP that are more cost-effective and utilized to power treatment plants, and help sustain approximately and/or environmentally desirable than while reducing operational costs and 900 jobs. independent systems. greenhouse gases and transforming these Approved projects include a • The W4L strategy initiative is available facilities into Resource Recovery Centers. wastewater line from Sylvan Lake to only to new regional systems or to new Lystek is expanding and is uniquely Red Deer, with $37 million in provincial extensions of existing regional systems positioned to play a significant role in Water for Life grants. The line will (to service new customers). this movement. Its growing collection handle wastewater from the Sylvan Commissions/municipalities are of cost-effective solutions can help Lake region to meet the current and required to demonstrate the regional generators divert hundreds of thousands future needs of the community as it alternative is cost-effective and of tons of biosolids and organics from taps into its potential as a growing economically justified compared to landfills annually, turning them into tourism destination. alternative facility solutions. value-added products and services.

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“As global populations continue and interest in how we can leverage biofertilizer products, increase biogas to rise, we are compelled to better advanced science and technology to production for green energy, and understand the fragility and limits unlock the inherent value in organic create cost effective, alternative of our natural resources. Water is a ‘waste.’ This has led to a bright future sources of carbon for use in (BNR) prime example of this, as are mined for Lystek as we continue to expand treatment plant operations,” adds phosphates. This, in turn, leads to and provide communities with the Rick Mosher, Chief Technology Officer an increased level of awareness ability produce, safe, nutrient-rich for Lystek.

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CALGARY, AB LETHBRIDGE, AB EDMONTON, AB ClearBakk Energy Services Ltd. has Lethbridge, Alberta, will be receiving Endress+Hauser has inaugurated executed a collaboration agreement $12.2 million in federal investment for a 20,000-sq. ft. regional customer with Kemira Chemicals, Inc. whereby several water infrastructure projects, support centre in Edmonton, AB. ClearBakk will be the exclusive including wetlands mitigation. The facility, located in the Ellerslie manufacturer of equipment for the On July 4, Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of industrial business area south of wetting and hydration of polymers Infrastructure and Communities; Maria the city, houses a regional office for use in Chemically Enhanced Oil Fitzpatrick, MLA for Lethbridge-East; and warehouse, flow calibration lab Recovery (CEOR) and Oil Sands markets Chris Spearman, Mayor of Lethbridge; and E+H’s Process Training Unit, a in North and South America. and Reeve Lorne Hickey, Lethbridge training program and mini process ClearBakk and Kemira combine County, announced that a new project plant environment that offers field engineering and fabrication in the City of Lethbridge and a second technicians and engineers a unique excellence alongside industry leading project in Lethbridge County have learning experience through polyacrylamide polymer dissolution been approved under Ottawa’s Clean real-life simulations and specialized know-how to develop unique solutions Water and Wastewater Fund (CWWF) curriculum. for clients’ needs. Polymer shear whereby it will provide up to 50% of “We’re happy to offer Edmonton mitigation strategies, rapid dissolution funding for the two projects – over and the entire region access techniques, effective injection solutions $12.2 million. The City of Lethbridge to some of the most advanced and other critical variables are optimized and Lethbridge County will provide technical support, training and with client requirements through direct the balance of funding for the measurement instrumentation in collaboration. respective projects. the world,” said Anthony Varga, ClearBakk and Kemira have In the City of Lethbridge, the GM at Endress+Hauser Canada. completed two projects together and wastewater project will include “We’re committed to helping are initiating a new project to supply the installation of new sanitation, our customers compete on an one of the largest polymer hydration watermain and stormwater international scale and, based on facilities in the world. management piping, and wetlands our experience with other similar ClearBakk is Calgary-based and mitigation work. The stakeholders facilities in other markets, we’re works with its clients to focus on their stated that this project is critical for confident that this will help the water use challenges to develop meeting demand in the city’s industrial region’s workforce and industry solutions that offer economic and park and will support future economic tremendously for years to come.” regulatory benefits with minimal development in the area. Endress+Hauser expects to impact to current operations. They do Residents in the Hamlet of Monarch train more than 240 workers and this by providing mobile and modular (Lethbridge County) will benefit from engineers per year at the Process packaged treatment plants for water and a second project that includes a new Training Unit. Courses include domestic and industrial wastewater. In reservoir for emergency drinking water Introduction to Instrumentation, addition to supplying the best available services, new distribution pumps for Analytical, Flow, Pressure and technologies in an integrated system peak demands, and a truck fill station Temperature Instrumentation, to deliver innovative approaches to for potable water. Communications along with treatment for safe discharge and/or customized packages. This is reuse, they offer full service from the WINNIPEG, MB the first Process Training Unit initial needs assessment to designing, The Manitoba Water Services Board for Endress+Hauser in Canada. engineering and manufacturing the and the RM of Tache have retained There are 10 in the US. ideal solution – fully supported with Tetra Tech Canada Inc. to design Construction of the CAD installation, operation and service. a complete potable water system $12 million facility began in Kemira, a global chemicals company upgrade in the community of September 2014. that serves customers in water- Landmark. The project scope includes Endress+Hauser is the largest intensive industries, provides expertise, new groundwater supply wells, new independent manufacturer of application know-how and chemicals water treatment plant, new storage instrumentation in the world, with that improve customers’ water, energy reservoir, and significant upgrades global manufacturing facilities, and raw material efficiency. They focus to the distribution system to provide and more than 13,000 associates. on pulp & paper, oil & gas, mining and fire protection. This project, jointly For more information, visit water treatment. Kemira helps customers funded by the federal, provincial, and ca.endress.com or follow its improve their long-term profitability and municipal governments, will improve developments at @Endress_Ca resource efficiency. potable water quality and community on Twitter, EndressHauser on For more information, visit www. safety while also laying the foundation Facebook or Endress+Hauser clearbakk.com and www.kemira.com. for future community growth. Group on LinkedIn.

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RKING O IN W NAME: Doug H. Olson COMPANY: Associated Engineering, Calgary, AB POSITION: Senior Vice-President for AE’s Water Practice

CORE FUNCTION design was a slow sand filter, followed by and know you’re helping someone else Developing and maintaining high increasingly more advanced treatment meet their deadline. level services to the water market systems including process upgrades sector including technical excellence, in Lethbridge, a full conventional CAREER HIGHLIGHTS quality management, technical staff treatment plant expansion in Medicine • Seeing the Medicine Hat WTP development, and project delivery Hat, the first large-scale (28 ML/d) DAF expansion project through to its guidance and technical leadership for clarification system in Alberta, two of the commissioning in the early ‘90s and water supply and treatment projects. first immersed UF membrane filtration then repeating the cycle again a Visit us at WCW Booth #102 retrofits in the West, one of the largest decade or so later. BORN AND RAISED onsite generation sodium hypochlorite • Design Manager for the $370M City Outlook, Saskatchewan systems in Canada, and leading design of Calgary Water Treatment Plants upgrades for the Calgary WTP and Upgrade Program from 2004 to 2011. EDUCATION/TRAINING residuals treatment facilities. • Advancing into a technical VP role and From the U. of Saskatchewan I have a I joined WCW and AWWA in the mid expanding my involvement with clients B. Sci. in (Agricultural) Engineering with ‘90s. I’ve participated in conferences, and projects across the company (and an added blend of courses from Civil technical seminars and committees; the growth of our water practice). Engineering including water treatment, and presented at AWWOA and SWWA • Participating on the Board of Directors hydraulic structures and construction technical seminars. I’m on the AWWA for an employee-owned company. management. I’ve attended, participated Water Treatment Facility Design and and presented at a number of technical Construction Committee. MENTORS seminars hosted by AWWA, WRF, I’ve had several mentors, but the CWWA and WCW. TYPICAL DAY ON THE JOB key ones would be Ian Wright as a My days are a blend of providing technical mentor, Hugh Savage for HISTORY IN THE INDUSTRY direction and support on proposals, client management, Bill Chisholm for Growing up by the South Saskatchewan technical guidance and quality assurance project management, Dave Winter for River, Gardner Dam and South on various projects; coaching and construction management and Kerry Saskatchewan East Side Irrigation mentoring staff; and being called upon Rudd for business acumen. District, I’ve always loved water. I first by staff (and clients) seeking reference pursued a degree in Agricultural information on past projects. ADVICE FOR A SUCCESSFUL CAREER Engineering with an interest in designing Young engineers should experience all water resource and irrigation systems, JOB SATISFACTION aspects of project delivery early in their but grew my course load to include I enjoy the variety in my day and being careers, particularly design review meetings water supply and treatment courses involved with projects and our staff with clients and construction inspection and process control courses. across the company. As an executive and construction management. This allows WaterWhile seeking a job with a consulting management team member and a you to appreciate the importance of firm, I was hired by AE as a site shareholder of an employee-owned understanding the clients’ objectives inspector at a large water treatment company, I feel the knowledge and and what parts of a design are important plant expansion servicing Regina effort I contribute daily adds to the to achieve a successful project for all and Moose Jaw. That hands-on site success of our company and the added involved. Then build on that experience experience sparked my process value we bring to our clients and our and tailor your career down a path that interests. After university, I got on communities. gives you the greatest satisfaction. full-time with AE, working on an array of water projects that led me to MAIN CHALLENGES TIME AWAY FROM WORK southern Alberta. Our Lethbridge office At times, it’s difficult to manage my time I enjoy various forms of water, from manager (Ian Wright) also had a passion to achieve personal objectives. With skiing on fresh powder, to hiking in our for water treatment and process controls. requests for input spanning time zones, watersheds, to enjoying lake water sports He took me under his wing to train me as some days can feel endless; however it’s and beach activities with my wife and a water treatment engineer. My first plant hard to say “No” when you enjoy your job three daughters.

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CORE FUNCTION HISTORY IN THE INDUSTRY JOB SATISFACTION Maintaining and cleaning the equipment I’ve been an education training volunteer I love the variety in the job and my staff. and maintaining the yards year round. and conference entertainment volunteer. Repairs to the plant and reservoirs. MAIN CHALLENGES TYPICAL DAY Doing more without more resources BORN AND RAISED There is no ‘typical day.’ My staff starts is a challenge, as is dealing with aging Saskatoon, SK out cleaning/doing repairs and then infrastructure. we start our big projects and deal EDUCATION/TRAINING with anything else that comes up, ADVICE FOR A Chemical Technologist and Occupational fitting in yard work and all the little SUCCESSFUL CAREER Health & Safety Certificate projects in between. Be willing to do all jobs in order to learn about all areas of your workplace.

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CORE FUNCTION EDUCATION/TRAINING HISTORY IN THE INDUSTRY Utility Maintenance Level 2 water distribution and waste 15 years working with the City of water collection, Arborist licence, Portage la Prairie. BORN AND RAISED heavy equipment operation, 30 years Winnipeg, MB martial art instruction. TYPICAL DAY ON THE JOB Supervising staff, helping with the organization of sewer and water breaks, reports, claims, Try to remain calm and realize that when payroll, maintenance, etc. (not to mention issues that may arise in the working with the public, there will always be Transportation division, as well). those who do not understand certain situations JOB SATISFACTION and that it isn’t possible to make everyone happy. There’s something new every day. Your water and wastewater family knows I like dealing with public and PROVEN PERFORMANCE. helping solve their issues. you do a great job, so stay positive. MAIN CHALLENGES It would be nice to have more staff to meet deadlines and NATIONWIDE AVAILABILITY. maintenance issues.

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32 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | Fall 2017 69th Annual Western Canada Water Conference & Exhibition The definitive annual event for the water industry in Western Canada TCU Place | Saskatoon, SK | September 19-22, 2017

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 4:30 – 8:00 pm Exhibition Wednesday, September 20, 2017 10:00 – 2:00 pm

The WCW exhibition is the best place plenty of experts around so we encourage will receive a complimentary beer stein. to network and forge good business you to bring your toughest questions and Please take the time to visit our suppliers relationships. If you want to get your hands challenges to the exhibition floor. who help support the WCW Conference on new products, see demonstrations and On Tuesday evening, we will be year after year. compare features and prices, be sure to celebrating Oktoberfest style and the spend a couple of hours here. There are first 144 delegates through the door (The Exhibition is SOLD OUT.)

Keynote Speaker – DR. KEN COATES

Dr. Ken Coates is Canada Research and Indigenous organizations on this Chair in Regional Innovation, Johnson- important theme. Shoyama Graduate School of Public Raised in the Yukon, Ken’s work Policy, University of Saskatchewan and has been focused on northern Munk Senior Policy Fellow, Macdonald- development, Indigenous rights, land Laurier Institute. He is currently claims and national Aboriginal policy. pioneering a five-year project on Recently, Ken has been working on the Indigenous engagement in the natural potential application of scientific and resource economy and works extensively technological innovations in northern with governments, industry groups and remote regions.

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Fall 2017 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | 33 69th Annual Western Canada Water Conference & Exhibition The definitive annual event for the water industry in Western Canada TCU Place | Saskatoon, SK | September 19-22, 2017

Highlights

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 MSSA LUNCH & ‘LEARN ON THE GO’ | 12:00 – 1:00 pm Cost: Included in registration EXHIBITION ‘OKTOBERFEST’ | 4:30 – 8:00 pm No soup and sandwiches here. We promise to have a couple of Cost: Included in the registration, free guest passes for local different food options so even the pickiest eater will be covered. water and wastewater professionals are available – please contact the WCW office for details. YOUNG PROFESSIONAL PUB NIGHT | 5:00 – 7:00 pm Cost: Included in registration Join us at Hudsons for the annual YP Pub Night hosted by the WCS AWWA YP Committee. This event is for all delegates (not just YPs). Complimentary beverages and appetizers will be available for a limited time.

MARDI GRAS | 7:30 – 12:00 pm Cost: Included in registration Let the good times roll and join us for a proper party at the Top of the Inn (located in the Sheraton Cavalier Hotel). Local musician Topher Mills will be on hand providing some fresh tunes and we will be serving up tasty treats to keep you going all night long. Be sure to watch out for the hurricanes.

Wednesday, September 20, 2017 OPENING SESSION: BREAKFAST, AWARD PRESENTATION AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER Breakfast: 7:30 – 8:30 am | Opening Session: 8:30 – 10:00 am Cost: Included in registration

FIRST TIMERS’ ORIENTATION | 10:00 – 11:00 am This event is for young professionals and first time attendees of the WCW conference. This session covers what to expect at your first conference and there is an opportunity to win prizes. The First Timer’s Orientation is meant to encourage networking and serves as a perfect icebreaker for delegates to socialize and get the most out of their conference experience. Thursday September 21, 2017 BEST OF THE WEST WATER TASTE TEST | 11:00 – 11:30 am WESTERN CANADA WATER ENVIRONMENT Cost: Included in registration ASSOCIATION BREAKFAST | 7:30 – 8:30 am Meet us in the Exhibition to see which municipality is ‘king’ Cost: Included in registration when it comes to the best tasting water in the Prairies. The WCWEA presentations will include awards and special guest Joan B. Hawley, WEF Board of Trustees.

WESTERN CANADA SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION LUNCHEON | 12:00 – 1:00 pm Cost: Included in registration The WCS AWWA presentations will include awards and a special presentation from American Water Works Association (AWWA) President-Elect David Rager.

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Conference Hotels Special Session

HILTON GARDEN INN SASKATOON DOWNTOWN Wednesday September 20, 2017 90 – 22nd Street East Cost: Included in registration Saskatoon SK S7K 3X6 *This section will run in lieu of technical sessions. Rate $179.00 To make a reservation, please contact the hotel directly at: ENGAGING THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY 1-306-244-2311 2:00 – 4:30 PM [email protected] Presenter: John Lagimodiere Booking deadline August 19, 2017 Using humour and history, John Lagimodiere will guide you through 500 years of contact that relates to Saskatchewan’s SHERATON CAVALIER SASKATOON HOTEL 612 Spadina Crescent East Aboriginal population. In this presentation people will come Saskatoon, SK, S7K 3G9 to understand terminology and demographics unique to Rate $179.00 the Aboriginal community. John will explain the Treaties and 1-306-652-6770 discuss the impact of the Indian Act on the rights of First Nations people and Métis. Though some difficult history Booking deadline August 19, 2017 like residential schools is discussed, the seminar ends on a positive note as we examine the investments, partnerships DON'T WAIT! BOOK YOUR ROOM NOW! and ‘Calls to Action’ that are helping change how Indigenous people fit in Canada.

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Technical Program Thursday, September 23, 2017 8:30 AM Condition Assessment Minimizing Mixing Energy in Treatment of High- City of Iqaluit Wastewater Framework for Stormwater Activated Sludge Selector Basins Ammonia Well Water Treatment plant Upgrades Management Facilities in the City of Edmonton 9:00 AM Consideration of Using CFD to Evaluate Digester High-performance size Town of Banff Wastewater Climate Change in the Mixing: Be Careful of What You exclusion chromatography Treatment Plant Aeration Design of Roadway and Ask For (HPSEC) as an indicator System Upgrades Underground Services for for THM formation in ion- a Commercial Subdivision exchange applications 9:30 AM Using 2D Model to Best Practices for Mixing in Using UV for Adenovirus Regina Wastewater Plant Analyze Drainage Biological Nutrient Removal treatment in Small public P3: Performance Testing Issues and Solutions for Selector Basins water systems and Achieving Final Downtown Area Completion, Year 3 10:00 AM 10:30 AM Getting ahead of the wave Innovative Mixing Technology to UV Technology’s Role Ammonia Permits and with water conservation Reduce O&M Cost in Advanced Oxidation Lagoons: Lake St. Martin, Processes as a Barrier Manitoba’s WWTF and Against Emerging the Options Available for Contaminants Beating Limits 11:00 AM Stormwater Pollutant Load Elimination of Neutralization Turbidity – “A Quantum Greywater Reclamation Estimates and Reduction Chemicals in a Wastewater Leap in Technology” and Reuse for Non-food Targets for the City of Membrane Plant Crop Irrigation Edmonton 11:30 AM Addressing the Flood: Operational Review of Full-scale A Compact, Efficient Fat, Oil and Grease Drainage Improvements Rich-Ammonia Wastewater and Expandable Title (FOG) Management at and Flood Control on a Treatment Plant using the 22 Treatment System for Bonnybrook WWTP, The Saskatchewan First Nation ANITA™ Mox Process Small Water Systems City of Calgary 12:00 PM 2:00 PM Corrosion Control Critical Infrastructure The Prince Alberta Water Using CFD to Determine Strategies for Mitigating Replacement: City of Regina NPS Supply Crisis – How the How Long it Takes to Mix Lead in Edmonton’s Pump 5 Replacement temporary water supply a Reservoir Drinking Water systems worked 2:30 PM Fouling Mechanisms of Stephenfield WTP Surface Water The Prince Alberta Water Ensuring Water Quality in Nanofiltration Membranes Membrane Treatment Upgrade Supply Crisis – How We Developing Areas in Treatment of Manitoba Treated Water from 4 Surface Waters Different Sources in 10 days to keep the Taps Running 3:00 PM 3:30 PM Wastewater Management Challenges and Options when The Prince Alberta Water Dundurn Rural Water strategy for the Leduc Designing a Small Potable Supply Crisis – What Utility Phase III Potable food processing facility – Water System Went Wrong, How We Waterline Project a proactive approach to Responded & What We wastewater management Learned 4:00 PM SCADA System Upgrade Performance analysis of 20 micron Recovering Wastewater City of Moose Jaw Water vs. Migration – Two Case self-cleaning disc filter versus & Stormwater Systems Main Replacement: Studies cartridge filters for RO membrane Following the Fort Balancing Risks in Design protection after media filtration in McMurray Wildfire and Construction a SWRO system 4:30 PM Algal Blooms And Toxins – Impact of Adverse River A City Interrupted: The Superpipe: How CIPP Management Options For Conditions on Drinking Water A City's response to a Lining Can Maximize the Water System Operators Treatment prolonged power outage Life of a Failing Watermain

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Technical Program Friday, September 22, 2017 8:30 AM The City of Calgary Eliminating Ammonia Toxicity Development of a flexible Rehabilitation of Water Energy from Lagoon Effluents at design concept for Large Diameter, Management Strategy Temperatures as Low as 1°C Membrane Bioreactors Non-Circular Trunk Sewers (MBRs) using GRP Composites in Winnipeg MB 9:00 AM Water Audit – Benefits Performance of a MBBR + DAF at Aeration Blowers and A Novel Test Method for and surprises you may Town of Ladysmith WWTP Choosing the Right Measurement of Microbial learn about your system Technology Induced Corrosion in a Wastewater Collection System 9:30 AM Using Bayesian Statistics Evaluation of a Chemical Sealing and Water Pipe Investigations Into to Calibrate Deterioration Dissolved Air Flotation System Reduction Strategies in Aging Infrastructure at an Models for Public Works for the Treatment of Restaurant Wastewater Treatment Oilsands Site Infrastructure Dishwasher Effluents Pumping 10:00 AM 10:30 AM Challenges and High Quality Tertiary Wastewater Wastewater Pump with Ultrafiltration and Opportunities Initiating Filtration using Discfilter Integrated Intelligence Nanofiltration to Treat AMI in Saskatoon Technology Surface Water at Buffalo Narrows, SK 11:00 AM Automatic Meter Reading: Closed Vessel UV, Not Just for Sewage Lift Station First Nations Water in Moving to Monthly Billing Drinking Water Intake Design for Low Western Canada Maintenance 11:30 AM The Future of Municipal Beat Ultra-Low Phosphorus The Nitty Gritty: Biofiltration and Asset Management Targets with Reactive Filtration: Hauled Wastewater Membrane Technology How Citronelle, Alabama Receiving and Treatment as Treatment for Potable consistently hits 20 micrograms per in an Urban Center Water at Montana First liter/Solutions for Small Systems Nation, AB – A Case Study in Compliance, Affordability & Sustainability

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Fall 2017 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | 39 69th Annual Western Canada Water Conference & Exhibition The definitive annual event for the water industry in Western Canada TCU Place | Saskatoon, SK | September 19-22, 2017

Workshops

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 W4 – LEADERSHIP STARTS WITH THE LEADER 1:00 – 4:00 pm Cost: W1-W4 $175.00, W5-W6 $350.00 Presenter: Todd Reimer Application is being made for 0.3 CEUs for all half-day When people understand and apply the basic principles of workshops (W1-W4) and 0.6 CEUs for full day workshops effective leadership, their performance and influence seem (W5-W6). Registration also includes access to the WCW to explode. This workshop will focus on how leadership Exhibition on Tuesday evening. starts with the leader; before they can lead someone else, they need to learn to lead themselves. This workshop will W1 – EMERGENCY RESPONSE PREPAREDNESS cover three major topics: controlling our time, improvement FOR WATERWORKS and finding a mentor. 8:30 am – 12:00 pm Presenter: Jasmine Wang W5 – ADVANCED FILTER OPTIMIZATION In recent years various Saskatchewan waterworks have had to AND SURVEILLANCE deal with emergency situations ranging from oil spill events 8:30 am – 4:30 pm (lunch included) impacting source waters, to flooding issues, to waterworks Presenters: David Hambley, Rob St. Pierre infrastructure failures. This workshop will address how to Filtration is the basis of modern water treatment, although prepare for the ‘unknown’; the importance of knowing your the technology has evolved, the basics remain the same. own system; and what resources are readily available. It will As we understand more about filtration, we find new ways of outline some of the resources available to waterworks owners detecting issues, evaluating filter condition and improving and operators for help. It will look at some of the operational filter performance. AWI has presented Filter Optimization and models available to help both communicate and work through Surveillance workshops for several years and is the industry a waterworks crisis; as well as the importance of keeping standard training on filter surveillance and maintenance. everyone informed and up to date on what is happening. This workshop expends on those principles and explores advanced topics such as “the effect of influent flow dynamics W2 – LIFT STATION PUMPING ESSENTIALS on filter performance” and “the use of Remotely Operated 8:30 am – 12:00 pm Vehicles to inspect filters during operation.” This full day Presenters: Rebecca Gatto, Rana Elbittibssi, Luc-Rejean Lepine workshop will take place at the Saskatoon Water Treatment Sewage lift stations have specific pumping needs to ensure Plant and includes a practical portion in the Saskatoon WTP’s that systems are reliable and provide long-term service. filters to assess a filter under actual conditions. Proof of Though lift stations seem uncomplicated, the wrong confined space training is required. application or solution can lead to more maintenance, lower efficiency and operational headaches. Xylem Water Solutions W6 – GROUNDWATER TREATMENT SOLUTIONS has experience from across North America and will cover 8:30 am – 4:30 PM (lunch included) essential steps to specifying a proper lift station setup. This Presenters: Dawn Dierker, Garry Drachenberg, workshop will focus on basic design, pumping characteristics Peter Hooge, Andrew Stevenson, Sutha Suthaker, and common pitfalls. This workshop will give a balance Shengtao Weng, Enisa Zanacic between theory and practical application to help attendees Treatment of groundwater across the Prairie Provinces can fully understand these systems. pose several challenges to water treatment operators and design engineers. This workshop will look at the different W3 – AUTOMATED METERING SYSTEMS constituents present in groundwater that make treatment 1:00 – 4:00 pm challenging like ammonia, iron, manganese, uranium and Presenters: Mike Grossman, Keesha Rosario arsenic. Presenters will discuss treatment theory, options There is a growing need to provide customers with water and provide case studies of plants that have used different use data in an accurate and timely manner. In turn, this data technologies. Testing and analysis will also be discussed provides water purveyors with information to project and along with emerging technologies and options for treating control their water use and manage their financial plans. and maintaining the source of groundwater. This workshop will provide attendees with the foundational knowledge of Automatic Meter Reading and Systems including hardware, communication and software while defining the benefits of “Capturing, Communicating and Controlling” water use for the utility as a whole.

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Fall 2017 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | 41 69th Annual Western Canada Water Conference & Exhibition The definitive annual event for the water industry in Western Canada TCU Place | Saskatoon, SK | September 19-22, 2017

Tours

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 operated and improved since that date. T2 – OSTARA NUTRIENT RECOVERY The plant is a conventional surface FACILITY AND SASKATOON WWTP Cost: All tours are $50.00. water plant with partial lime softening. 8:30 am – 12:00 pm 2015 marked the addition of two T1 – 42ND STREET RESERVOIR additions to the facility, a 45 million AND AVENUE H WATER TREATMENT dollar reservoir expansion, high lift PLANT UPGRADES pumping, UV disinfection, and standby 8:30 am – 12:00 pm generation facility at the main WTP and a 30 million dollar reservoir expansion and pumphouse at the 42nd Street Reservoir. The expansions added 38 ML of storage and the total pumping capacity at these 2 locations amounts to 620 MLD peak capacity allowing Visit Canada’s first full-scale nutrient for firm capacity of 425 MLD. The two recovery facility that utilizes WASSTRIP! projects help to provide reliable In 2009, the Saskatoon Wastewater infrastructure and also allow for further Treatment Plant was plagued with expansion on the plant site. The tour struvite formations that were damaging will go through the challenges in to the operation of the sludge The Avenue H Water Treatment integrating the old WTP with the new handling facilities. In 2012, the WWTP Plant was originally built in 1906 as a infrastructure along with the design commissioned Ostara’s innovative combination power plant/water philosophy behind the pumping and nutrient recovery technology that plant and has been continuously electrical systems. recovers phosphorus removed during treatment for reuse as an environmentally responsible fertilizer. Since opening, over 500 tons of fertilizer products have been recovered for commercial sale by using “Waste Activated Sludge Stripping to Remove Internal Phosphorus!” This tour will take you through the WWTP to follow the phosphorus cycle from the influent of the wastewater, removal in the activated sludge process, and recovery in the nutrient recovery facility.

T3 – SPADINA BYPASS STATION, WWTP ODOUR ABATEMENT AND MARQUIS ODOUR CONTROL FACILITY 1:00 – 4:30 pm

This tour begins at the Spadina Lift Station, through which 60% of Saskatoon’s total wastewater flow travels. To effectively manage this substantial

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flow, the City of Saskatoon doubled • EPIC courses provide CEUs/ PDHs, and are the capacity of this location by adding designed & taught by leading professionals the adjacent Spadina Bypass Station in with extensive experience 2016. We will then visit the Saskatoon Wastewater Treatment Plant, where • EPIC’s TECHNICAL EXAM the conversion from complete mixed Preparation Courses will get fermenters to static fermenters has you prepared for your taken place. This transition, along with Engineering Exams the addition of foul air treatment through the activated sludge process will help the Saskatoon WWTP reach its Odour FREE Abatement Project goal of reducing up to WEBINAR 76% of nuisance odours. We will conclude NEGOTIATE YOUR with a walkthrough of the Marquis Odour WAY TO SUCCESS Control Facility, where air from a larger FOR DETAILS: EPICTRAINING.CA/ sewer interceptor manhole in Saskatoon SUCCESS is treated through biological media in order to help eliminate bothersome odours that stem from the City’s major trunk and lift station discharge. 1.888.979.0992 epictraining.ca/wcw T4 – LUCKY BASTARD AND BLACK FOX DISTILLERY TOURS 1:00 – 5:00 pm

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Fall 2017 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | 43 69th Annual Western Canada Water Conference & Exhibition The definitive annual event for the water industry in Western Canada TCU Place | Saskatoon, SK | September 19-22, 2017 EGISTRATION ORM WCW17 Annual Conference & Exhibition R F September 19 – 22, 2017 Saskatoon SK RegistrationName ______Form Company ______Name Company Mailing AddressAddress ______City ______Province ______PostalProvince Code ______Postal Code

Phone ______Fax ______Fax Email Email ______Part A: Conference Registration Includes Exhibition, Opening Breakfast, Meals and Evening Programs. Gala & WFP Breakfast extra. Registration Type Indicate Membership (s) Check one Prior to Aug 31 Sept 1-Sept 15* Total  AWWA  SWWA  3 Day Member $ 600 $ 700  WCWEA  MWWA  3 Day Non-Member $ 700 $ 805  WEF  AWWOA  3 Day Life/Student $ 150 $ 180  MSSA  NTWWA  1 Day† $ 370 $ 425  Check here if there are any food issues; † Indicate day of attendance for 1 Day Registration:  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday please indicate: * $50 will be added for onsite Registrations Part B: Workshops Part E: Total

Tuesday September 19 W1-W4 - $175 - 0.3 CEU A. Conference W5-W6 - $350 - 0.6 CEU

W1-W2 8:30 am - 12:00 noon W3-W4 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm B. Workshops  W1 Emergency Response Preparedness for  W3 Automated Metering Systems Waterworks  W4 Leadership Starts With the Leader C. Tours  W2 Lift Station Pumping Essentials W5-W6 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Full Day – includes lunch D. Special Events  W1-W4 Qty _____ x $ 175 ______W5 Advanced Filter Optimization and Surveillance Subtotal  W6 Groundwater Treatment Solutions W5-W6 Qty _____ x $ 350 ______

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Tuesday September 19 Cost per Tour $50 Donation T1-T2 8:30 am - 12:00 noon T3-T4 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm GRAND TOTAL  T3 Spadina Bypass Station, WWTP Odour  T1 42nd Street Reservoir and Avenue H Abatement and Marquis Odour Control  Do you require CEU’s (check if applicable) Water Treatment Plant Upgrades Facility  I do not wish to be listed in the Conference App  T2 Ostara Nutrient Recovery Facility and  T4 Lucky Bastard Distillery and Black Fox  I do not wish to be included in the list of shared with Saskatoon WWTP Exhibitors. Distillery Tour (runs to 5 PM) Qty _____ x $ 50 = ______GST No R108199589 GST exemption #: ______Part D: Special Events Registering online at wcw17.wcwwa.ca?  GALA Dinner Thursday September 21 Qty _____ x $ 85 = ______Please contact the office if you require  WFP Breakfast Friday September 22 Qty _____ x $ 25 = ______your member access information Payment Method Return Form and Payment to: WCW Box 1708  Cheque (Payable to Western Canada Water)  Visa  MasterCard Cochrane AB T4C 1B6 For payment by credit card only: p: 1.877.283.2003 / 403.709.0064 f: 1.877.283.2007 / 403.709.0068 Cardholder Name [email protected] Cancellation Policy Card Number • Cancellation received before September 4: 100% refund less $50 service charge. • Cancellation received September 4 to 15: Expiry Date 50% refund less $50 service charge. • Cancellation received after September 15: Signature NO REFUND • Substitutions welcome

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Fall 2017 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | 45 69th Annual Western Canada Water Conference & Exhibition The definitive annual event for the water industry in Western Canada TCU Place | Saskatoon, SK | September 19-22, 2017

Exhibitors

Company Booth # Company Booth # Company Booth #

A.H. McElroy Sales & Service 67 Betts M Controls Inc. 97 Clear Water Controls 22

Acti-Zyme Products Ltd. 12 BI Pure Water Canada Inc. 19 ClearTech Industries Inc. 85

AGAT Laboratories 73 BowRio Water Technologies Inc. 47 Corix 32

Alfa Laval Inc. 21 BowRio Water Technologies Inc. 52 Corix 33

Algae Control Canada 11 Brenntag Canada 45 Delco Water 65

Alliance Corporation 86 Canadian Water Technologies 8 Delco Water 70

ALS Environmental 98 Canature Watergroup 60 Denso North America Inc. 62

Anderson Pump House LTD. 63 Captial H20 29 DWG Process Supply 91

ATAP Infrastructure Management Ltd. 3 Captial H20 34 DXP-Natpro Canada 17

Autosol 37 Chem International 36 EMCO 55

AWI 102 Chemline Plastics LTD. 53 Engineered Pipe Group 2

AWI 103 CIF Composites 4 Evoqua Water Technologies Ltd. 30

Evoqua Water Technologies Ltd. 31

Fabco Western Plastics 100

Fer-Pal Infrastructure 50

Flocor 101

Ford Meter Box Co. 84

Galaxy Plastics 105

Grundfos 13

H2Flow Tanks & Systems Inc. 54

Look Beneath the Surface. Hach Sales & Service Canada Ltd. 48 Ron Bouthillier Hobas Pipe USA 77 Business Development Canada Hydro-Logic 14 Induron Protective Coatings, Inc. Cell: 403-866-8468 Industri-All Supply Limited 18 Customer Service: 800-324-9584 Insituform Technologies LTD. 99 Email: [email protected] Web: www.induron.com INTEC Controls Inc. 61

IPEX Management 72

Reliable Protection through John Brooks Company 56 Innovative Coatings KB Technology Sales Ltd. 38 Kemira Water Solution, Inc. 35

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Company Booth # Company Booth # Company Booth # KSB Pumps Inc. 46 SUEZ 82 Vogelsang 44

Lafarge Canada 89 Taber Solids Control 10 Waste 'n Water Tech 59

Lystek 104 Target Products Ltd. 93 Waste 'n Water Tech 64

Membrane Specialists 51 Tecvalco Ltd. 7 Water Matrix Inc. 57

Mequipco Ltd. 23 Tundra Process Solutions 9 WD Industrial 76

Mequipco Ltd. 24 UE Systems Inc. 87 Weststeel (AGI) 49

Mequipco Ltd. 25 Universal Filter Group Inc. 20 WJF Instrumentation LTD. 90

Mequipco Ltd. 26 Urecon Pre-Insulated Pipe 15 Wolseley Waterworks 96

Mequipco Ltd. 27 Utility Supply Corp. (West) 16 Xylem 80

Mequipco Ltd. 28 Veolia Water Technologies Canada 94 Xylem 81

Mountainview Systems Ltd. 6 Victaulic 43 ZCL Composites 106

Mueller Canada 92 Viqua 95

N.S. Pawliuk & Son Contracting LTD. 58

Nelson Environmental Inc. 79

North Fringe Industrial Technologies Inc. 74

Park Derochie (PD Management) 107

Power and Mine Supply Co. Ltd. 5

Precon 68

Progressive Sealing 39

Pro-Line Fittings 83 DURABLE, COST-EFFECTIVE RAMTECH Environmental Products 41 AND EASY TO RELOCATE. RAMTECH Environmental Products 42 THE PERFECT WATER STORAGE SOLUTION. Robar Industries Ltd. 75

Romac Industries Inc. 1 Available in capacities from 584 to over 544,000 U.S. gallons of useable volume.

Sanitherm 88 ¡ Open and closed top variations ¡ Diverse range of applications Sapphire Water International Corp. 78 ¡ Professionally engineered ¡ Modular design for economical transport Saskatchewan Research Council 69 ¡ Ideal for concrete or prepared earth foundations ¡ Easily maintained and serviced SaskWater 40 ¡ Seismic upgraded & emergency preparedness groups 1-3 designs available

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Cross Connection Control Committee presents … The Bad and Ugly Photo Contest

The Cross Connection Control Committee of the WCS AWWA is looking for your “Bad & Ugly” photos.

This contest helps heighten awareness of the importance of safeguarding our drinking water. Real life examples go a long way in educating and alerting installers/testers/Inspectors both in the classroom and in the field of proper installations/ application/testing of devices. See us at the WCW Annual Conference, There are two categories, one Saskatoon, for active testers in the field and September 19-22 Booth #46 one for Inspectors. The testers can win a Pressure Differential Solving your toughest Test Gauge, and in the past, the wastewater challenges. Inspector prize was a gift card.

Each wastewater plant is unique, every clog is different. If you come across a “Bad or KSB solves these system-wide problems with experience, perspective, Ugly” cross connection, submit and innovative technologies that minimize downtime and improve a photo and you could win operational efficiency. a prize. Conquer the Clog today. Contact Us at: [email protected] n www.ksb.ca Submit your entry at: http://www.wcsawwa.net/index. Our technology. Your success. Pumps n Valves n Service php/backflow-prevention/bad- and-ugly-photo-contest/.

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The One AWWA Operator Scholarship

The One AWWA Operator Scholarship is funded through the support of AWWA’s The Water Equation Campaign and the Western Canada Section AWWA. PURPOSE of AWARD AWWA’s The Water Equation Campaign and the Western Canada Section AWWA, will award the One AWWA Operator Scholarship in the amount of $500 for Water Operator training and education. Three scholarships will be awarded. Funding can be used for certification, two-year water related associate degree, technical school program, professional training program, books and manuals, and operator related conferences. Each scholarship recipient will also receive a one-year AWWA Operator membership. ELIGIBILITY/GUIDELINES • Applicant must be a current operator or seeking to enter the water operator profession. • Applicant must be pursuing an Operator Certification, two or four-year degree related to the water operator profession, or professional development. • Disbursement of the funds will be made directly by the Section to the financial office of recipient’s college, university, or technical school. • Items related to books, manuals, conferences, professional development courses, and other eligible expenses will be reimbursed to recipient upon presentation of eligible receipts. • Applicant must reside or work within the geographical boundaries covered by the sponsoring Section, which includes Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. • Acceptance of scholarship constitutes permission to use recipient’s name and scholarship story for purposes of promotion.

Fall 2017 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | 49 Help us celebrate the 70th Annual Western Canada Water Conference & Exhibition!

"The definite annual event for the water industry in Western Canada"

RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg, MB September 18-21, 2018

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50 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | Fall 2017 Projects Abroad volunteers respond to floods in Sri Lanka FLOOD-AFFECTED COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM VOLUNTEER SERVICE WORK PROJECTS ABROAD

Projects Abroad volunteers answered the call to provide immediate relief to victims of the devastating floods that swept through Sri Lanka in late May. Heavy rainfall from monsoon weather conditions caused severe flooding and landslides, which left more than 600,000 people misplaced. Fortunately for Projects Abroad, the areas where their volunteering programs are placed were not affected, and as such their volunteers could come to the immediate aid of those in need. After collecting supplies including water and medicine, Projects Abroad volunteers and staff in Sri Lanka travelled six hours to assist at a medical camp in Ratnapura, a community severely affected by the difficult time made a huge difference,” ABOUT PROJECTS ABROAD floods. Medical volunteers worked with she says. “Our volunteers were extremely Projects Abroad was founded in local staff to conduct basic health checks, dedicated to making sure that as many 1992 by Dr. Peter Slowe, a geography while volunteers on teaching and care people as possible received the medical professor, as a program for students placements supervised children whose attention and care that they needed.” to travel and work while on break from parents were receiving medical treatment. Responding to the Sri Lanka floods this full-time study. The program had its By being present during this important year was not the first time Projects Abroad genesis in post-USSR Romania, where time of crisis, parents could know that volunteers were called to action to come students were given the chance to teach their children were in good hands while to the aid of those needing immediate conversational English. After a few years their medical needs were taken care of. relief. After the devastating earthquake just sending volunteers to Eastern Europe Both young and old who had traumatic that struck Nepal in 2015, their volunteers for teaching, the company expanded to experiences during the devastating events provided disaster relief in affected areas, sending volunteers of all ages around the could also receive psychological support by rebuilding schools that were destroyed. world on a wide range of projects. from Project Abroad’s volunteers. In total, As recovery after Sri Lanka’s floods Projects Abroad is a global leader about 350 people in the community of continues, so does Projects Abroad’s in short-term international volunteer Ratnapura benefited from the free service influence in the country, with many programs with projects in 30 countries and provided to victims of the flood. volunteering projects in a wide variety recruitment offices in the UK, Australia, Projects Abroad staff member in of interests and areas of need, such as Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Sri Lanka, Ligaya Basalo, says the teaching, medicine, caring for children, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Holland, presence of volunteers at the medical sports, journalism, and veterinary sciences. Hong Kong, Norway, Poland, South Africa, camp allowed procedures to run much Projects Abroad calls for volunteers to South Korea, Sweden and the US. more efficiently. “Due to the high number dedicate time to meaningfully impact For details on volunteering abroad, of people affected by these floods, every communities and the environment in this visit Projects Abroad’s web site at pair of hands that helped during this developing country. www.projects-abroad.ca.

Fall 2017 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | 51 WATER RESEARCH

CARLETON UNIVERSITY (OTTAWA, ON) UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO processes that determine the fate of & HUMBER COLLEGE (TORONTO, ON) (WATERLOO, ON) organic carbon in impounded rivers. Carleton University’s Onita Basu, a Water reservoirs created by damming “With this study’s model, we can better professor in the Department of Civil rivers could have significant impacts on the quantify and predict how dams affect and Environmental Engineering, in world’s carbon cycle and climate system carbon exchanges on a global scale,” partnership with Humber College, has that aren’t being accounted for, a new said Van Cappellen. received more than $95,000 over two study concludes. In similar studies, the group also years through the NSERC College and The study, conducted by researchers at found that ongoing dam construction Community Innovation Program (CCI). the University of Waterloo and the Université impedes the transport of nutrients such as This research will investigate libre de Bruxelles, appears in Nature phosphorus, nitrogen and silicon through procedures involved in processing Communications. It found that man-made river networks. The changes in nutrient flow drinking water using biofiltration (BF). dam reservoirs trap nearly one-fifth of the have global impacts on the quality of water Biological filtration is one of few organic carbon moving from land to ocean delivered to wetlands, lakes, floodplains methods of drinking water treatment via the world’s rivers. While they can act and coastal marine areas downstream. that can reduce the chemical as a significant source or sink for carbon “We’re essentially increasing the requirements and energy needs of dioxide, reservoirs are poorly represented number of artificial lakes every time we drinking water facilities. Identification, in current climate change models. build a dam,” said Taylor Maavara, lead validation, improved monitoring and “Dams don’t just have local environmental author and a PhD student at Waterloo. control tools are necessary to establish impacts – they play a key role in the global “This changes the flow of water and the BF as a predictable process that carbon cycle and therefore the Earth’s materials it carries, including nutrients can be controlled. It is challenging climate,” said Philippe Van Cappellen, and carbon.” to determine how to effectively run a Canada Excellence Research Chair in biofilter without having tools to better Ecohydrology at Waterloo and the study’s YORK UNIVERSITY (TORONTO, ON) monitor performance. co-author. “For more accurate climate A study by a team of Canadian The research will assess analytical predictions, we need to better understand researchers says Iqaluit and the Nunavut methods to contribute to the overall the impact of reservoirs.” Territory are facing an imminent water knowledge base of biofiltration There are currently in excess of security crisis. In the study “Hydrologic performance. Basu, who will be working 70,000 large dams worldwide. With the monitoring tools for freshwater municipal with Shawn Cleary at Humber College continuing construction of new dams, planning in the Arctic: the case of Iqaluit, and the Drinking Water Services Group more than 90% of the world’s rivers will Nunavut, Canada,” published in June at the City of Ottawa, will lead this be fragmented by at least one dam within 2017 in the journal Environmental Science project,which will provide a scientific the next 15 years. The study’s researchers and Pollution Research, authors Michael and technical advance for the water used a novel method to determine what Bakaic, Andrew Scott Medeiros, Jessica industry in operating biofilters. From a happens to organic carbon traveling F. Peters, and Brent B. Wolfe wrote: “Even social and environmental perspective, down rivers and were able to capture the under very conservative estimates that biofiltration can reduce the usage of impact of more than 70% of the world’s assume the current rate of consumption, chemicals in drinking water treatment man-made reservoirs by volume. Their we have quantified extreme vulnerability making it a green, sustainable model links known physical parameters to the municipal water supply for any engineering technology. such as water flow and reservoir size with currently proposed solutions.”

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52 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | Fall 2017 Nunavut is the only jurisdiction in UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO and Alberta. These flood damage costs Canada without a freshwater policy or (WATERLOO, ON) estimates took into account the costs strategy. Municipalities in Nunavut own Leaving wetlands in their natural state of damages to building structures and and operate their water infrastructure and could reduce the financial costs of their contents. treatment systems, with management flooding by nearly 40%, according to a The Ontario Ministry of Natural and maintenance provided by the report from the University of Waterloo. Resources and Forestry and Ducks territorial government. The Nunavut Researchers at Waterloo’s Intact Unlimited Canada funded the report. Water Board (NWB) provides licences Centre on Climate Adaptation, found “We know wetlands help to reduce the for water use and waste disposal, but that avoiding wetland loss could lead impacts of flooding,” said Lynette Mader, lacks the scope to appropriately govern to substantial savings for Canadian Ontario manager of Ducks Unlimited freshwater resources. communities that experience flooding. Canada. “The Intact Centre research The study is under the auspices Researchers compared the financial illustrates quantitatively that wetlands of the Robarts Centre for Canadian costs of a major flood event in urban conservation offers a fiscally responsible Studies at York University. Medeiros and rural areas, where wetlands were means to address flooding that should and the co-authors investigated left in their natural state, versus where a factor prominently into infrastructure Iqaluit’s primary freshwater source, computer model simulated wetlands loss. development going forward.” Lake Geraldine, and predicted, The modeling showed that if a major fall Feltmate says the report’s findings “The maximum length of time that flood were to occur, the financial costs of support a number of commitments the viability of Lake Geraldine could flooding in rural and urban areas would made by the federal and provincial be extended is 15 years.” But the brief be 29 and 38% lower, respectively, with governments with respect to climate extension would come at the cost of wetlands in their natural state vs. being change and wetlands conservation. the health of the Apex River. lost due to development. “Provincial and federal governments While the researchers offered some “With the flooding events in recent have expressed their commitment alternative pathways for Iqaluit, a lack of history, it has become clear that that the to wetland conservation and natural data across the territory prevents similar human and financial costs of these events green infrastructure through the assessments for other communities. are substantial,” said Professor Blair proposed Wetland Conservation “The government of Nunavut, shockingly, Feltmate, head of the Intact Centre and Strategy for Ontario, the Climate Change has no idea how much water is in their an author on the report. “With the ever- Action Plan, and the Government of reservoirs,” said Medeiros. “Access to increasing financial burden of flooding to Canada’s directives under the Pan- even simple data can be problematic.” Canadians, it is remarkable that a practical Canadian Framework on Clean Growth The researchers recommended that and cost-effective means to alleviate flood and Climate Change,” said Feltmate. municipal consumption be cut by 15% in risk is readily available – that is, simply “The findings of this research support concert with a replenishment program leave natural wetlands natural.” the mandate of these programs and that transfers water into Lake Geraldine The researchers used two locations others that are being engaged at the during the late winter or early spring to in Ontario, one rural and one urban, municipal, provincial and national level extend the lifespan of the water supply. where flood damage costs avoided to limit the costliest climate change But, without a governance or data were calculated using average historic impact in Canada – flooding.” strategy, water security will continue to insurance claims data and provincial Wetlands cover about 14% of Canada’s be a problem in Nunavut. flood damage estimates from Ontario total land area.

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56 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | Fall 2017 INSIDE THIS SECTION: Water reclamation and reuse – A view from Western Canada 58

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Fall 2017 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | 57 FIGURE 1 - Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment Facility. Water reclamation and reuse – A view from Western Canada Dean M. Shiskowski, Ph.D., P.Eng. and Mike Whalley, M.Eng., P.Eng., Associated Engineering

(This article first appeared in INFLUENTS, There are various examples across product water to the industrial site for the official publication of the Water the region and this article draws on applications such as hydrogen and steam Environment Association of Ontario Associated Engineering’s project production, the collaboration negated [Fall 2016]. Reprinted with permission) experience to provide a sample cross- the need for expanded direct water section of this activity. withdrawal from the North Saskatchewan While both direct non-potable reuse Several reclamation and reuse River, and thus avoided potential fishery- and planned indirect potable reuse examples can be found across the related impacts. have a global history spanning decades, industrial sector. The collaboration Subsequent to this project the the wastewater industry has given the between the City of Edmonton, Province of Alberta commissioned topic markedly increased attention in Strathcona County and Petro-Canada the Water Management Framework recent years. This increased activity (now Suncor) for the provision of (WMF) for the Industrial Heartland applies to western Canada too, through reclaimed municipal effluent for industrial and Capital Region surrounding the a combination of top-down initiatives reuse stands out for its size. Ultrafiltration Edmonton area. Ensuring suitable- and bottom-up drivers. An example hollow-fibre membranes, used in a quality North Saskatchewan River water of the former is the British Columbia tertiary filtration system at the Gold Bar while providing a reliable supply of water Municipal Wastewater Regulation, where wastewater treatment facility (WWTF) for municipal and industrial users are a 2012 update focused substantially (Figure 1), initially provided 5 ML/d key outcomes of this initiative. To this on reclamation and reuse and brought of reclaimed water to Petro-Canada end, a range of regional scenarios were further clarity to the topic for this via a new 5.5 km pipeline to the site. developed, some of which included an jurisdiction. Bottom-up drivers are Subsequently the system was expanded extensive network of reclamation and situation-specific and have contributed to a 15 ML/d capacity, with the flexibility reuse supply infrastructure focused on to a notable amount of project-level to provide a future 40 ML/d capacity. the region’s large municipal WWTFs, activity across western Canada. Besides providing very consistent quality and analyzed in the context of the

58 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | Fall 2017 WMF’s desired outcomes. The findings address two drivers. One driver was to Research Centre. A somewhat atypical have and continue to inform policy-level eliminate or reduce the effluent nutrient technical aspect is tertiary filtration decisions regarding water management load discharged to the Waterton River, of secondary effluent produced by a in this region, including the role of direct which had been the historic effluent relatively high-rate process, namely non-potable industrial reuse. receiving water body. The second driver trickling filter/solids contact, rather More recently, continuing along the was to eliminate the irrigation water than the more usual biological nutrient theme of industrial reuse, the City of withdrawal from Blakiston Creek, which removal system effluent involved in Calgary and its power utility ENMAX also would improve fish habitat at this bull reclamation and reuse schemes. collaborated for the new 800 MW natural trout spawning site, particularly during But, again, an interesting driver for the gas-fired Shepard Energy Centre. Up to low flow periods. The technical solution project is determining the product water 29 ML/d of effluent from the Bonnybrook was relatively simple: adding post- quality achievable and aligning it with WWTF is conveyed 15.5 km to the lagoon tertiary solids separation via potential reuse applications. The Greater Shepard site for cooling water and other continuously backwashed upflow sand Vancouver area has a typically dry summer process uses via a new pumping station filtration and ultra-violet irradiation for that at times has led to significant and reclaimed water forcemain, enabling effluent disinfection. Additional effluent water restrictions. More extreme events this power station to produce enough storage volume was also provided, along in recent years, possibly connected electricity to meet over half the City’s with a stakeholder-approved ability to a changing climate, have brought current power requirement. Obtaining for emergency effluent bypass to the increased focus to the issue. A market this reuse source of cooling tower Waterton River in extreme wet years. for truck-hauled reclaimed water makeup water was beneficial because The potential effects of climate potentially exists and this project will portions of the South Saskatchewan River change further underpin the drivers inform, in part, the feasibility of this Basin, including the Bow River at Calgary, for reclamation and reuse in these particular adaptation strategy. have been closed to new water licence examples and continue in other Wildlife habitat enhancement is a applications (with a few minor exceptions) settings, such as current work by Metro recognized beneficial use of reclaimed since August 2006. Vancouver. Here, two rotating disk- water, and the Municipal District of A final industrial example relates to based surface filtration technologies, Lesser Slave River in northern Alberta a rather unique situation at the Yara along with disinfection, are being provides an interesting example. nitrogen fertilizer production facility in pilot tested in parallel at the Annacis Here, the Southshore Water Reclamation Saskatchewan. Managing the site-wide water balance, within the confines of zero water discharge operation, requires a very large evaporative pond system. During wet years, which may become potentially more extreme depending on future climate change, the system is particularly challenged by increased stormwater volumes and reduced pond evaporation rates. As a result, Yara conducted a demonstration trial to assess the feasibility of reclaiming the stormwater for cooling tower use. The stormwater contains elevated constituent concentrations in part due to industrial activity in the general area and thus required a multi-step treatment approach to produce suitable quality product water. Municipal reclamation and reuse examples in western Canada are equally interesting. One particularly notable situation is Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta. The Waterton Golf Course and Parks Canada expressed an interest in using the Park’s treated wastewater effluent, which originates from a population of up to 5,000 people in the summer, for golf course irrigation, as a means to concurrently

Fall 2017 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | 59 FIGURE 2 - Southshore Water Reclamation Facility forest wetland.

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60 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | Fall 2017 CRYOFRONT – News, Views and Muse from the Arctic

Nunavut’s water: an abundant resource in short supply Ken Johnson, Stantec

INTRODUCTION border, heads due north for 500km, and regions in the world, with a scant 50mm The Canadian north, including Nunavut, then angles west to the Arctic coast near of precipitation falling in the northern the Northwest Territories and the Kugluktuk, and finally goes due north near region and 375 mm in the southern Yukon covers a massive 40% (3.9 million the 110th longitude to the north pole. region. In general, 50 to 80% of the yearly kilometres) of Canada’s land base. The mean annual temperatures in precipitation falls as snow. Surface water The total population of the three Nunavut range from just below -10C in covers approximately 7.5% of Nunavut. territories is around 100,000 people, with the extreme southeast, to near -20C in 50,000 in the territorial capitals. From a the far north. Nunavut does not have a WATER SUPPLY AND DELIVERY IN mathematical perspective, the north significant summer season, and during the NUNAVUT COMMUNITIES is uninhabited when the three largest cool, brief summer, the ice-filled waters Nunavut is the largest of the three territories communities are excluded from the limit the surface temperature. In July, with 20% of Canada’s land mass and only equation, allotting one person for every the warmest month, temperatures are 30,000 people. The 25 communities of 100 square kilometres of land on average. prevented from rising much above 7C. Nunavut range in size from Grise Fiord It is estimated that 37% of Canada’s In spite of the presence of the Arctic (140 people) in the far north to Iqaluit total freshwater area is contained in Ocean, Nunavut is one of the driest (7,000 people) in the south. Eleven of the the three territories. In spite of this abundant resource, water can be a scarce commodity, particularly for northern communities that require a clean source of water year round. Winter can last 8-to-10 months of the year; and in winter, most of the surface water is frozen with a layer of ice up to two metres thick covering it. The north is also a desert with most regions receiving less than 250mm of annual precipitation, falling mostly as snow. Given these fundamental challenges, community water supply in Nunavut is particularly challenging due to geographic isolation, extreme cold climate, permafrost geology, extreme Pipe installation in Resolute costs, limited level of service, and other unique northern community attributes.

GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE OF NUNAVUT Nunavut stretches south from the northern tip of Ellesmere Island off Greenland’s north coast to the 60th parallel. The eastern boundary is the Arctic waters between the coasts of Greenland and Nunavut, which are only 25km apart in places. The communities of Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, and Sisimiut, Greenland are only 450km apart. The southern boundary of Nunavut is the 60th parallel, and the western boundary Water treatment in Cambridge Bay starts at the Saskatchewan/Manitoba

Fall 2017 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | 61 25 communities have over 1,000 people, introduced into Nunavut communities to influenced by the geographic isolation, and all of the communities except provide a multi barrier to the potential the extreme cold climate, and the one (Baker Lake) are coastal. Surface for drinking water contamination. permafrost geology. The water and water provides drinking water to all of Water treatment improvements are sewer systems have operating challenges the communities because permafrost encouraged by public health officials, associated with the potential freezing geology does not accommodate any and may ultimately be mandated by of the piping due to heat loss, which is groundwater resources. public health regulations. counteracted with pipe insulation, water Community water supplies make use of The level of service for water delivery circulation, and water heating. In the pipe lakes and rivers, and provide either year and sewage collection in most Nunavut systems where circulation and heating is round water supply, or a seasonal water communities is trucked services, with limited, freeze protection is achieved by supply. The lakes and rivers used for year large water and sewer trucks distributing ‘bleeding’ of the water system into the round must consider the formation of the water and collecting the sewage. sewer system, which may amount to water surface ice up to 2 metres thick, which Each home has a water and sewage use that is two or three times what would can damage the piping into the lakes if storage tank for the pumped water normally be anticipated. it is placed too shallow, and can damage delivery and sewage collection. An example of the capital cost of a the piping in rivers, particularly during There are three communities in piped system is the replacement of the the river break-up in the spring. Lakes Nunavut with piped water and sewer piped system in Resolute, which was and rivers that provide a seasonal water systems: Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet, and Resolute. tendered several years ago. The lowest supply are used to fill long-term storage These piped systems are unique and tender received for the project was reservoirs. Nine Nunavut communities expensive to build because of the cost of $44.4 million, which put the project have engineered storage reservoirs that labour and materials. The construction budget approximately $18 million have sufficient water stored for up to season for buried water and sewer systems (70%) over the pre-tender construction a year. An allowance for the formation of is generally limited to three months of estimate of $26 million. Resolute has a ice must be considered in the design of the year when the ground has thawed population of 250 people, so the cost these reservoirs. sufficiently to excavate. per person for the system replacement Proximity of water to the community Fire protection is also a unique was nearly $180,000. itself presents another challenge because challenge in Nunavut because of the An example of the operation and of the cost of building, operating, and reliance on trucked water service in most maintenance costs of a water and sewer maintaining roads and pipelines. At nearly communities to fight fires. Fire losses are system are the costs for water and $1 million (CDN) per km for a road disproportionately higher than southern sewer in the community of Grise Fiord, and a pipeline in some locations, the regions because of the limitations of this Nunavut. Grise Fiord is the northernmost economics places distant piped water level of service, and other issues. One of community in Canada. The annual cost sources beyond the financial reach of the simple fire protection measures that was over $2,200 per person in 2002, or most communities. Add to this cost the applied is a 12 metre separation distance 6.4 cents per litre for water and sewer potential for pipeline freezing, and the between buildings. (4.5 cents per litre for water only). severe operating conditions in blizzards, The overall water use was 5,680,000 and closer becomes a lot better. COST OF NUNAVUT WATER litres or 95 litres per capita per day. Drinking water is disinfected in The cost of northern water, for both In comparison to the cost of water in Nunavut before delivery to homes. capital cost, and the operation and this community, the cost of water is a More substantial treatment using maintenance costs, is a function of the mere 0.12 cents per litre in Edmonton. filtration technologies is being cost of labour and materials, which are A quick mathematical comparison places

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62 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | Fall 2017 water costs in Grise Fiord a whopping 40 times more expensive than Edmonton. Added to these financial challenges are the technical challenges of designing, constructing, operating and maintaining Nunavut water and sewer infrastructure.

EXTREME WATER ISSUES AND THE FUTURE OF NUNAVUT WATER As challenging as ‘normal’ water supply is in Nunavut, there are several examples of extreme water use issues in Nunavut. Water storage in Chesterfield Inlet In Grise Fiord, the stream that fills the water reservoirs on an annual basis dried up during one filling season, and the saltwater intrusion is also occurring with Climate change is also emerging as community ran out of drinking water the ocean making its way into the lake an issue for water supply in Nunavut. before the reservoir could be refilled that supplies the community. The water supply issues in Grise Fiord, in the spring. The community resorted Most northern communities also have Kugluktuk, Kugaaruk and Sanikiluaq may to harvesting icebergs, chopping and limited capacity for dealing with water, not be conclusively caused by climate placing the ice into the reservoir to whether it’s financial, administrative change, but the warming of the Arctic maintain the water supply. or human resources. Contrary to this is making these and other problems The communities of Kugluktuk and limited capacity are increasing demands worse. It is anticipated that the warming Kugaaruk are facing issues with saltwater for finance, administration and human arctic climate in Nunavut will influence intrusion into their river water supply resources being driven by increasing the quantity and quality of water that systems. Tidal action is creating a regulatory demands, and increasing is already in short supply. Water supply saltwater wedge that advances up the sophistication in the technology associated options for the future are being studied river to the point of the water supply with water for treatment of drinking water to appropriately increase redundancy intake. In the community of Sanikiluaq, and wastewater. and resiliency.

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Fall 2017 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | 63 Aerial view of the intake expansion TAP IN – ATCO’s Heartland Industrial Water System Dan Chernishenko, Owen Kristel, and David Ofield, Stantec; and Barry Station, ATCO

INTRODUCTION While the WMF emphasized the need for a regional solution to The ATCO Heartland Industrial Water System is a sophisticated water management, its success relied upon the emergence of a network of pump stations, pipelines, and storage facilities willing proponent to take on the challenge. representing an evolution in the management of water assets ATCO was able to be that proponent. ATCO had a distribution in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland (AIH), Canada’s largest system equipped with an existing intake on the NSR that they hydrocarbon processing region. used for their own purposes. To position themselves as a In 2007, the Government of Alberta (GOA) implemented the water services provider for industrial clients, ATCO needed to Water for Life strategy as part of an initiative to help preserve upgrade the capacity of their intake and build a pump station to the province’s water resources for future generations. To be distribute water to other users. successful, the GOA recognized local solutions were critical and With this in mind, ATCO stepped forward to help realize the further developed the Water Management Framework for AIH WMF vision with their plans for a multi-use, regional, industrial and the Capital Region (WMF). This framework is specific to water system. While there are many municipal regional water the industry-heavy stretch of North Saskatchewan River (NSR) systems, this would be the first system of its kind to provide extending from Devon to Pakan. process water to industry on any significant scale in Alberta. With more than 40 companies engaged in major industrial operations in AIH, a primary consideration of the WMF was the THE SYSTEM number of water intake structures along the affected section of There were significant logistical and practical challenges the NSR. In addition to the quantity of water being withdrawn in developing a regional industrial water system in AIH. by these industrial facilities, the ecological footprint of having Historically, from a logistical perspective, industrial companies multiple intake structures on the NSR could not be ignored. in the area have been inclined to construct, own, and operate

64 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | Fall 2017 their own intakes and associated water supply systems. Reliance on others for delivery of a critical process element, water, is often viewed as an operational risk. From a practical perspective, AIH is an extremely congested area. There are literally hundreds of existing pipelines, railway crossings, and industrial developments that need to be considered when constructing new infrastructure. To be considered a viable alternative to dedicated intakes for each facility, ATCO had to ensure their system would be reliable, cost-effective, and able to adapt to changing market and regulatory environments. Originally, ATCO was equipped with a small bank-style river intake, wet well, control building, and an 8.5 km pipeline to their existing salt cavern gas storage facilities. In 2009, ATCO reached an agreement to provide water service to the new multi-billion dollar North West Redwater Partnership (NWR) Sturgeon Refinery. To support such a large customer, ATCO’s infrastructure had to change, and develop a strategy to upgrade the existing intake and construct a new state-of-the-art Construction of storage tank river water pump station and supply pipeline.

INTAKE UPGRADE AND EXPANSION A critical component of ATCO’s water distribution system is the bank intake on the NSR. To satisfy customer demands, it was determined that several initial upgrades were required. These included conductor pipes to handle up to 2,500 m3/hr and the installation of vertical louvers at the intake face to mitigate fish ingestion. Stantec's engineering team, and ATCO worked very closely with the regulators throughout the design process to ensure the intake upgrades would have minimal environmental impact both during construction and during operations. Extensive modeling was also performed to optimize hydraulic performance and fish protection. Construction was completed in 2012. In 2014, the intake was connected to the new Heartland River Water Pump Station. To reduce disturbance to plant and animal life along the riverbank, two conductor pipes and a spare were installed within a hand-dug rib and lagging tunnel over 75 m in length between the intake and pump station. Lastly, the existing wet well was abandoned in place. In 2015, the intake was further upgraded to expand the capacity of the system by an additional 1,500 m3/hr (total 4,000 m3/hr). Two new fish screens were installed in the river and Heartland River Water Pump Station the previously abandoned wet well was repurposed to include pumps that would discharge directly into the Heartland River Water Pump Station via the spare pipe installed in the tunnel.

HEARTLAND RIVER WATER PUMP STATION The Heartland River Water Pump Station is critical to the function of the industrial water distribution network. The facility directs water through the Sturgeon Water Pipeline and the Heartland Water Pipeline to service all of ATCO’s customers. From the intake, the conductor pipes convey river water into two intake wells, where travelling water screens prevent fish from entering the pump well. Specialty fish handling pumps draw from the intake wells and direct any fish back to the river via a dedicated fish return line. Downstream of the travelling screens, two 600 horsepower vertical turbine

Fall 2017 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | 65 pumps discharge to the Heartland Water Pipeline and two the water. The system has an overall treatment and distribution 250 horsepower vertical turbine pumps discharge to the capacity of 600 m3/hr. Sturgeon Water Pipeline. The station will eventually be During design, extensive water quality analysis was required upgraded to include four 600 horsepower pumps at full to optimize treatment systems to provide economical treatment build-out of the NWR Sturgeon Refinery. The overall system over a wide influent (river water) quality range. Consideration supply capacity to customers is 3,750 m3/hr, with 250 m3/hr was also given to site location to balance earth quantities, and returned to the river as fish return flow. mitigate groundwater issues which are predominant in this area.

PROTECTING THE FISH A RESILIENT SYSTEM During design of the intake upgrades and Heartland Pump Fluctuations in NSR water quality provided both challenges Station, of critical importance was the protection of the and opportunities for the design of the pretreatment system. aquatic environment. Stantec and ATCO worked closely The system needed to reduce solids to the same level with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Canada regardless of influent quality several features were incorporated to ensure water velocity through screens would not result to accomplish this efficiently. The sedimentation pond was in the impingement and potential damage to fish, and fish designed to reduce suspended solids with or without coagulant would be returned to the river safely. A computational fluid addition. When NSR suspended solids levels are low, the dynamic (CFD) model was developed and used successfully chemical addition and disk filters are not used and the ponds to optimize performance. are capable of meeting the treatment targets. During moderate suspended solids events, the chemical addition can be coupled WATER PRE-TREATMENT FACILITY with the ponds to achieve the treatment target without the disk As river water TSS levels substantially exceed the water filters. During heavy suspended solids events, all three systems quality requirements for some of ATCO's customers during can be utilized. This operational flexibility was planned into the high flow events, a pre-treatment facility was needed. design to reduce energy usage and chemical consumption. The pre-treatment facility consists of coagulation (PACL) injection systems, two 15,000 m3 capacity high density CLOSURE polyethylene (HDPE) lined sedimentation pond cells, a ATCO has achieved their vision for a regional industrial water polishing disk filtration system, and distribution pumping system in just a short seven years. At the inception of the project facilities. Flow is always conveyed through the pre-treatment ATCO had a small distribution system consisting of an intake, facility to improve TSS levels; however, in situations where 8.5 km of pipeline, and one pump station. Now, ATCO operates river water TSS levels exceed requirements, flow is chemically a system that includes an upgraded intake, three pump stations, conditioned to aid in solids settling in the sedimentation 25 km of pipeline as well as storage and treatment facilities. pond cells. Disk filters are used post-chemical addition to To date, ATCO has invested more than $70 million into further reduce TSS concentration as required. the system. With the ability to provide additional water Pumping systems include two vertical turbine pumps to service solutions to industry in the region, opportunities are convey pond effluent through the facility’s disk filtration system, continuously being investigated to enhance the performance and two 250 horsepower vertical turbine pumps to distribute of ATCO’s multi-user water system.

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Fall 2017 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | 67 Fort Smith struggles and succeeds with water filtration Jean Soucy, Municipal and Community Affairs, GNWT, Fort Smith

In 1993 a new water treatment facility and filter steel tanks did not have any Once the third filter was installed, was constructed to supply the Town corrosion control or protection, and as then repairs of the other two filters of Fort Smith with many years of a result it was observed very early after could commence. First, the filter under good potable water. This treatment plant commissioning that a fair amount drain was removed, cleaned and facility has continued to produce very of corrosion was occurring in the two prepped for reinstallation. The single good water quality in spite of some filters. Although some effort to repair greatest portion of this filter repair filtration challenges and a source water all visible corrosion spots were made work consisted of sandblasting and supply that is anything but splendid with some form of epoxy coating, it was recoating the tanks with a 6-8-mil (reference article “Treating High Raw understood that due to the retention of epoxy coating. The original stainless Water Turbidity in Fort Smith, NT” in only two filters, it was almost impossible steel under drain laterals were then NTWWA Journal, 2005), with seasonal to disassemble one filter for repairs and reinstalled using new anchor bolts turbidities that peak at 5,000 NTU. This operate with the other and not affect and a top plate, and sacrificial anodes sediment load requires pre-treatment water quality. It was expected that the where installed to minimize any future through sedimentation ponds, which are lower interior walls and tank floor would corrosion. These filters all received new periodically cleaned during this annual continue to corrode and eventually sand and anthracite to approximately period of the plant operation. corrode through at some point 10 to 15 one metre in depth, as well as a new air The facility is a level III conventional years from the original commissioning. scour system, including all supporting water treatment facility with a maximum In 2008, the first leak became evident mechanical, electronics, and online designed capacity of 2,000 cubic metres and a quick repair was completed to put turbidity analysers. per day, including pre-settlement, this filter back online. This began the In 2012, as a backwash was in solids contact clarifier, two dual media long and tedious journey that produced progress, the operator noted a gravity filters (with available room for a commonly used phrase among the significant crater within filter #1, in a third filter), gas chlorination, water Fort Smith water plant operators: “What addition to a spike in turbidity levels softening and fluoridation. This facility is the problem with these filters this from the normal levels of .07 NTU to has experienced a fair number of filter time?” The Fort Smith filtration process .30 NTU. Upon further investigation it breakdowns in its 20 years of operation. went from the envy of others to the ‘root was found that this filter’s under drain These systems are normally relatively of all evil.’ top plate and some anchor points had free of such mechanical failure for at In order to proceed with repairs, the failed due to improper installation least 20 to 25 years. tender and construction of a third filter and gasket failure. The result was The construction of the water plant was required in order to accommodate filter media break through, which left clarifier, filters, clear well and waste tanks a complete shut down repair of the media trapped within the under drain. were all originally constructed from epoxy other filters. This time, the new filter was When the air scour and backwash coated steel, with cathodic protection fabricated using (304) stainless steel, which systems were activated, the trapped on all exterior tanks. The interior clarifier addressed any future corrosion problems. media destroyed the protective under drain screens. A problem became evident that over 200 screens per filter needed replacement, but this option was not very practical. A more permanent and prompt solution was essential as two of the three filters where damaged. After some research, the Phoenix under drain laterals designed by AWI seemed to be the appropriate answer to the problem. This system is readily adaptable to any filter size, shape and dimension; however, the single most important benefit to this system is the one-piece design, which significantly reinforces the entire structure and provides a more permanent seal bond to the tank floor. As well, with the Cleaning sedimentation pond used for pre-treatment during high turbidity periods of raw water louvered strainer assembly, there is no

68 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | Fall 2017 chance the of strainer failure, even if some of the filter media makes it past the strainers. Along with the installation of two new filter under drain laterals, the drive pulleys on the air scour fan motor were also changed. This conversion reduced the airflow volume and pressure by 40%, as it was apparent the air scour was originally over designed as part of the work in 2008. This change optimized the air scour process by reducing air pressure on the laterals during air scour, which would ultimately extend the life of the filter media. After completion of the work, a more comprehensive filter surveillance Filter #3 is constructed with 304 stainless steel to eliminate corrosion observed on Filter #1 and Filter #2. program was also adopted to optimize over all filtration, and extend the filter life cycle. Backwash flow rates, as well as under drain pressures before, during, and after backwash are now monitored to better understand and enhance filter performance. In addition, more elaborate and frequent filter media quantity measurements are made. The Town of Fort Smith Water Treatment Facility has experienced a fair share of problems and struggles with water filtration during the last 20 years or so, however the future looks clearly promising with the recent improvements and they look forward to providing many years of good quality water to the residents of Fort Smith for Filter #3 underdrain system years to come.

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Fall 2017 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | 69 Water treatment facility in Carcross, Yukon Wave of upgrades at Yukon water treatment facilities Virginia Sarrazin and Alison Anderson, Opus International Consultants, Whitehorse; and Annika Palm, Yukon Government, Whitehorse

Over the past decade, $56 million has connections in the system, service Although the water infrastructure been spent on 23 water treatment about 60% of the population, with throughout the territory is generally and distribution projects across the remainder being serviced by 20-40 years old, the age of the the Yukon Territory, under the Small Water Systems or private wells. buildings and the equipment was not project management team at Yukon The Yukon Government – Environmental the only reason behind the wave of Government, Community Services, Health Branch (YG-EHS) oversees upgrades. Tightening requirements Infrastructure Development Branch the LPDWS to ensure that safe of certain parameters in the GCDWQ (YG-IDB) and in collaboration with drinking water is available at all times have been a big factor as well. The raw local government agencies, the federal to Yukoners, however Small Water water resources in many Yukon government, numerous engineering Systems and private systems are not yet communities, previously treated as consultants and construction regulated in the Yukon. The combined groundwater only, became designated contractors. Residents serviced work of YG-IDB and YG-EHS is to ensure as Groundwater Under the Direct by these new and upgraded water that proper infrastructure for treatment Influence of surface water (GUDI), treatment facilities are located in and distribution of drinking water is in requiring additional treatment barriers service areas ranging in size from place in the Yukon, infrastructure that from source to tap to mitigate the risk 100 people in Mendenhall subdivision respects the Guidelines for Canadian of contamination from pathogenic to 1,300 people in Dawson City. Drinking Water Quality (GCDWQ, organisms, such as Cryptosporidium Large Public Drinking Water Systems Health Canada, 2012) and the National and Giardia. Some communities (LPDWS), with more than five service Building Code. opted for the development of Well

70 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | Fall 2017 Nacho Nyak Dun First Nation water treatment plant building in Mayo, Yukon Pumphouse #3 in Faro, Yukon

Head Protection Plans in order to limit technology) and Berm media, to avoid college dispatches the programs contamination at the source. In general, the use of potassium permanganate. to communities to provide an even for sources newly identified as GUDI, UV The use of AD33 for adsorption of easier access to training. In addition, disinfection has been added, followed arsenic has been done in at least four the Yukon Government – Community by chlorination. of the upgrades, with prior removal Services – Operations and Programs Common in Yukon groundwater is of iron and manganese. However if (YG-OP) has a team of supervisors the presence of hardness, iron, and arsenic is mostly under the Arsenic that travels to communities to help manganese. While these metals are not III form, precipitation along iron and water, wastewater and solid waste a direct concern for public health, they manganese was sufficient. operations. Indigenous and Northern become a system concern because New technology, in particular Affairs Canada (INAC) has also been hardness precipitation in pipes and advances in SCADA and improved offering the Circuit Rider Program plumbing fixtures promotes a favorable Internet connections in the Yukon, have to First Nation operated systems. environment for bacterial growth. made it possible to build new water This provides regular technical support Iron and manganese present in a treatment facilities, where full time to operators to improve retention and dissolved state in the groundwater, start local oversight is not available. These ensure health and safety requirements precipitating by oxidation once they technological advances increase the are met. reach ground level, creating additional level of service available to smaller It has taken considerable turbidity. Turbidity must be controlled Yukon communities and provide more resources to oversee the design and before distribution, as it can shelter flexibility to operators who must construction of all these upgrades to pathogens and bacteria, and interfere oversee several public works duties. water treatment facilities in the Yukon. with treatment, including chlorination. SCADA systems allow operators to Work has also been undertaken on In some instances, the local geology also perform daily monitoring of the plants wastewater and solid waste facilities. brings uranium into the groundwater, remotely, be alerted of and respond The majority of funding for the water which is a contaminant of concern for to alarms, and adjust set points for treatment upgrades across the public health. operations. This helps in developing Yukon has come from Federal and The use of softening is common for and maintaining a local workforce, Territorial funding, with the largest removal of hardness and can also help while ensuring the safety of the public. funding source being the Building control manganese. The main constraint To improve the capacity of local Canada Fund, a fund requiring 25% with softening is the use of resin operators, the Yukon College in contribution from Yukon Government. regenerative brine (sodium chloride), Whitehorse started a Yukon Operator A continuous effort and dedicated which results in the release of high Training Program in 2011 to provide resources are required to maintain concentrations of sodium in the treated local training and certification for infrastructure that meets both water that can be harmful to consumers Yukon water and wastewater operators. community expectations and suffering from hypertension and heart Instead of taking extended leave regulatory requirements. With the conditions. Softening has been installed for training outside the territory, ever-increasing competition for in only one of the upgraded facilities. operators can obtain the mandatory resources, it’s essential that the The removal of iron and manganese EOCP (Environmental Operators correct investments be made with is commonly done using greensand Certification Program) certification, the available resources to ensure the filtration, however other medias have and obtain credits to maintain it here provision of municipal services for been used including AD26 (Adedge in the Yukon. In some instances, the Yukoners into the future.

Fall 2017 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | 71 Accelerating resource recovery Biosolids can be used to create valuable products at water resource recovery facilities Patrick Dube, Ph.D.

Biosolids produced during wastewater To help utilities overcome these money by producing energy on site to treatment commonly are land applied. challenges and to promote recovering offset facility costs. While this method is a great option to resources from biosolids, WEF has Anaerobic digestion is a long-estab- provide an excellent fertilizer that helps updated the 2013 publication, Enabling lished technology that can turn solids to promote healthy soils, biosolids also the Future: Advancing Resource energy by converting digested sludge to hold much potential to help mitigate Recovery from Biosolids. biogas via microorganisms. The process climate change, foster sustainability, and The 2017 update, released in April, is has many different designs and can be achieve zero waste. Resource recovery titled Accelerating Resource Recovery: varied by adjusting temperature, imple- from biosolids represents an exciting Biosolids Innovations and Opportunities menting a pretreatment step, co-digest- opportunity and potentially can provide (https://www.e-wef.org/Default.aspx?Ta ing the solids with other wastes and more. additional value while promoting bID=251&productId=58093345 or http:// The generated biogas has an excellent meaningful change. bit.ly/2017-biosolids-rr). This guide aims energy potential and can be burned for Utilities hoping to recover resources to help promote biosolids as a valuable electricity or upgraded to other fuels. face questions and roadblocks when resource to help meet renewable energy On the other hand, thermal conversion seeking the best decisions for their needs, promote innovative technologies, is a developing technology that uses communities. Policies and regulations and accelerate resource recovery. heat to generate energy from biosolids. vary among provinces and the national While thermal conversion has a higher level and may hinder recovering resources ENERGY RECOVERY energy output potential than anaerobic from biosolids. Likewise, many current The energy contained in wastewater digestion, it requires more energy to resource recovery technologies are and biosolids is five times the amount remove the moisture from the solids, not yet established and present more of energy needed to treat it; this means resulting in a lower net energy recovery. risk than utilities are accustomed to. that water resource recovery facilities New technologies in development And lastly, communicating the value of (WRRFs) are potential energy generators. are looking to incorporate thermal a product derived from biosolids to the The latent energy in wastewater solids conversion with higher moisture solids. public can be challenging. combined with energy management This combination, it is hoped, would But solutions exist and others have and conservation in the facility offers an reduce energy costs and derive a higher already blazed many of these trails. excellent opportunity for WRRFs to save energy potential.

72 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | Fall 2017 NUTRIENT RECOVERY co-digestion all can be specific to states, fill this gap. LIFT promotes research into Currently, most agricultural nutrients – and, therefore, regulated differently – resource recovery technologies, creates specifically, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus both positively and negatively. a clearinghouse of information, and takes (P) – come from non-renewable, energy One of the best ways to ensure that some of the risk away. But there are more intensive sources. Yet at WRRFs, utilities regulations and policies help biosolids hurdles to leap to bring these solutions remove these nutrients from wastewater usage is to have interagency cooperation to market. to meet discharge limits. The utilities to help address issues. This could mean face high resource and energy costs to joining voluntary programs to promote LOOKING TO THE FUTURE remove them as well as a waste stream biosolids, such as the US National Recovering resources from biosolids that must be disposed of. Herein lies an Biosolids Partnership (NBP) or pollution represents an exciting opportunity for opportunity to recover instead of remove prevention programs, and encouraging utilities to promote the beneficial use these nutrients. The result would be a research into topics that could become of biosolids while generating valuable renewable, valuable product that can issues in the future. consumer products. It begins at utilities, help offset costs and generate money for New and innovative technologies are where professional development and the utility. needed to enhance resource recovery skills must be developed and fostered. To recover nutrients, N and P first must from biosolids. There are many promising With this knowledge, biosolids programs be concentrated either biologically (using companies attempting to generate valuable can thrive and increase the quality of their microorganisms to accumulate N and P), products from biosolids and wastewater. products for consumers. physically (implementing a process These products include fertilizers, Effective communication with like adsorption or ion exchange), or biodegradable plastics, and biofuels; but consumers is paramount. When they chemically (using a metal salt addition many are still in their infancy. Not only does understand the benefits of biosolids, they to precipitate out P). The concentrated the high moisture content make it difficult to will rightfully translate that into a better nutrients then are released (typically develop an economically viable technology, perception of the products. A commitment biologically) before being extracted. but the variable nature of the solids means to research and development is key to One example of a potential recovered a universal technology isn’t possible; each develop technologies that can expand the product is struvite (magnesium ammonium utility must find its own solution. resource recovery of biosolids. phosphate). Struvite is generated Research into a typical utility’s by controlling pH and then adding efficiency, cost, energy balance, and ABOUT THE AUTHOR: a chemical precipitant. The process recovered product is nonexistent; this Patrick Dube, Ph.D, is the Biosolids removes high concentrations of N and means each utility must do this on its own. Program Manager in the Water Science P and generates a product that can be This increases costs and makes the barrier & Engineering Center at the Water sold as a commercial fertilizer. to entry higher. The Water Environment Environment Federation (Alexandria, VA). Each nutrient removal method has Federation (Alexandria, VA) and Water He manages the Residuals & Biosolids positives and negatives. And each utility Environment & Research Foundation have and the Air Quality & Odors Control must determine how economically developed the Leaders Innovation Forum Committees. He can be contacted at feasible each technology would be for for Technology (LIFT) program to help [email protected]. their utility to adopt these systems.

POTENTIAL ROADBLOCKS FORD METER BOX ANNOUNCES THE Though the potential rewards of resource recovery are great, so are the challenges. WESTERN CANADA Regulations and policies have the potential to help or hinder biosolids resource DISTRIBUTION CENTRE recovery. Some US federal regulations such as the 40 CFR Part 503 biosolids rule, 1 - DAY SERVICE have helped outline the importance of 2 - DAY SERVICE biosolids and set in place incentives for 3 - DAY SERVICE their beneficial use. On the other hand, regulations also can hinder. Examples British Columbia include limiting where biosolids can Alberta Ford Meter Box potentially be applied (USDA Code 590) • Grande Prairie 260-563-3171 Saskatchewan or changing the Renewable Fuel Standard ★ Edmonton Vancouver Manitoba Vancouver Island ★ • (RFS) and lowering the value of renewable Victoria Calgary • Kelowna ✮• • Saskatoon Ontario identification numbers (RIN) for biogas.

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Canadian Stockholm Junior Water Prize – 2017 Klas Ohman, WCWEA, CSJWP National Organizer and Head Judge

CSJWP NATIONAL ORGANIZERS The three finalists were: The work by Nicole Schmidt was ranked Each year the Canadian Member Victoria Chouinard, first based on the evaluation by the Associations of the Water Environment Ecole Saint-Jeans-Eudes, Quebec judging panel. Nicole’s project provided Federation select a high calibre Assessing Species Identification Produced a good overview of a possible solution scientific student project to travel, all with Environmental DNA in an Urban River that many Canadian industries are seeking expenses paid, to Stockholm, Sweden This study consisted of comparing the to utilize barrier-free technologies for to represent Canada at the prestigious species identified with Environmental DNA selective removal of hard-to-eliminate international SJWP competition. The (eDNA) with the ones previously identified heavy metal particle contaminants from Canadian organizers and sponsors with traditional methods in the Saint-Charles residual process water without chemical include: Atlantic Canada Water River. Ten sites were sampled on the river addition. The project showed strong scien- Works Association, British Columbia and 27 of 36 fish species known to inhabit tific methodology, significant emphasis on Water and Wastewater Association, the Saint-Charles River were identified experimental design, complemented with Water Environment Association of including for the first time the invasive round extensive detailed documentation and Ontario, Réseau Environnement, goby. Overall the study suggests that eDNA very clear representation of her studies in Western Canada Water Environment is an interesting complementary method the technical paper. Both the other two Association, and the Canadian Water that could be used in conservation and projects were strong contenders, but both and Wastewater Association. management programs. presented slightly less compelling methodology, attention to detail and focus. CSJWP WINNER SELECTION Azin Dolatabadi and Jaslin Ghorta, Nicole will be representing Canada at The CSJWP winner is selected from Medicine Hat High School, the Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) projects submitted at the Canada-wide Medicine Hat, Alberta in late August. The runner-up projects Science Fair (CWSF). Leading up to the A Seed-E Alternative to Water Treatment were awarded $300. CWSF, regional fairs are held throughout This project investigated the use of Moringa Canada with winning projects being oleifera seeds in water treatment by itself and ABOUT THE SJWP selected to proceed to the Canada-wide in combination with filtration. These seeds act Each year, thousands of participants in event organized by Youth Science Canada. as a coagulant as they are composed of posi- over 30 countries from all around the This year, the 56th Annual CWSF was held tively charged proteins that bind to negatively globe join national competitions in hopes May 15-20, 2017 in Regina, Saskatchewan. charged pathogens in water. This system can of earning the chance to represent their The first phase of the selection process be utilized in locations where purified water is nation at the international final held during occurred on May 17 at the CWSF where not accessible, such as third-world countries, the World Water Week in Stockholm. all students who submitted projects for as the materials are easily attainable. The national and international competi- the prize gave a four-minute presentation tions are open to young people between of their project to the judges and then Nicole Schmidt, Sir Winston Churchill High the ages of 15 and 20 who have conducted the judges were allowed five minutes for School, Calgary, Alberta water-related projects of proven environ- questions. Klas Ohman, Chief Judge, and Fluid Foam Development: A Novel mental, scientific, social or technological a contingent of post-doctorate candi- Approach to Heavy Metal Decontamination significance. The projects range from local dates, educators and science professionals from Industrial Effluent Water or regional to national or global topics. assigned by the CWSF judging committee The project developed a method to create The winner of the Stockholm Junior (including bilingual judges) judged the and stabilize bulk bubble foam, which was Water Prize receives a USD $15,000 projects. 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For AWWA, the future is NOW Paul Wobma. Director, Western Canada Section AWWA

am very excited and honoured to be the WCS AWWA Director • Lead Mitigation in Drinking Water – AWWA is committed to for the next three years. I’d like to express my congratulations protecting public health through the reduction of exposure to and gratitude to Dan Limacher, who has served exceptionally lead in drinking water. in this role over the last three years and has been a great • Partnerships for Safe and Clean Water Programs – Imentor in helping me transition to the role this year. The Partnerships’ mission is to improve the quality of I had the opportunity to attend this year’s annual ACE in water delivered to customers by optimizing water system Philadelphia in June. The conference was very successful with operations. They offer self-assessment and optimization attendance topping 11,300 with approximately 500 exhibitors. programs so that operators, managers and administrators In addition to an impressive Exhibition and Professional have more tools to improve performance. Program, ACE provided numerous networking opportunities • One AWWA Operator Scholarship addresses the present that allowed those in the water industry to get to know each and future workforce need for operators by providing other better and share knowledge and experiences. training and educational funding. The AWWA continues to spearhead a number of initiatives In Canada, through the CAC, we have the Value of Water that I believe provide added value to the membership and help Campaign, to continue educating the public on the value of water ensure the long-term health of the water industry. Some of and the need for reinvestment in our utility infrastructure. We are these include: also interacting with regulators in developing a human health • Community Engineering Corps (CECorps) was launched in number for lead in drinking water. While we certainly support February 2014 by AWWA in alliance with Engineers without reducing lead, we are concerned about appropriate regulated Borders USA and the American Society of Civil Engineers. levels, consistent sampling, and adequate time and funds to The program assists underserved US communities in meeting implement any new standards. their infrastructure needs and improving the quality of life. We are excited to announce that David Rager will be CECorps is interested in potentially expanding the program our official AWWA representative at our upcoming WCW to assist with any needs in Canada and are in preliminary Conference in Saskatoon. David is the AWWA President Elect, discussions with the CAC. has over 40 years of experience in the industry, and has served • Total Water Solutions means the development of knowledge on the AWWA Board of Directors in a variety of roles. resources, not only in the area of drinking water, but also in I encourage you to visit the AWWA website as there is wastewater, water reuse, and storm water. a lot of great material and resources for any utility to use in • The Water Equation workforce initiative includes the One its approach to planning and communicating with their AWWA Operator Scholarship Fund, Wolman Fellowship, respective communities. Larson Aquatic Research Scholarship, and Student and Have a great summer and I’ll see you at the WCW Conference Young Professional Program support. in Saskatoon in September.

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Doing truly important work Vicki Campbell, CWWA Director

have recently been given the honour of representing efforts to reduce or eliminate the damage caused by wipes Western Canada Water at the Canadian Water & Wastewater entering our wastewater systems. Association’s Board of Director’s table. I have been around the CWWA had initiated negotiations over the last two years with industry for approximately 20 years during which I’ve participated the wipes’ manufacturers and sellers who are represented by Iin several committees (including this magazine’s Editorial their trade organization known as INDA, while the wastewater Committee), but this is my first time participating in CWWA. industry is represented by a number of organizations including: My first active exposure to CWWA was in June, when I the Water Environment Federation (WEF), the National attended Window on Ottawa. While I enjoyed myself very Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), the American much at this event, the presentations and discussions affirmed Public Works Association (APWA) and the Canadian Water and my understanding that this is truly important work that will Wastewater Association (CWWA). CWWA was able to work with make a difference for all of us. INDA toward a new Code of Practice that brings their labeling CWWA has been following the 2016 federal budget, which ahead significantly. However, work towards an International ISO is to provide $2 billion in funding for water and wastewater standard around dispersion and testing is ongoing. infrastructure projects. On the first day of the session, the I also have learned that CWWA also has several technical Federal Government presented to the group how the initial committees that are focused on key issues facing the industry Infrastructure funds have been allocated to different projects including: Drinking Water Quality, Wastewater & Storm water, across the country in Phase 1. On the second day of the session, Energy & Water Efficiency, Biosolids, Security & Emergency a different representative from the Federal Government Management, Climate Change, as well as a new Utility Leadership presented the overall strategy and the plans for Phase 2, Committee that I am looking forward to being a part of. which they say will also include a means of including private We are set for the National Water & Wastewater investment. The details of how Phase 2 will be structured were Conference, NWWC 2017 to be held in St. John’s, not ready to be released yet, but they intend on announcing Newfoundland, on November 5-8, 2017. Registration is now this by the end of the year. A representative was also in open; we hope to see you there! attendance from the Federation of Canadian of Municipalities (FCM) and he spoke about their role in distributing a significant portion of these funds to municipalities. I was pleased to hear We are set for the National that CWWA has been consulting with these organizations and actively advocating the drive towards programs that move Water Wastewater Conference, municipalities towards asset management, life cycle planning, NWWC 2017 to be held in training and self-sufficiency. Health Canada’s proposed changes to regulations regarding St. John’s Newfoundland on levels of lead in drinking water were a focus of the CWWA November 5-8, 2017. Drinking Water Committee. This Committee has been working with partners at American Water Works Association (AWWA) and Canadian Water Network (CWN) to provide a unified approach that supports the reduction of allowable levels of lead in drinking water, but in a way that helps municipalities achieve these standards by proposing fair, consistent sampling in an appropriate timeframe with available funding to implement such new standards. Those working in wastewater know that flushable wipes are Brett Knievel, CET Insituform Technologies Limited a great concern. We in the industry all know that just because Business Development Manager Unit 4, 8009 - 57th Street SE Calgary, AB T2C 5K7 a commercial on television advertises you can flush something 403.235.4769 / Office down the toilet doesn’t make it so. The general public does 403.589.2469 / Cell not have this same insight and we then continue to struggle 844.589.2469 / Toll Free 888.733.0398 / Fax with blockages and breakdowns of pumps and equipment as a result. CWWA, with our partners at Municipal Enforcement [email protected] | aegion.com Sewer Use Group (MESUG), continues to be a key player in the

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Time flies when you’re having fun Bia de Freitas, Chair, WCWEA

t is hard to believe that we are already North America. The Board was pleased event would not be possible without the into the fall season. This past year as to host one of the events this past May, help of the many volunteers. WCWEA Chair has flown by, and boy, in which 53 WEF members attended Currently, the WCWEA Board is busy has it been a busy year. (one from Hawaii), representing 19 Member formulating a survey that will be distributed IIn January, the board met in Calgary Associations. I want to thank the entire to our members at the WCW Conference to update our Strategic Plan. We were WCWEA Board, Audrey Arisman, Kristen this year in Saskatoon. We are eager to fortunate enough to have Linda Kelly McGillivray, and our student volunteers for serve you, so if there is something that you from WEF facilitate the process for us. making this event such a huge success. need, reach out and let one of us know! She flew in from Washington, DC. Additionally, I want to send a huge It has been a pleasure serving you We ended up scrapping the old plan and ‘shout out’ to our Manitoba Trustee Dan this past year. With the Conference in creating a new Strategic Plan that focuses Dankewich for all his efforts in organizing Saskatoon just around the corner, I find on our members. the Stormwater Matters Conference, which myself thinking of all the volunteers who Over the spring, the Board was busy was held June 14 in Winnipeg. The event help make these events a success. I would planning and executing a WEFMAX (WEF was well attended and well received. We had like to acknowledge the efforts of the Member Association Exchange) event in 39 attendees, including representation from entire Board this past year. I specifically Winnipeg, MB. There are four WEFMAX Manitoba Infrastructure, and 11 presenters want to recognize the following people events per year, which are held all over including a keynote speaker. Again this who will be outgoing for their Board positions in the near future: • Jeff Halliday, WEF Delegate • Timo Jansen, Saskatchewan Trustee I’m looking forward to welcoming new Board • Fernando Sacluti, Past Chair members in the fall, cultivating relationships, Jeff is long time Board member. His knowledge and strong contributions and working towards a common goal. to our Board over the last 10+ years has been invaluable. He has worked to promote our association’s needs to our parent Water Environment Federation. Timo’s efforts over this past year have contributed greatly to the success of our FABCO PLASTICS events. His knowledge of the industry, and its people, has proved invaluable. PLASTICS FOR TODAY’S INDUSTRY Timo will be following Jeff’s footsteps as Pipe • Fittings • Valves • Tanks • Pumps • Filtration • Sheet • Grating • Ducting • Fans our new WEF Delegate. I also want to thank Fernando for his Your complete source for continued mentorship to both me and incoming Chair Natalie Wilson. To request your INDUSTRIAL Your experience and contributions over the last 4+ years have been irreplaceable. New catalogue visit our new website PLASTIC I’m looking forward to welcoming new Board members in the fall, cultivating [email protected] PRODUCTS relationships, and working towards a www.fabcoplastics.com common goal. Our group is diverse, inclusive, and excited about serving our EDMONTON 302 Hayes Cres, 26230 TWP RD 531A, Acheson, AB T7X 5A4 • Phone 780-451-0238 • Fax 780-455-4816 members. If you want more information SASKATOON 3926 Arthur Rose Ave, Saskatoon, SK S7P 0C9 • Phone 306-955-6005 • Fax 306-955-6008 do not hesitate to contact me or check TORONTO 2175A Teston Rd, Maple (Toronto), Ontario L6A 1T3 • Phone 905-832-0600 • Fax 800-668-8415 out our website at www.wcwea.org. MONTREAL 5000 Autoroute (440) Laval Quest, Chomedey, QC H7T 2Z8 • Phone 450-687-2721 • Fax 450-232-2422 Thank-you for your continued support VANCOUVER 9511-194A St, Surrey, BC V4N 4G4 • Phone 604-882-0766 • Fax 604-882-1432 and see you in Saskatoon!

78 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | Fall 2017 MSSA REPORT What to consider when buying equipment Max Wong, MSSA Director

uppose you are in the market for pays much attention to equipment colour The tender process does not allow for a new car. What do you consider (with some exceptions – purple pipe, consideration of intangible factors when making your purchase? for instance). But in the end, we expect (like service quality) that may sway First and foremost, the car water and wastewater equipment to serve your decision, and it becomes a race Sshould operate reliably for years to reliably in critical processes for many years. to the bottom. come – hopefully you are not taking There are usually several functionally So, how do you make sure you get what home a lemon! There are functional equivalent products on the market, but works for you? Consult your local rep – things like the number of seats, legroom, they can vary greatly in specific features, he/she can help identify the right products cargo space, towing capacity (or for me, which may or may not be important for for your current and anticipated needs. Bluetooth). And of course, aesthetic your application. Other considerations Express your preferences to the consultant, features matter too, like colour and are consistency with existing equipment who will have valuable feedback based on interior finishes. Finally, it all has to come (assuming you like what you have), and previous project experiences. at what you consider to be a reasonable the quality and availability of local service. Specifications should be written with and affordable price. Remember that service is key for long term enough detail so that you will receive Is there functional equivalency between reliability – no doubt your equipment will a product with all the features you a luxury car and a regular car? Certainly. run into issues over time, and your local expect. Finally, review the approved They will both take you from point A to rep must be available to provide you with manufacturers list to make sure it includes point B, safely and in reasonable comfort. timely information, spare parts supply and, people you trust. But, I think we can all agree you do get if required, service on site. And what better place to catch up with what you pay for, whether the difference Oftentimes municipalities source your local reps and the manufacturers is tangible – leather versus nylon, push equipment as part of a tender, where price than at the coming WCW tradeshow button or turnkey start, disc or drum is the major (maybe only) consideration. in Saskatoon? Hope to see you all there! brakes – or somewhat less tangible. That intangible difference is, in many cases, the level of service you receive before and after the sale. And what better place to catch up with your Bringing this back to our industry, what are some of the things you consider when local reps and the manufacturers than at the buying equipment? Selecting equipment coming WCW tradeshow in Saskatoon? for your operation is not exactly analogous to buying a car. For example, nobody

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Networking at the forefront Andy Bebbington, AWWOA Director

he AWWOA executive met in The AWWOA Board of Directors promote our new communication June for our two-day planning has been through many changes in strategies and to create opportunities session. Among many items the past few years. We have many new to meet fellow industry professionals. discussed, we reviewed the results faces and representation from all areas With baby boomer retirement on the Tof our recent member survey. Many of you of the Province. We are consistently fringe, AWWOA is especially interested provided tremendous feedback on the looking for ways to improve the way we in fostering knowledge sharing services we provide. AWWOA will use this communicate, organize and reach out to opportunities between the ‘more information as an accountability measure our membership. Going forward, AWWOA seasoned’ industry workers and the new to ensure we are on track with your needs. intends to host networking events to up-and-coming operators. Contact us at [email protected] to learn more about co-hosting networking events in your area. The new training calendar is chock-full of excellent training opportunities. AWWOA also offers a number of specialized training options throughout the year. If you can’t find the training or location you are looking for, give AWWOA a call to discuss training in your area. Charitable donation is an area where AWWOA has made its mark. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the industry people who helped AWWOA raise funds for The Water School Charity during the 2017 Seminar in Banff. With your support, AWWOA donated over $21,000 to The Water School, helping over 3,000 children, teachers and family members. Great 2017 AWWOA Executive – (L-R) Back: Doug Thorson, Mike Bureaud, Dave Harrison, Darin Wenzel, Paresh Dhariya, Cathie Monson, Joseph Rahn, Jarvis Singer and John Greathead. Front: Dan Rites, job everyone! Bert Miller, Ed Spohr and Andy Bebbington. Missing: Ryan Ropcean (Chair), Ryan Moray and Don Erechuk. Enjoy your summer!

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WEFTEC turns 90 this year Jeff Halliday, WEF Delegate

his year marks the 90th Anniversary of WEFTEC. For • Students and Young Professionals Committee Community those of you inclined towards social media, you may Service Project - 10 years have noticed the WEFTEC@90 campaign that began • Student Design Competition - 15 years July 2 and runs until WEFTEC begins. Using various • Stockholm Junior Water Prize - 20 years Tsocial media platforms, WEF is circulating interesting facts and • Operations Challenge - 30 years photos that tell the story of WEFTEC from its inception in 1928. We are encouraging all those interested in the water Taking place September 30 to October 4, 2017 at McCormick profession to participate in this campaign by posting your Place in Chicago, WEFTEC is the Water Environment own WEFTEC memories/facts/photos, and join our efforts Federation’s Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference. to encourage WEF members and water professionals to do It is recognized as the world’s largest annual water quality the same. Also, please be sure to use the following hashtags exhibition. WEFTEC’s massive exhibition and technical program separately or together as appropriate: provide unparalleled access to the field’s most cutting-edge information, technologies, services, and networking. #WEFTEC17 #OpsChallenge In addition to this key milestone, WEF is celebrating #WEFTECat90 #wefsyp significant anniversaries for other ongoing programs including: #MyWaterLegacy #wefservice • Leaders Innovation Forum for Technology (LIFT) - 5 years • Water Palooza - 5 years See you at WEFTEC!

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Conference planning, scholarship and new-look website Arlen Foster, Past President, Northern Territories Water & Waste Association

onstruction is in full swing in the field as well as challenge yourself to grow in Board Members. We are eager to hear North and the long summer days your profession. Feel free to contact any of how this Scholarship Fund can be a will be disappearing far too soon our board members if you are interested. benefit to you or someone you know. as well as the time to complete As previously mentioned, we are excited Last, but not least, we are in the Call those necessary improvements and to be offering a new opportunity from midst of overhauling and updating maintenance items on municipal systems. NTWWA to Nunavut and Northwest the NTWWA website. This will provide The 2017 NTWWA Annual Conference Territories residents through a Scholarship a much more user-friendly system is also fast approaching and will be held Fund. This opportunity was created to help that our members can access this fall. in Iqaluit, Nunavut this year from Nov. 6 to individuals and community groups further Keep checking the NTWWA link to see Nov. 10. We are excited to reach new and their education in the water and wastewater some new features and northern photos returning northern leaders from all levels of field. We recognize the challenges of public related to water and wastewater. government, consulting and construction awareness and interest for water and waste- I wish everyone a safe and productive industries for this event. The planning is water matters and want to bring attention to summer and look forward to connecting well on its way with the theme Nature’s Gift: it both for young and old. The scholarship with many of you during this time. Ours to Protect. I encourage all to come also aims to bridge the gap between training I hope you all enjoy this edition of and take part in this event whether it is to and courses offered in parts of the country Western Canada Water and find learn, network, provide a presentation, that are difficult for Northerners to travel to. information that can be shared amongst or have a tradeshow booth. Presenting at You can find the scholarship application and your organization to improve the use this conference can be a valuable way to information on our website (www.ntwwa.com) and protection of water and land across connect with new individuals in the water or by contacting any of the NTWWA our Canadian environment.

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Always planning, sometimes playing Daniel McDermid, Chair, MWWA

t the time of this writing, the workshops. The Brandon Conference in training over two-to-three days, and be sun is shining and the forecast (February 25-28, 2018) is shaping up to able to take in numerous workshops. is looking fantastic! Let’s hope be a great educational and networking Stay tuned for more information on this the weather holds for the experience. Anyone interested in great training experience. We are hosting entireA summer. submitting a paper should contact a Hydrant and Valve Maintenance Scotswood Links at Elm Creek, Manitoba the office at [email protected] to workshop on September 12 at a location was the host for the annual MWWA Golf make sure that the paper makes it to to be determined. Check out the website Tournament on June 2. The course was in the program. Soon, the Conference under the ‘Training’ tab for more details fantastic condition and the 85 golfers had registration will be open and the on all the training that we are offering. a great day as the weather was hot and the program should be taking shape. Also while on the website, feel free refreshments were cold. During the golf To all those suppliers out there, be to pose a question on one of the forum tournament a putting contest, mulligan sure to register your trade booth and pages and start a new thread on any sales and 50/50 generated monies for contact the office about sponsorship topic or question that you would like WaterAid. Together, we raised $1,042.55 opportunities. more information on from your peers. to help out this great charity. The Education and Training Committee Have a great fall and check the Over the summer, the MWWA will is working on another multi-day workshop website frequently for updates on still be planning the Conference and where members will be able to participate workshops and the conference.

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t’s hot! Gee, thanks Captain Obvious. The concept of water re-use plays into the strengths of our That’s the underlying theme as we roll into mid-summer all new generation of operators. The old guard wasn’t raised on across the province. Most parts of Saskatchewan are in the ‘reduce-reuse-recycle’ ideology, and so the next wave should same boat – waiting for a break from the heat. Although it have a better understanding of why recycling wastewater for Imakes for excellent vacation conditions, the agriculture sector other purposes is a wise decision. As we move into the new stands to take ‘a hit’ – all the more reason to put stock in a water and younger wave of operators, we can learn from each other. re-use system if conditions allow. There are several wastewater The experienced operators can pass on a wealth of knowledge irrigation systems throughout the province, making use of the and the new group can contribute with better, and possibly more secondary effluent to keep the crops alive and kicking. These efficient, ways to achieve the same goals. systems are ‘hit and miss’ depending on the weather, but in years The SWWA is taking this idea and creating a strategic plan as where the rain is sparse, it translates into a good investment. a template for how to move forward in the best manner possible. Golf courses are an excellent example of this. Golf courses Using suggestions from Manitoba and Alberta, our new Strategic around the country have been making use of recycled Plan should point new (and current) Board members in the direction wastewater for years. How many of the moisture-starved required to keep the association functioning at the highest level. courses around Saskatchewan would beg for a trusted The SWWA is still keeping active with workshops for our irrigation source in a year such as this? On the topic of golf members, and of course, planning for the November Conference. courses, there is a funny story about an SWWA operator The Strategic Plan should simply allow for a more streamlined cleaning his golf ball with his mouth on a course irrigated with flow to a similar destination – or at least that’s how the new guy lagoon effluent… but that’s for another time. explained it to me.

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‘Thank-you’ to all the amazing volunteers, sponsors and donors Anne Bridgman, Associated Engineering

n the last year the local Water for working to construct or rehabilitate The Regina chapter of WCS AWWA People committees in Western three water systems, and install recently held its first annual golf Canada continue to astonish me chlorinators in at least three systems. tournament June 15 at the Sherwood with the wonderful events they have Water is now reaching 40% of homes, Forest Golf and Country Club. Iorganized. The events in Winnipeg, and 53% of homes have sanitation. The event even attracted entrants from Regina, Saskatoon, Edmonton and In October 2016, the Western outside of the engineering world as it Calgary have been creative, fun, Canada Water Conference was held in was advertised to anyone interested in well attended and highly successful. Calgary with a Water for People Silent the water industry. Ian Stewart of Walker Organizing these events can be very Auction, Raffle, and a Pancakes for Projects became the most decorated rewarding – and also build professional People breakfast. We were fortunate participant, winning both the straightest skills such as project management, that the current CEO of Water for drive and closest-to-the-pin contests. business development, cost estimation, People, Eleanor Allen, was able to talk The Calgary committee is now and dealing with unexpected hiccups! about the recent progress in Peru. busy preparing for the 1st Annual If you would like to develop your resume, At the Silent Auction some amazing Western Canada Section Water For have some fun, and contribute to a good items were won by attendees, such as People Charity Golf Tournament on cause, find out more at www.wcsawwa.net. a beautiful glass fish bowl (seriously September 6, 2017. Please see the Water for People has made some the most popular item we have ever webpage (www.wcsawwa.net) to sign notable progress in the WCS AWWA had – bidding was FIERCE) and a up or become a sponsor. supported region of Peru in which they painting by Martin Bridgman of an WCW17 in Saskatoon September are working in two districts. In Asuncion, ocean-front Honduran Village was 19-22 will again include fundraising 100% coverage of schools and clinics won by Emma Sauriol. Raffle Prizes activities for Water For People. has now been reached, three water include a Calgary Flames Package, Donations are being sought for the treatment systems completed and two Oilers Package, and Winnipeg Jets annual auction and raffles. The Water alternative water technologies have been Package. Every year the prizes seem For People Breakfast will feature provided to two small communities. to get better and better! Mohsen Mortada from the Water For Water is now reaching 72% of homes, In March of 2017 Calgary held it’s People Board of Directors and will be and 70% of homes have sanitation. fifth annual curling tournament, which held on Friday this year. In Cascas, 90% coverage of schools and continues to be highly successful. This ‘Thank-you’ to all the amazing clinics have now been reached. They are year’s winning team was from Stantec! volunteers, sponsors and donors.

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Fall 2017 | WESTERN CANADA WATER | 89 Associated appointments and moves

To support our continued growth, Kerry Rudd, President & CEO of the Associated Engineering group of companies, is pleased to announce the appointments of the following staff:

Chris Skowronski, P.Eng. has Andrew Robertshaw, P.Eng. has accepted the role of Senior Vice relocated to our Calgary office. President, Infrastructure. Chris Andrew is a Project Manager with has 29 years of experience in civil over 10 years of experience as engineering managment, design, a project manager and engineer planning, and rehabilitation of on a variety of municipal and urban infrastructure. He specializes environmental infrastructure in community infastructure projects. Andrew’s experience planning and design of water, wastewater, drainage covers water distribution, wastewater collection, civil and roadway infrastructure. Chris succeeds Herb infrastructure, regional systems, asset management, Kuehne who retires as Senior Vice President after more and infrastructure rehabilitation, for public and private than 40 years with Associated. Herb will continue to be sector clients. available to provide advice and guidance on projects.

Jacques Groenewald, P.Geo. has Anne Bridgman, P.Eng. has moved to our Calgary office. recently joined our Calgary office. Jacques is a Senior Hydrogeologist Anne is a Process Engineer with over 20 years of experience with 20 years of canadian and in the water and wastewater international experience in treatment field. She began her hydrogeology and geophysics. career, commissioning industrial, His expertise includes mine potable, ultra-pure, and food water supply and dewatering, water treatment plants around the world. Her design contaminated sites investigation, groundwater experience includes membrane-based systems, resource assessment and supply, aquifier hydraulics filtration, softening, ion exchange, chemical dosing, and dynamics, and numerical groundwater modelling. and ultraviolet light.

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Coffee-infused foam removes lead from contaminated water Source: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Submitted by Bill Brant, Editor

offee is one of the most popular drinks in the world today, which makes for a perky population – but it also creates a lot of used grounds. Scientists now report in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering an innovative way to reduce this waste and help address another Cenvironmental problem. They have incorporated spent coffee grounds in a foam filter that can remove harmful lead and mercury from water. Restaurants, the beverage industry and people in their homes produce millions of tons of used coffee grounds every year worldwide, according to researcher Despina Fragouli. While much of the used grounds go to landfills, some of them are applied as fertilizer, used as a biodiesel source or mixed into animal feed. Scientists are also studying it as a possible material for water remediation. Experiments so far have shown that powder made from spent coffee grounds can rid water of heavy metal ions, which can cause health problems. But an additional step is needed to separate the powder from the purified water. Fragouli and colleagues wanted to simplify this process. The researchers fixed spent coffee powder in a bioelastomeric foam, which acted as a filter. In still water, the foam removed up to 99% of lead and mercury ions from water over 30 hours. In a more practical test in which lead-contaminated water flowed through the foam, it scrubbed the water of up to 67% of the lead ions. Because the coffee is immobilized, it is easy to handle and discard after use without any additional steps, the researchers say.

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A foam filter made with used coffee grounds removes lead and mercury from contaminated water. Photo credit: American Chemical Society

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