MWWA - 2016 Annual Conference & Trade Show
January 31st – February 3rd, 2016 – Victoria Inn Airport – Winnipeg, MB
“Water – United”
Sun. Jan 31
12:00- 4:30
4:30 – 6:00
6:00 –9:00
7:00– 11:00
Mon. Feb 1
7:30 – 8:30
7:30 – 4:30
9:00 – 9:30
Activity
Certification Exams - you must be pre-registered with MB
Conservation to write an Exam
MWWA Board Meeting
Registration Opens
Conference delegates & Trade Show exhibitors
Ice Breaker Event – Casino & Basketball Throw
Activity
Breakfast
Registration – for Conference delegates & Trade Show
exhibitors
Opening Ceremonies
M/C - Conference Chair Dan McDermid
9:30 – 10:30
10:30 –10:45
10:45 –11:30
MB Conservation & Water Stewardship:
Update from the Water and Wastewater Facility Operator
Certification Program
Update from the Office of Drinking Water
Coffee Break
Certification Advisory Committee – Panel Discussion
11:30– 12:15
Sharing Certified Operators During Emergencies (MOU)
12:15 – 1:00
1:00– 2:00
Lunch Buffet
Annual General Meeting
Location
Information:
Carlton Room
Regency Rm
Exam Check-in begins at 11:30 am
MWWA Board of Directors
Banquet Foyer
(outside of
Centennial Room)
Centennial Rm
Located at the South East entrance Victoria Inn
Location
Centennial Rm
Banquet Foyer
Centennial
Room
North End - Centennial Room
Other Information:
Located at the South East entrance - Victoria Inn
Manitoba Conservation & Water Stewardship;
City of Winnipeg Councillor Janice Lukes, WCW Past
Chair Heather MacKenzie; MWWA Chair Karly Friesen
Centennial Rm
Siobhan Burland Ross, MB Conservation
Kim Philip, Water Stewardship
Centennial Rm
Centennial Rm
Centennial Rm
Centennial Rm
Centennial Rm
Introduction of the CAC Committee and questions
will be accepted from the floor
Christine Hutlet, CAO, RM of Tache
Year End reports & Election of BOD members
Technical Sessions:
2:15 – 3:00
S1 Lake and Sewage Treatment with the Use of Naturally
Occurring Soil Bacteria
S2 Water Quality Field Sampling Post Repair
S3 Microbial Enhancement Technology - Treating Organic
Wastewater, Digesting Sludge & Improving Outflow Readings
S4 Developing Standard Operating Procedures for Field Use &
Training
Coffee Break
S5 Sludge Reduction in Lagoons
S6 Protecting your Water Intake from Zebra Mussels
Centennial Rm
Joshua Day Chief, Advanced Water Technologies
Embassy D-E-F
Centennial Rm
Tim Evinger/Jennifer Graham, City of Winnipeg
Jonathan Lee, Acti-Zyme Products Ltd.
Embassy D-E-F
Jennifer Graham, City of Winnipeg
Centennial Rm
Embassy D-E-F
4:45 – 5:30
4:45 – 5:30
S7 - A Certification of Operators in Small Plants
Centennial Rm
Embassy D-E-F
Dr. Paul Deprez, Nordevco Associates
Housseini Coulibaly & Daniel Drimes, ODW
Ken Mattes, Senior Instructor, Circuit Rider
Training Program
5:30 – 9:30
Trade Show – South Centennial Room
2:15 – 3:00
3:00 – 3:45
3:00 – 3:45
3:45 – 4:00
4:00 – 4:45
4:00 – 4:45
Tues. Feb 2
7:30 – 8:30
8:30 – 3:00
S7 – B Engineered Fall Protection
Supper in Trade Show
Other Information:
Activity
Breakfast
Registration
Ruchi Ryley, Tritech Fall Protection Systems
Centennial Rm
Banquet Foyer
Technical Sessions:
8:45 – 9:30
8:45 – 9:30
9:30 – 10:15
9:30 – 10:15
10:15 -10:30
10:30 –11:15
10:30 –11:15
11:15 –12:00
11:15 -12:00
12:00 – 3:00
3:00 – 3:45
3:00 – 3:45
3:45 – 4:30
3:45 – 4:30
6:00 – 6:30
6:30 – 8:00
8:00 – 9:00
9:00 – 12:00
Wed – Feb 3
8:00 – 9:00
9:00 – 12:00
S8 How to Boost your Lagoons? Moving Bed Biofilm Reactors
(MBBR)
S9 Impact of Hydraulic Distribution in Granular Media Filters
S10 Safe, Effective Treatment for Coliform Reduction in
Lagoons
S11 The Use of Nanofiltration Membranes to Control DBP
Coffee Break
S12 What WSER limits mean for frigid Manitoba Lagoons
S13 Filter Media Maintenance
S14 Chromium Recovery from Electroplating Industry
Wastewaters using Metal Exchange Process
S15 Developing & Implementing a Uni-Directional Flushing
(UDF) Plan
Centennial Rm
Embassy D-E-F
Centennial Rm
Embassy D-E-F
Centennial Rm
Embassy D-E-F
Centennial Rm
Embassy D-E-F
Trade Show – South Centennial Room
S16 Upgrading Lagoons for Phosphorus Removal: case
studies of Misipawistik Cree Nation, MB and Sundridge, Ont.
S17 The City of Winkler Green Sand Filter Challenge
S18 Performance of Screen Technologies in Wastewater
S19 Minimizing Contamination Risks in your Distribution
System Monitoring Program
Cocktails
Banquet & Awards presentation
Entertainment – Robin Chestnut – Comedy Juggler
Hospitality / Networking
Activity
Robert Lafond, VEOLIA Water
Jackie Cutter, AWI
Irena Motnenko, Osorno Enterprises Inc.
Lyle Henson, Membrane Specialists
Martin Hildebrand, Nelson Environmental
Paul Orlaw, ClearTech
Aziz Gherrou, Centre des Technologies de L'Eau
Andrew Hickey, ATAP
Lunch in Trade Show
Centennial Rm
Embassy D-E-F
Centennial Rm
Embassy D-E-F
Martin Hildebrand, Nelson Environmental
Travis Duff, City of Winkler
Siham El Murr, VEOLIA Water
Nancy Crawford/Courtney Diduck, City of
Winnipeg
Centennial Rm
Centennial Rm
Centennial Rm
Centennial Rm
Location
Other Information:
Breakfast
Registration
Centennial Rm
Banquet Foyer
9:00 –9:30
CEU – sign up at Registration Desk
Technical Sessions:
Banquet Foyer
9:30 – 10:15
9:30 – 10:15
10:15 –10:30
10:30 –11:15
S20 Sample Submission Forms
S21 RBC Upgrade for Phosphorus Removal (BioWin Study)
Coffee Break
Centennial Rm
Embassy D-E-F
Michaela Samek, Office of Drinking Water
Dan Dankewich, WSP
Centennial Rm
10:30 –11:15
11:15 –12:00
11:15 –12:00
12:00 –12:15
S22 Advisory Notification Plans
S23 Role of the Operator
S24 New Technology in Water Main Relining
S25 Corrosion Mitigation
Closing Remarks
Embassy D-E-F
Centennial Rm
Embassy D-E-F
Centennial Rm
Office of Drinking Water, Melanie Betsill
Dale Scott, City of Selkirk
Al Turner, Al Turner Consulting
Garath Price, Galaxy Plastics
MWWA Chair
12:15 pm
Pick up CEU Certificates
Registration desk
Banquet Foyer