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ISSN-0835-605X • Summer 2011 Vol. 24 No. 4Vol. 24 No. 4 • Issued August 2011

6 To compete, or not compete - that is the question - Editorial comment by Steve Davey

8 Statscan researches Canada’s freshwater supply and demand

10 Cranbrook upgrades its wastewater spray irrigation system - Cover Story

12 Containerized MBR wastewater treatment plants for remote mining

14 Faster water testing procedure saves time and money

16 Wireless communication allows water treatment systems tobe controlled from anywhere

18 Remote pump monitoring saves time and money on unique sewer replacement project

20 Engineering treatment wetlands for a variety of wastewater streams

26 Designing a biosolids management plan involves many considerations

30 Can insurance save us from climate change?

34 Reducing drinking water contaminants from sodium hypochlorite disinfection

36 New laser-based technology detects subsurface contamination

38 Task order contracting streamlines procurement for Toronto stormwater project

42 Ancient Romans set many modern water and wastewater treatment standards

44 Meteorology’s increasing role within the environmental sector

ContentsDEPARTMENTS

Product Showcase . . . . . 56-65

Environmental News . . . 60-66

Professional Cards . . . . . 60-66

Ad Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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Bill Borlase, P.Eng.City of Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Bill DeAngelis, P.Eng.Associated Engineering, Ontario

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bring this experience, knowledge, confi-dence and enthusiasm back with them.

Also, according to Ian, “participating,helping organize and judging OperationsChallenges is like taking a practical man-agement course, which has helped manyassume more senior positions within theirown organizations.”

Unfortunately, too many Canadianmunicipal managers no longer see valuein supporting their plant operators, whomay want to compete in Operations Chal-lenges. Consequently, many operatorscan now only participate if they cover theexpenses personally and take vacationtime off to attend.

This is indeed a short sighted “beancounter” mentality. Wastewater plants arebiologically, mechanically, and electroni-cally complicated to run. As evidenced bynumerous and often costly fines levied fordischarge violations, they break downeven when run by highly qualified and ex-perienced staff.

Surely, encouraging operators to ex-ceed their current qualifications, by sup-porting professional development events,like the Operations Challenge, is moneywell spent.

Each team “finds” an unconsciouscoworker at the bottom of a “lift station”.As this rescue effort begins, another co-worker has a heart attack, leaving re-maining team members to cope.

For the Pump Maintenance Event,teams have to take a faulty submersiblepump and a submersible mixer out ofservice, perform and document the re-quired services to repair them, then placethe units back into service.

The first and second place teams in aregional Challenge are then eligible toparticipate in the North America-wideOperations Challenge, held by the WaterEnvironment Federation at WEFTEC.

Many Operations Challenge partici-pants have explained to me that preparingfor these events, meant they had to learnmuch more than they would have other-wise had to for day-to-day work.

Also, there are the extra benefits ofdeveloping a face-to-face network of col-leagues from other plants and regions,and sharing knowledge and experience.

Many have commented that winningtheir regional event, finally allowed themto visit WEFTEC. While there, for thefirst time in their careers, they could seefull scale pumps, valves, sludge dewater-ing equipment, etc., used throughout theindustry. Also, they were able to learnmore about monitoring and instrumenta-tion products, that improve plant opera-tions and efficiency. Of benefit to theirco-workers and managers is that they

Comment by Steve Davey

Wastewater operators play avital role in running whatare essentially $10-200million 24/7 processing

plants, that ensure both public health andenvironmental protection. As such, itwould stand to reason that owners ofthese plants (with the inherent legal lia-bility that entails), would want their op-erators to be experienced, qualified,highly motivated, and resourceful.

Recognizing this need, the Water Envi-ronment Federation - and many of its re-gional Canadian associations - launchedannual Operations Challenge competitionsin the early 1990s. Having been Presidentof the Water Environment Association ofOntario (WEAO) and the Ontario Pollu-tion Control Equipment Association, I waswell aware of the logistics and financialplanning needed to make these annualcompetitions a reality.

However, it was not until listening to apresentation by Ian Smith, from the Cityof Toronto, to fellow members of the On-tario Select Society of Sanitary SludgeShovellors, that I truly came to appreci-ate how valuable they can be to partici-pating operators. In his presentation, Iandescribed the Events that comprise aChallenge and how extremely well-edu-cated, experienced, prepared and moti-vated contestants and their coaches needto be.

For the Process Event, each team has25 minutes to complete 42 multiplechoice questions.

For WEAO’s 2011 Laboratory Event,teams had to perform an E. coli mem-brane filtration analysis, using properaseptic techniques; follow the Hach m-Coliblue24 procedure consistent withStandard Methods 9222B; perform 17separate procedures, many of which arerepeated for six samples; calculate E. colicolonies per 100 ml; answer a variety ofquiz questions.

A timed activity, the Collection Eventinvolves connecting a 4-inch PVC lateralsewer to an existing 8-inch PVC sewerpipe, while in service, and then program-ming an automatic sampler.

The Safety Event uses a specially builtplatform to simulate a rescue situation,within the confined space of a manhole.

To compete, or not compete - that is the question

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Water Supply and Management

that is annually available per person inCanada. While total water yield is com-parable between the United States andCanada, the amount of renewable fresh-water per American is only 9.1% of thatper Canadian, because the United Stateshas a much larger population.

Trends in water supplyFrom 1971 to 2004, water yield in

Southern Canada decreased an average of3.5 km3 per year, which is equivalent toan overall loss of 8.5% of the water yieldover this time period. This is almost asmuch as the 3.8 km3 of water that is sup-plied to the residential population ofCanada in a year.

For most of the country the bulk of thewater yield is produced in April, May andJune, as snow, ice melt, and precipitationincreases. In the North, this peak occursin late spring and early summer. In theSouth, water yield is highest in the spring.As spring turns into summer, yield de-clines and demand for water related tohuman activity increases.

Water useIn 2005, an estimated 42 km3 of water

were withdrawn from the environmentand used in household and economic ac-tivities in Canada. About 14% of thiswater flowed through the public utilitywater system, while about 86% was ex-

The Human Activity and the En-vironment publications bringtogether a collection of envi-ronmental statistics from many

sources, and paint a statistical portrait ofCanada’s environment. Special emphasisis given to the relationship of human ac-tivity to air, water, soil, plants and ani-mals.

For “Freshwater supply and demandin Canada” new research done withinStatistics Canada is incorporated with in-formation from other sources, includingother federal government departments, in-ternational bodies and scientific journals.

Water supplyCanada’s average annual renewable

freshwater supply, or water yield, is 3,472km3. To put this into perspective, thisamounts to almost as much water as thereis in Lake Huron, which contains 3,540km3.

This abundance in water yield is dis-tributed unequally across the country.With an average annual water yield perunit area of 1.54 m3/m2, the PacificCoastal drainage region has the highest.It is followed by the Newfoundland andLabrador and the Maritime Coastaldrainage regions, which have average an-nual yields per unit area of 0.86 m3/m2

and 0.85 m3/m2 respectively. Drainage re-gions in the Prairies and north of thePrairies produce the least water, withyields between 0.02 and 0.07 m3/m2.

The southern part of Canada, where98% of the population is located, is re-sponsible for 38% of the water yield or22,661 m3 of renewable freshwater percapita. In the North, water yield per capitais 185 times greater, or 4,193,014 m3.

Average annual water yield per unitarea for the Prairies is 0.05 m3/m2, lessthan that for either Australia or SouthAfrica. This is equivalent to 12% of theyield of the Great Lakes drainage region,6% of the yield of the Maritime Coastaldrainage region and only 3% of the Pa-cific Coastal drainage region.

Brazil, which has the highest totalwater yield of any country in the world,provides 43,756 m3 of water per personper year, 40% of the almost 110,000 m3

tracted from the environment, directly bythe end user.

More than 90% of the water that waswithdrawn went to support economic ac-tivity, and about 9% was used directly bythe residential sector. The residential sec-tor used 56% of the water that was sup-plied by the public utility water system.Thermal-electric power generation wasthe sector that used the most water over-all, by a considerable margin.

It is estimated that 25% of Canadiansrely on groundwater as a source of drink-ing water. This varies depending on the re-gion of the country: the population in theSaint John–St. Croix, New Brunswick,drainage region is the most reliant ongroundwater, whereas the population inthe South Saskatchewan drainage regionis the least.

The agricultural sector was responsi-ble for 4.6% (almost 2 km3) of total waterwithdrawals in 2005. Most of this waterwas used to irrigate crops, with 16%going to support livestock production. In2005, precipitation that supported cropgrowth was roughly twice the volume ofwater that was withdrawn annually by allsectors of the economy.

Canada is one of the largest producersof hydro-electricity in the world, and thevolume of water involved is many timeslarger than all other uses combined. In2005, hydro-electric generation inCanada made use of approximately 3 tril-lion m3 of water - more than 100 timesthe volume of water used by the thermal-electric power generation sector, and justover 70 times the total volume of allwater used in Canada in 2005.

More water is embedded in forestproducts than food. When precipitationwas included, the production of exportedlumber, wood pulp, paper, and other for-est products required seven times morewater than the production of exportedagricultural commodities.

In 2005, total water withdrawals inCanada amounted to 1.2% of the averageannual renewable water resources.

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In 2005, an estimated 42 km3 of waterwere withdrawn from the environmentand used in household and economicactivities in Canada.

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Cover Story

included a pump house, pivot irrigation,onsite storage and settling ponds, withavailable capacity for 27,000 residents.

Raw household sewage, collectedthrough the City’s sanitary sewer system,was carried to a three-lagoon, three-stage,primary treatment site. It was aerated se-quentially in these storage lagoons over30 days. Then, effluent was transferredfrom settling ponds to two City Farmstorage ponds via a pipeline. The storageponds covered roughly 134 acres, with a660 million gallon capacity. Effluent wasstored and aerated in these ponds for sixmonths, then applied to crop land duringthe summer months through a pivot irri-gation system.

In July, 2010, the City, with federaland provincial assistance, broke groundon an extensive wastewater treatment up-grade. This was the result of an Environ-mental Appeals Board ruling that storagecapacity needed to be increased, while thewater level in storage pond #2 had to belowered.

The system upgrades consisted of thefollowing:• Adding fine bubble aeration to the

treatment lagoons.

Drought in northern China,floods in both Australia andCanada, and wildfires in Rus-sia, have had disastrous effects

on global wheat production, and causedprices to jump by nearly 50% recently.This has had a profound effect on govern-ment budgets in Developing Nations andon the standard of living of their citizens.

Agriculture consumes approximately70% of the world’s water supply. Rapidurbanization and shifting diets in increas-ingly developed countries will constrictwater allocated to agriculture, while de-manding more output. Here’s why. Ittakes about 1,500 litres of water to pro-duce 1kg of wheat, and about 16,000litres to produce 1 kg of beef. Increas-ingly, meat is becoming a larger part ofmore people’s diets.

While global population growth is ex-pected to hold at 1% annually, cereal pro-duction must grow by 1.5% to feed morepeople and more livestock. Consequently,by 2030, it is estimated that farmers willneed 45% more water. Irrigated pastureis able to support far more cattle than nat-ural pasture. While native grass supportsone calf/cow pair per 10 acres, irrigationallows for 60 pairs per 10 acres.

With proper guidelines and publicsupport, effluent spray irrigation can be aviable option to quench farmers’ needs.

The Cranbrook City Farm, in Cran-brook, British Columbia, has been oper-ating as a hay/alfalfa farm and cattlepasture since 1978. Producing 3,600tonnes of hay and partially supporting1,500 head of cattle, the City Farm is alsoa wildlife sanctuary and popular recre-ation area. Covering 2,200 acres, 1,800 ofwhich are pasture, it is the largest among70 similar operations across westernCanada.

In 1974, the City of Cranbrook was or-dered by the BC government to developan alternate sewage disposal method. Ef-fluent spray irrigation was chosen for costand economic advantages. With an initialcost of $10.5 million, effluent irrigationwas significantly cheaper than the ap-proximately $50 million required for me-chanical treatment. The initial facility

• Upgrading pumping station and pipeline systems.

• Increasing the aeration capacity in pond #2.

• Increasing irrigation pump capacity.• Creation of a third storage pond.• Chemical feed for phosphorus

removal.• Constructing an outfall system,

including UV disinfection, for discharge into the Kootenay River. Emphasis has been placed on design-

ing the system to meet discharge regula-tions and future requirements. Majorcomponents, including aeration headers,blower pads and piping, have been de-signed to meet projected requirements for30 years. Construction of a third storagepond was necessary to meet forecastedgrowth for the next 20 years. UV disin-fection, phosphorus removal and chlorinereduction upgrades are essential in en-suring the system can manage Cran-brook’s growing population, whilemaintaining effluent quality beneficialfor faunal irrigation and possible directdischarge into local waterways.

Health concernsAs with any waste storage site, leach-

Air header assembly, prior to installation.

Cranbrook BC upgrades its wastewater spray irrigation system By Peter Davey

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Cover Story

Wastewater reuse is not a new idea.Ancient Greece is known to have chan-nelled storm and wastewater to nearby or-chards and fields, which benefited fromthe nutrient-rich effluent. As water andfertilizer costs rise with population andfood demand, effluent irrigation is an at-tractive option for wastewater disposal.Cranbrook BC managed to create a lushand highly productive pasture and feed-

Pivot radio equipment for communication to central computer in pump house.

5.5 km outfall pipeline awaits installation through environmentally sensitivearea.

ing and other negative impacts must beconsidered. Concerns over the structuralintegrity of pond #2 were a large factorin the BC Pollution Control Branch’sruling. Furthermore, as effluent-wateredgrasses are consumed by livestock des-tined for human consumption, it is pru-dent to stringently monitor effluentquality. Officials state that the effluentapplied is “approaching the same qualityas that processed by tertiary treatmentsystems.”

Effluent is tested monthly from Mayto September. In mid-summer duringpeak application, testing occurs weekly.In addition, foliage tissue is collected andtested. Over 100 parameters are moni-tored, including fecal coliform, E. coliand enterococcus, as well as key ele-ments, such as nitrogen, phosphorus,sodium, chloride, potassium, etc. Veteri-narians report that cattle fed on City Farmforage and hay are comparable to otherregional livestock and that no disease oranimal health issues were reported.

ConstraintsEffluent spray irrigation systems, sim-

ilar to the one at the Cranbrook CityFarm, offer many advantages. They slakeagriculture’s thirst without drawing onadditional freshwater, provide beneficialnutrients and minerals to irrigated land,and generate economic gains both di-rectly to participating farmers, and indi-rectly to recreationalists and businessesinvolved in farming. However, effluentspray irrigation faces similar drawbacksto other infrastructure projects.

“Not in My Backyard” (NIMBY) op-position is a problem which almost everyindustrial or infrastructure project mustovercome. Health complaints attributedto wind turbines continue even thoughthey have been repeatedly shown to haveno medical or scientific backing. Simi-larly, the prospect of having the contentswhich are flushed down toilets anddrains, sprayed near your residence orbusiness is unsettling. Though effluentdischarge readings may be in perfect ac-cordance with regulations and harmlessin their application, those who residenearby may think otherwise.

Ensuring that proper monitoring andmaintenance occurs regularly is vital to asafe and effective treatment plant. But, in-forming the public of the measures taken,is necessary to ensure their support.

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Peter Davey is an Editorial Assistant with EnvironmentalScience and Engineering Magazine


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mote regions, as well as in accordancewith increasingly strict environmental reg-ulations.

Wastewater treatment in miningcamps is often complicated by the factthat many mines are located in environ-mentally sensitive areas, where stepsmust be taken to avoid any adverse ef-fects. Improper disposal of sewage frommining and exploration camps can lead tothe pollution of surrounding wetlands.This can result in adverse impacts onwildlife and/or significant long-termdamage to the local ecology.

In recognition of this, many jurisdic-tions have tightened regulations govern-ing water discharge from mining andother work camps. Filter Innovations’ FIIRemote Biological Treatment (FII RBT)systems have been designed to effectivelymeet the requirements for sewage treat-ment and discharge faced by the miningsector.

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Containerized MBR wastewater treatment plants forremote mining camps By Choo Sung Tai

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Toronto fined for 2006sewage discharge

Recently, the City of Toronto pled guiltyto one violation under the Ontario WaterResources Act for not operating itssewage works in accordance with its Cer-tificate of Approval.

The Court heard that, in December2006, the City’s Ashbridges Bay treat-ment plant discharged partially treatedsewage into Lake Ontario as a result ofheavy rains and a bypass gate remainingopen. There were no impacts to drinkingwater as a result of this incident. Since itwas winter, there were no impacts to localbeaches.

Specifically, on December 1, 2006,the plant bypassed partially treatedsewage, due to heavy rainfall. This by-pass was permitted by its Certificate ofApproval. Once the rainfall subsided, citystaff instructed the plant’s computerizedsystem to close the bypass gate and be-lieved the bypass gate had been closed.But the gate remained open for anotherthree and a half days before being dis-covered, allowing partially treated sewageto continue to be discharged into LakeOntario. A ministry inspection after theincident found a required flow measuringdevice had failed to monitor and measurethe bypass as expected.

Since this incident, the City has madeimprovements to the plant, including up-grading the gate valve mechanisms andother enhanced hardware, and physicalinspections to help prevent incidents likethis from happening again.

Researching VOC impacton biosolids

The Water Environment Research Foun-dation is co-funding a research projectthat should determine to what degreeVOCs from biosolids composting are re-active, and thus possibly contributing toground-level ozone. In addition, the re-search will identify design and operationprocedures to reduce VOC emissions,thus remediating ozone impacts frombiosolids composting. It is known that notall VOCs are reactive; however, biosolidshave not yet been studied. There are pro-posed rules in California that will regulateemissions from composting operations(including biosolids composting).

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Many water treatment pro-cesses are stand-alone as-semblies which frequentlyuse a PLC or a micro-

processor based controller. Often, remotenotification or diagnosis are not possible,but would be very useful for operationspersonnel. Being able to address a prob-lem in its early stages can be advanta-geous in virtually any process.

With this in mind, the Burkert Re-search & Development team has devel-oped a multi-purpose process and waterchemistry controller, called mxCON-TROL. It has integrated an HMI, PLC,data logger, enclosure and power supply,and is designed to be connected live to theWeb with an on board Ethernet port. Thisis all assembled in a NEMA 4X enclosure.

Normally, to make a system accessi-ble from a remote location, a modemwith dial-up connection is required, or itwould have to be connected to the facil-ity’s network.

Using a phone line can be an issue be-cause one of the signal lines coming intothe building would have to be used, be-fore it can be put through the operatorswitchboard. This would reduce the num-ber of simultaneous calls the building canhandle. Connecting the system throughEthernet would require a specific port to

enters an alarm mode, or predeterminedwarnings. This makes the system a com-plete stand-alone assembly that does notuse any of the end user’s resources.

Since online communication securityis becoming more of a concern, four lev-els have been incorporated within thetype 8620 mxCONTROL:• The device does not echo when usingthe “Ping” function. This makes it almostimpossible for hackers to locate.

The Burkert controller does not need to be connected through a phone line ora facility’s network.

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• Process parameter viewing and changescan only be executed with the specialprogramming software that has been de-veloped by Burkert. • The user would have to run the soft-ware, then key in the specific IP address

that the cell phone carrier has provided. • Once connected to the mxCONTROL,a programmed password has to be en-tered before changes can be made. Apassword is required even to just view in-formation.

Some of the pre-determined controlfunctions make the controller very easyto set up, while allowing optimumprocess control. Some of these functionsinclude: general PID control, conductiv-ity control, on/off or PI control, oxygenscavenging, corrosion display, pH con-trol, chlorine/Redox Control, batch dos-ing, biocide dosing (14 day program with8 dosing events per channel), monitormodule, totalizer function.

The standard controller is designedfor applications that require four analoginputs, two PT100 temperature inputs,four digital/frequency inputs for flow (upto 2kHz), four on/off binary inputs, fouranalog outputs, five SPDT relays (250VAC/DC, 10A), and two digital/frequencyoutputs potentially for dosing pumps.The maximum number of simultaneouscontrol functions is eight but otherinput/output configurations are availableupon request.

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wego Lake had to be lowered to allowconstruction and pipe installation. TheLake Corporation begin lowering the lakelevel in September 2010. Elevation afterdrawdown was 16-20 feet below its nor-mal level. Water was scheduled to remainat this level until April 2011, when refill-ing was to begin.

The Oswego Lake area serves as hometo 700 residents and is a focal point forthe entire surrounding community. Withan aggressive timeline and a price tag ofabout $95 million, everything had to gosmoothly. Whenever water levels rose toohigh, fuel ran out, or a backup pumpstarted up, the AlarmAgent.com systemnotified the company, which could thentake prompt action. The project is sched-uled for completion by the end of 2011.

The ability to receive alarms and re-spond immediately helped LOIS stay onschedule and within budget. Workerswere able to correct problems before theyescalated. They avoided any potential

In pump rental situations, both thevendor and the customer need theequipment to perform as expected.But even the most reliable equip-

ment can experience issues during oper-ation, especially in temporary setups.

It isn’t practical or cost-effective tohire a team of people to stand guard 24/7in case of equipment failure. RACO’sAlarmAgent.com continuously monitorsapplications and provides notification ofany problems as they occur, allowing forimmediate action. This can save signifi-cant time and money for the company andits customers, while providing reassur-ance for all involved.

Most recently, one pump companyrented out 14 temporary bypass pumps,each fitted with an AlarmAgent.com Re-mote Terminal Unit, for the Lake OswegoInterceptor Sewer (LOIS) project in Ore-gon. The project involved replacing a 50-year-old, corroded and hazardous sewerline running through the 405-acre Os-wego Lake. These pumps were used tohandle effluent during construction of thenew interceptor sewer.

The existing sewer line consisted of20,000 feet of sewer pipe ranging from 12to 36-inches in diameter and was con-structed in the early 1960s. Over 90% ofthis pipe lay within Oswego Lake, its baysand canals, with the remainder locatedonshore. Some in-water portions of thepipe were buried, but over half was sup-ported above the bed of Oswego Lake ontimber and steel piles. Replacement wasnecessary, as the existing system had be-come too small and the steel pile supportsand hardware were corroding and were atrisk of collapse.

Many alternatives were evaluated tocorrect existing LOIS deficiencies in aneconomical and reliable fashion. In Au-gust 2007, after many public hearings andcommunity briefings on the replacementalternatives, the Lake Oswego City Coun-cil recommended replacement of theLOIS system with a combination of pilesupported pipe and a buoyant, gravityflow pipeline.

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The pump company also benefitsfrom the fleet management capabilities ofAlarmAgent.com. It uses the system forcentralized management of its entirerental fleet across multiple job sites andbranches. Because the system is wireless,the company can manage equipmentwherever wireless coverage is available,which is across 98 percent of NorthAmerica.

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Wetland systems are larger than me-chanical systems. There is a trade-off be-tween mechanical complexity and land.Wetland systems don’t need as much at-tention, or care, as their mechanical coun-terparts, are typically constructed on-siteby civil contractors, and have few, if any,moving parts. Historically, the question ofhow to quantify performance has beenleft to statistics and heuristics. Recent im-provements in the engineering of wet-lands have helped increase predictability.

Engineers have borrowed the biology,chemistry, and hydraulics of the waste-water industry and are employing themsuccessfully to create treatment systemsthat perform like sewage plants but lookmore like … a field of plants.

Inclusion of aeration in subsurfacewetlands has greatly advanced the abilityof the systems to degrade hydrocarbonsand ammonia reliably. This is critical forthe design of wetland systems used forspent de-icing fluids at airports, contam-inated groundwater, or tailings waterfrom gold mines. And, by using proven

Bringing a demonstration facil-ity to the doorstep of a clientis always an effective way toprovide proof that a treatment

system works. Some vendors offer theservice by trucking a test unit to the siteand running the treatment system on theactual wastewater needing treatment.Treatment wetlands are in a grey area be-tween vendor technology and a consult-ing engineer’s “solution,” so no salesrepresentative is going to show up with awetland on a flatbed.

However, there are facilities, such asthe Centre for Alternative WastewaterTreatment (CAWT) at Fleming Collegein Lindsay, Ontario, that routinely testwetland systems. Another example isNew Brunswick’s NATECH, which iscurrently testing the suitability of wet-land treatment technology on byproductsof the local natural gas industry. Experi-ence from these facilities has played animportant role in taking the science ofwetlands and using it for the engineeringof projects.

hydraulic and thermodynamic principles,designers are creating wetland “reactors”that are stable and more reasonably sized.These reactors increase the reliability andperformance over past systems by ensur-ing proper reactor kinetics and completeuse of the wetland, with minimal short-circuiting.

Dr. Jim Higgins of Stantec, an earlyleader in treatment wetlands, piloted anumber of systems at the University ofGuelph’s Campus d’Alfred. The workwas carried out to support developmentof kinetic variables that can be used toscale up systems from pilot to full scale.

For example, Buffalo Niagara Inter-national Airport decided to pilot-test anaerated wetland to examine the rate atwhich de-icing fluid in cold stormwatercould be degraded. The only way to goforward with confidence in this case wasto build a model, put it in a walk-infreezer, and give it a test run. The resultsmore than proved out the concept andwere ultimately used to size the systemnow being operated at the airport.

Engineering treatment wetlands for various wastewater streams By Mark O. Liner



At Fleming College’s CAWT, Dr. Brent Wootton, directorand senior scientist, leads a team of researchers who study in-novative forms of wastewater treatment. The centre has carriedout extensive research on constructed wetlands and alternativeforms of wastewater treatment technology, such as anaerobicbioreactors for metal removal, and floating wetlands for use instormwater ponds. The CAWT has state-of-the-art facilities, in-cluding six outdoor research rest cells for wetland studies, 20ponds, an indoor greenhouse research facility, climate-con-trolled environmental chamber, and a fully equipped analyticallaboratory. 1. Airport de-icing glycol. Buffalo Airport uses over 200,000gallons of glycol-based product for aircraft and pavement de-icing annually. Spent de-icing compounds are collected withinthe airport’s stormwater collection system and require treatmentprior to discharge. To evaluate the ability of an aerated gravelbed to treat the stormwater on-site, a treatability study was con-ducted on a pilot-scale treatment system at Campus d’Alfred.

Results from the testing demonstrated 95% treatment andwere used as a basis for sizing the full-scale 10,000 pounds-BOD5/d treatment system. Then Naturally Wallace Consulting(NWC) was selected to take the pilot results to full-scale design.2. Gold-mine tailings. A remote gold mine in South Americawas in need of a low O&M system to treat ammonia from thecyanide-laden water in the tailings pond. Over 16,000 m3/dayof water required treatment prior to discharge to the adjacent

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river. A treatability test was conducted todetermine the rates of ammonia removaland to support the sizing of the wetlandsystem.

Testing was done in three phases. Inthe initial phase, artificial leachate wasformulated and tested in a wetland reac-tor located at Campus d’Alfred. Duringthe second phase of testing, actual waterfrom the site was shipped to the labora-tory for testing in the same reactor. Dur-ing the final phase of testing, a reactorwas constructed and tested on-site. Re-sults from the testing demonstrated suc-cessful removal of ammonia, with noinhibition of nitrification. 3. Refinery wastes. A pilot scale sub-surface vertical-flow wetland was con-structed at the former BP refinery inCasper, Wyoming, to determine degrada-tion rates for chlorinated organics. In par-ticular, the water required treatment forbenzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, andxylenes in cold weather.

The four-cell pilot system, operated in2002, provided insight into the value ofutilizing aeration within the wetland sys-tem to expedite the rate of treatment. The


Cells at Haliburton hatchery being planted by students.

value of a mulch cover for bed insulationwas also investigated. Treatment ratesfrom the pilot work were used to design afull-scale system capable of treating upto 11,400 m3/d of gasoline-contaminatedgroundwater. The full-scale system,which was designed by NWC, achievedcompliance levels within one week ofstartup. 4. Aquaculture. Sedimentation andscreening are primarily used for solids re-moval in flow-through aquaculture facili-ties. These physical treatment methodsremove settleable solids and particulate-bound nutrients from the wastewater. Butthey do not treat the dissolved fractionssuch as total ammonia nitrogen, phos-phate and biochemical oxygen demand(BOD5), that can harm the receivingaquatic environment.

A constructed wetland was installedafter a septic tank at the Haliburton High-lands Outdoors Association in Halibur-ton, Ontario, which operates a 300m3/dayflow-through salmonid hatchery. Inten-sive monitoring examined the ability of asubsurface flow constructed wetland to


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treat the concentrated wastewater flowthat is produced during daily vacuumingof the hatchery’s raceways. The wetlandwas operated for a year as a saturated hor-izontal flow system and has just beenswitched to a partially unsaturated verti-cal flow system for comparison purposes.

The saturated horizontal flow config-uration successfully treated concentratedwastewater even in extreme cold condi-tions. It is anticipated the unsaturated ver-tical flow configuration will increase

treatment performance. 5. College wastewater. An integratedtreatment system, which combines an en-gineered wetland and PhosphexTM tech-nologies (EW-Phosphex), was installed tostudy treatment efficacy of college waste-water. The system configuration con-sisted of a conventional septic system,followed by a horizontal wetland, then bya forced aeration engineered wetland cell,and ending in a Phosphex polishing unit.The Phosphex polishing unit contained


steel slag intended for removal of phos-phorus and pathogens.

The integrated system was monitoredin the winter of 2010 to determine treat-ment efficiency, including removal ofphosphorus, ammonia, nitrate, BOD5, totalcoliform, E. coli, metals, metalloids andpharmaceutical compounds. Most of thecontaminants monitored were effectivelyremoved by the treatment system. Ammo-nia removal was as high as 79%, whilephosphate, BOD5, total coliform and E.coli were greater than 99%. Pharmaceuti-cal removal ranged as high as 98%.

Treatment wetlands are now beingused over a wide spectrum of applica-tions. Their success depends greatly onthe front-end pilot work and the peopleand companies doing it. Pushing scienceto the limits, the pilots allow full-scaleengineering of wetland projects. And, allthis work can be done at a number ofCanadian facilities, without having to puta wetland on the back of a truck.

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Firm fined for dischargeinto Torontoʼs Don River

Recently, Torbear Contracting Inc. wasconvicted of one violation under the On-tario Water Resources Act for permitting

the discharge of sodium hypochlorite intoan effluent channel that leads to the DonRiver, resulting in impairing its waterquality.

The company had a contract to com-plete upgrades at a sewage treatmentplant in Toronto. The project required thatthe outdoor containment area surround-ing the chemical storage tanks of sodiumhypochlorite be expanded and a drain beinstalled to allow for easy removal ofrainwater. The containment area was de-

signed to trap any sodium hypochloritewhich might escape the tanks or piping.On September 11, 2009, during con-struction activities, a pipe was broken ac-cidentally and approximately 3,446 litresof sodium hypochlorite discharged fromthe containment area and entered the DonRiver through the treatment plant’s efflu-ent channel.

No effort was made by the companyto stop the chemical from leaving thecontainment area.


plants. O.Reg. 267 specifies that biosolids can

only be applied to agricultural lands whenthere is less than 5 cm of snow on theground. The result is that biosolids mustbe stored at wastewater treatment plants,or a centralized biosolids facility duringthe restricted application period. In On-tario, this is typically from October toMarch.

Furthermore, this regulation definespermissible locations for biosolids appli-

Wastewater treatment plantowners and operatorshave a significant deci-sion to make when select-

ing a biosolids management plan. Athorough evaluation of treatment optionsshould be made, taking into accountlocal soil conditions, regulatory require-ments, and capital and operational costs.

The processes practised in Canada forover 60 years are land application, incin-eration, and land-filling. Each of thesemethods has known environmental con-cerns.

In recent years, the Ontario govern-ment has passed and amended legislationthat regulates biosolids managementpractices. These regulations includeO.Reg. 267 of the Nutrient ManagementAct, and O.Reg. 347 of the EnvironmentalProtection Act, which stipulate:• The locations and soil conditions

necessary for land application; • How many months of the year land

application is permitted due to weatherconstraints;

• Maximum allowable pathogenic content in biosolids;

• Maximum allowable metal concentrations in soils post-biosolids application; and

• Treatment process and storage requirements at wastewater treatment

cation sites, specifically the proximity ofan application site to underground aquifersand bodies of water, whether streams,rivers or lakes. The maximum allowablepathogenic content in the biosolids is stip-ulated, requiring stabilization treatment toreduce colony-forming units (CFUs) pres-ent in the biosolids. CFUs are a measure ofthe viable bacterial cells in a sample.

O.Reg. 419 of the Environmental Pro-tection Act regulates the maximum al-lowable concentration of combustion

Designing a biosolids management plan involvesmany considerations By Tom Woodcock

Top of the fluidized bed incinerator at Greenway Pollution Control Centre inLondon, Ontario.

Biosolids Management


gases and particulate matter generated byincineration of any material. The inciner-ation of biosolids generated from treat-ment processes at wastewater facilitiesfalls under O.Reg.419 as biosolids areconsidered a solid waste.

Reductions in the maximum allowableconcentrations are to be staged, and arecurrently regulated under Schedule II,which is set to expire on Jan. 31, 2020.After that date, Schedule III will take ef-fect and multiple hearth incinerators maynot be able to achieve the maximum al-lowable concentrations stipulated.

In addition, there are Canada-WideStandards developed by the CanadianCouncil of Ministers of the Environmentfor dioxins, furans and mercury air emis-sions.

These regulations determine the treat-ment process required at wastewatertreatment plants once a biosolids man-agement plan has been finalized.

Land applicationThe requirement for treatment plants

to store stabilized sludge during the non-application period increases a plant’sfootprint due to the need for large storage

tanks and digesters. Stabilization of wastewater biosolids

is required prior to land application to re-duce pathogen levels. This can beachieved by conventional digestion,whether it be aerobic or anaerobic, or, al-ternatively, by chemical or biochemicalreactions. There are several processesavailable on the market, such as Lystek,N-Viro and Bioset. Adding lime tobiosolids creates a Class A product thatis rich in nutrients and can correct the pHof acidic soils. This is especially benefi-cial to farmers in areas with acidic soils.

Digestion can be divided into two sub-categories of treatment, aerobic andanaerobic, and each have unique processrequirements and characteristics.

Aerobic treatment requires oxygen tobe present in the process environment topromote the breakdown of biomass bymicro-organisms. In anaerobic digestion,gaseous oxygen is detrimental to theprocess, and micro-organisms are able todigest biomass in the absence of oxygen.The end products of aerobic digestion aremainly carbon dioxide and water,whereas the end products of anaerobic di-

gestion are water, methane, carbon diox-ide and trace amounts of hydrogen sul-phide.

Aerobic digestion is a delicately bal-anced process, that requires the control ofdissolved oxygen levels, temperature,biosolids feed rate, and pH to create anenvironment that promotes the digestionof biomass by bacteria. Dissolved oxygenlevels in the process environment can bemonitored, and used to control the aera-tion of the aerobic digestion tank toachieve an efficient process. On the otherhand, anaerobic digestion requires thecontrol of temperature, pH, biosolids feedrate, and mixing.

The pH of both digestion processesmust be controlled to prevent the biomassfrom becoming acidic, which reduces theefficiency of digestion reactions. In ananaerobic digester, pH and alkalinity aremonitored and the biosolids feed ratemust be carefully controlled and regu-lated to achieve an efficient process. Inan aerobic digester, pH, dissolved oxygenand alkalinity are monitored. pH can becontrolled by either modulating the air



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Aerobic and anaerobic digestion alsorequire the temperature to be controlledby modulating the heat supplied to the di-gester. If anaerobic digestion is used and

the digester is of a sufficient capacity,methane gas produced from the processcan be used as supplemental fuel for thedigester heating system. However, amajor concern of anaerobic digestion isthat, under NFPA code 820, anaerobic di-gesters are classified as Class 1, Division1, due to the presence of methane andother combustible gases. This classifica-tion requires specialized electrical andmechanical equipment to be installed, inorder to prevent an explosion.

Once the sludge has been digested, thequestion of whether to dewater thebiosolids prior to truck loading arises.Evaluating this process option is a func-tion of the storage capacities of the di-gester(s) and the proximity of the landapplication sites to the wastewater treat-ment plant or biosolids facility. If a planthas large digester capacities and is rela-tively close to the land application sites,dewatering may not be practiced.

Dewatering can be achieved via cen-trifugation, pressing, or vacuum filtra-tion, each of which has operationalbenefits and concerns. If the dewatered,digested biosolids are stored for more

View through the sight glass of the fluidized bed incinerator at Greenway Pollu-tion Control Centre.



than five days, significant odour issueswill arise and high levels of pathogenicbacteria could return. When finalizing abiosolids management plan, plant ownersand operators must take these factors intoconsideration.

IncinerationIncineration of biosolids, like diges-

tion, is a complex process that requiresclose monitoring by personnel and auto-mated controls. The “three Ts” of com-bustion are the standard residence time(SRT) of the feed in the incineration zone,temperature of both the combustion reac-tion and the gases generated, and turbu-lence of the reaction mixture. The SRT isgoverned by the volume of the reactionvessel and the feed rate of biosolids,which is controlled by the sludge con-veyance system upstream of the reactor,i.e., a screw conveyor or piston pump.

Operational temperature of the incin-erator depends on four variables:biosolids heating value, feed rate, supple-mental fuel injection rate, and rate of aer-ation. Turbulence of the combustionreaction is created by the rate of aerationof the incinerator, and can be controlled

by trimming the air supply valves. Prior to incineration, biosolids must

be dewatered to increase solids concen-tration. This allows combustion to occurat lower temperatures due to minimizingthe amount of water present in the reac-tion. The main benefit of increasing thefeed solids concentration is reducing theincinerator’s fuel consumption. Digestionis not required, and in fact is detrimentalto the incineration process as it decreasesthe biosolids heating value.

If the proper process conditions exist,dewatered biosolids cake can be autoge-nous. To achieve autogenous combustion,the incinerator must be a fluidized bed,combustion air must be preheated, andthe biosolids must have a solids concen-tration greater than approximately 25%.Furthermore, air supplied to the inciner-ator must be controlled to create a feed-to-air ratio that allows for completecombustion.

The control of the combustion reac-tion determines concentrations of the gasproducts, which then have to be treated ina wet or dry scrubber before being emit-ted to the environment. Achieving com-

plete combustion reduces concentrationsof carbon monoxide, particulate matterand other undesirable compounds, thusreducing the scrubber's chemical usage.

A wet scrubber typically uses asodium hypochlorite solution to removepollutants. Prior to scrubbing exhaustgas, a heat exchanger can be utilized topreheat combustion air by recoveringwaste heat from the exhaust gas. This re-covered heat can also be directed to otherareas of the plant to reduce the plant's ex-ternal energy consumption.

Both land application and incinerationof biosolids involve complex processesthat require close monitoring and controlto achieve an acceptable operational effi-ciency. However, biosolids generatedfrom wastewater treatment can become asustainable energy resource.

Tom Woodcock is withR.V. Anderson Associates.

E-mail: [email protected] author would like to acknowledge

the assistance of Tony Van Rossum,City of London.


Climate Change

Insurers review their policies annuallyand alter their terms if they see a changein the probabilities. When no major lossesoccur, the industry pats itself on the backfor judging its risks correctly for that year.They’re happy and profitable. If the risklandscape changes, they absorb the pay-outs and adjust the terms accordingly.

The optimistic point of view is that in-surance can play a major role in guidingbusinesses and individuals toward moreclimate-friendly decisions. In theory, in-surers study the real probabilities ofknown hazards, figure out a viable pre-mium that gives them a profit and thepolicyholders the agreed-upon protectionagainst the risk. When climate changeraises the risks of flooding, business in-terruption, and other insurance hazards,the premiums go up, which can lead pol-icyholders to change their behavior. Fi-nancing for a new factory can be

People judge risk badly. We worrytoo much about minor hazardsand are nonchalant about moreserious ones. We’re especially

inept at judging chronic long-term risks,like climate change.

Insurance is a major part of how wedeal with risk. Can it lead us to more vi-able ways to address climate issues? Thepicture is mixed.

When we manage risk by buying in-surance, we endure the slow, small painof insurance premiums in exchange for abig compensation should something uglyhappen. Insurers profit from our lack ofknowledge about risk. Buying insurancegoes against the grain, but paying our pre-miums gives us a little more securityagainst fires, earthquakes, business inter-ruption, and the numerous other eventsagainst which we can buy an insuranceproduct.

prohibitive or even impossible to get, ifinsurers won’t cover it.

In practice, though, this theory isfaulty for several reasons. Climate changeposes special challenges to insurers.

First, to single out one kind of insur-ance, many factors combine in extremeweather events. A hurricane has manycauses, and global warming might onlybe two percent of the overall risk. If thatpart grows from two percent to five per-cent, it seems negligible, but in fact it’squite significant. As one insurance exec-utive said: “Even a minor increase in arisk like that can mean billions of dollarsin additional losses to insurers.”

If the winds are a few miles per hourstronger, and the storm takes a paththrough a heavily insured area, insurerscan be overwhelmed.

The same is true for other climate im-pacts. There have always been floods, ex-

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treme weather, and times when the watercycle intensifies. But if climate change isturning up the dial, these familiar eventsmay become more frequent, more in-tense, or changed in unexpected ways.

Second, insurers are people too, andthe cognitive blind spots that afflict indi-viduals also affect the risk business. Inpractice, the insurance industry’s grip oncertain probabilities often relies on seat-of-the-pants methods that are subjective,and whose over-optimistic assumptionsare sometimes rudely corrected by uglysurprises, especially when risks are con-stantly changing, as they are with climatechange.

Like all of us, insurers want certainty,even when they know that certainty can-not be attained. At a 2007 conference onhurricane science for an insurance audi-ence, the world’s top climatologists dis-cussed various topics in modeling andhurricanes. The head of underwriting at amajor North American insurer com-plained about the hedged, qualified waythe scientists state their conclusions.“Why don’t the scientists give us num-bers we can use! These probabilities aretoo nebulous for us to write business with

them!” His impatience is widely shared,but the answer is no, scientists cannot.

Third, insurance functions well whenthe risks of various hazards are truly in-dependent of each other, and truly ran-dom. One trouble with climate change isthat climate instability tends to makefloods, windstorms, and other extremeweather more interrelated.

One force binding all these factors to-gether more tightly is land use, which isoften part of a highly entrenched politi-cal juggernaut promoting the worst pos-sible policies, such as building heavily inflood plains, or on beaches very prone tohurricane damage.

Consider Florida, where the laws,business practices and general culture aregeared to developing every square inchof land near water, not only oceans, butalso lakes, streams, and wetlands. Evenin the absence of climate change, this isan obviously dangerous policy. It’s alsovery popular. John Coomber, formerCEO of Swiss Re, once grumbled thateveryone wants to live on the most vul-nerable beaches they can find in Florida.

Governments occasionally try to buckthe pro-development tide, but the politi-

cal pressure against anti-developmentforces is swift and merciless. Rather thanresisting, many property and casualty in-surers have pulled away from vulnerablecoastal property in Florida.

In response, Florida created its ownpublic insurance pool. Result? Develop-ment continues, and the state fund is ac-tuarially unsound; a major storm hitting adeveloped area would bankrupt the fundin short order. A few more storms wouldbankrupt the state of Florida, whichwould then call on the federal govern-ment, as the stand-in for taxpayers in allother states, to bail them out.

These three factors mean that the in-surance industry is weaker than it appearsin matters of changing social and eco-nomic policies. The only way to changethese entrenched policies would be forother social forces to align with the in-surance point of view. That will requireenergetic political leadership and vigor-ous regulation. The market alone cannotsave us.

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Abbotsford's new watersource approved

Hemmera has secured environmental ap-proval for a groundwater extraction proj-ect in the City of Abbotsford. The BevanAvenue Wells project will provide aclean, reliable source of water for Ab-botsford and Mission over the next fiveyears.

The Bevan Avenue Wells Project ispart of the Abbotsford Mission Water &Sewer System, which supplies water toover 200,000 residential, commercial andindustrial customers in the Fraser Valley.The system includes a mix of surfacewater and groundwater sources. Facedwith water shortages from recent drysummer months, an interim groundwatersource was needed to meet demands forthe City of Abbotsford and the District ofMission.

2,4-D is not an unacceptable risk

The Quebec government's acknowledge-ment that "products containing 2,4-D do

not pose an unacceptable risk to humanhealth or the environment" is an impor-tant admission that Canadians have beenmisled regarding the safety of this prod-uct. It also acknowledges the importantrole of Health Canada in pesticide regu-lation.

"Our industry has long said that thedecisions by Quebec and other govern-ments to ban the herbicide 2,4-D andother common urban pesticides are notbased on scientific evidence and do noth-ing to further protect human health or theenvironment. Now, Quebec has acknowl-edged that too," says Peter MacLeod,Vice President, Chemistry, for CropLifeCanada.

The agreement was reached as part ofthe settlement of a NAFTA dispute thatchallenged the Quebec government's banon certain uses of 2,4-D as being withoutscientific basis. Health Canada con-cluded in a 2008 review that "risks tohomeowners and their children from con-tact with treated lawns and turf are not ofconcern," and that "there is reasonablecertainty that no harm to human health,future generations or the environment

will result from use or exposure to theproduct."

For years Canadians have been re-ceiving conflicting messages about thesafety of pesticides which have led to un-necessary fear. "Hopefully, this agree-ment will help Canadians regainconfidence in Health Canada's safety as-sessment and cause people to rethinkwhether or not they support the politicaldecisions of governments to deprive themof access to these important tools with nogood reason," says MacLeod.

Winnipeg water treatmentplant wins award

Each year, the Association of ConsultingEngineers of Manitoba recognizes thebest in engineering by Manitoba engi-neering companies. This year the Win-nipeg Water Treatment Plant projectreceived the association’s Award of Ex-cellence in the Municipal & Water Tech-nology category. Director of Water andWaste, Barry MacBride congratulated theproject consultants, AECOM and CH2MHILL, and all the staff that participated inand contributed to this milestone project.

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ONEIA elects new boardchair

The Ontario Environment Industry Asso-ciation (ONEIA) has elected Derek Webbof Biorem Technologies, as its new Chair.

Mr. Webb succeeded Robert Redhead,of Newalta, who had served as ONEIAchair for the previous two years. In thattime, the Association’s membership con-tinued to grow and it released two land-mark public policy reports on the futureof Ontario’s environment and cleantechsector – Ready to Grow (2009) and StillReady to Grow (2011).

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Drinking water system opera-tors are always on the alertfor contaminants in thechemicals used in water

treatment, or that develop during thetreatment process.

Three significant contaminants are as-sociated with the use of sodium hypochlo-rite as a disinfectant. They can all betraced to sodium hypochlorite, whetherthrough the manufacturing process or de-composition of the hypochlorite: • Bromate, a potent human carcinogen,may be present in the bleach or producedas a result of the disinfection treatmentprocess in the presence of bleach.• Perchlorate affects the ability of the thy-roid gland to take up iodine. • Chlorate can affect the health of certainpopulation groups such as senior citizensand children.

BromateBromate comes from two separate

to feed on-site generation also produceshypochlorite with bromated levels.

The second source of bromate is theraw water supply. Bromide ions can bepresent in the raw water supply, surfaceor groundwater. When water containingthese bromide ions is exposed to disin-fection using ozonation, the reaction ofbromide with ozone will produce bro-mate ions. As a result, all water treatmentplants in the US using the ozonationprocess are required to test for bromatesin their finished water. However, treat-ment with hypochlorite does not requiretesting.

The quantity of bromate present infinished water from the hypochlorite dis-infection process can be controlled bylimiting the bromide concentration in thehypochlorite source or the hypochloritemanufacturing process. Control of thebromated content added by hypochloritewill require the supplier of the sodium

sources in drinking water. The first is inthe hypochlorite manufacturing processitself. Sodium hypochlorite for bulk useis produced by reacting chlorine (liquidor gas) with sodium hydroxide. It canalso be generated on-site with an elec-trolytic cell, using a brine feed.

Sodium hydroxide solution containsbromine as sodium bromide, a salt ofbromine, which is dissolved in the solu-tion. Liquid chlorine can also contain el-emental bromine. Almost all of thebromine in the two chemicals becomesbromate in the resultant hypochlorite so-lution.

Bromine in the chlorine gas and bro-mide in sodium hydroxide are convertedto bromate at the pH level of the sodiumhypochlorite solution produced by thereaction. The addition of this hypochlo-rite in the disinfection process adds thebromate present in the hypochlorite so-lution to the finished water. Brine used

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hypochlorite to meet a more stringentguideline on its quality.

One clear choice to avoid these issuesis to use chlorine gas as the disinfectant,as there is no reaction with chlorine gasthat will produce bromates.

PerchloratePerchlorate is a product of sodium

hypochlorite decomposition, which hap-pens over time and is caused by highertemperatures and concentrations. Thelonger hypochlorite is kept by the utilitybefore use, the more likely there is to bea significant increase in perchlorate.Also, the development of perchlorate’suse in rocket propellants and the im-proper disposal of wastes from the man-ufacture of these propellants has been areason for the appearance of perchloratein raw water supplies.

Rapid turnover of sodium hypochlo-rite and/or a reduction in hypochlorite in-ventory at the treatment plant will aid inthe reduction of perchlorate develop-ment. Conversion to chlorine gas fromhypochlorite can also be helpful, sinceperchlorate is not present in chlorine.

ChlorateChlorate is included in the US’s con-

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be included in the unregulated contami-nant mandatory rule. Chlorate is formedwhen sodium hypochlorite decomposesin the bleach solution. Thermal decom-position of bleach is the primary sourceof chlorate.

Quick turnover of sodium hypochlo-rite is the best method known to keepchlorate levels low. This could requirefrequent cleaning of the storage tanks sothat a heel of “old” sodium hypochloriteis not kept in the tank. Temperature re-

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peated, increasing the time needed tocomplete the project and driving up costs.

The reason that sampling does notusually detect all contamination duringthe first field effort is because oil, fueland other NAPLs tend to disperse irregu-larly in the subsurface. This is contrary tothe popular belief that these substancesare typically contained in floating “pan-cake-shaped” layers at the groundwatersurface. In reality, contaminants are oftendistributed in many narrow seams andsoil fractures, and sometimes end uptrapped as far as 20 to 30 feet below thegroundwater surface.

Lighting the wayTo map out the distribution of NAPLs

with better accuracy, some contractorshave adopted direct push tools that uselaser-induced fluorescence (LIF), a tech-nology that was invented in the early1990s.

LIF allows contractors to take manymore soil readings in much less time, be-cause, rather than taking physical sam-ples, LIF optical screening tools (OSTs)use light to gather information in realtime as the probe is pushed into theground.

When fuel, coal tar or oilhas leaked or spilled, siteclean-up is not an exactscience. In fact, designing

a remediation program can be a guessinggame when the contaminants disperse ir-regularly underground. However, someoften-ignored technologies are availableto screen sites much more accuratelythan traditional methods have allowed inthe past.

Traditional methodsTo locate and map out the subsurface

contamination from coal tar, creosotes orother non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs),contractors have traditionally taken physi-cal soil samples. Using drilling rigs or di-rect-push platforms, they bore multipleholes. While drilling down, they take sam-ples at intervals, sometimes at a spacing ofevery five feet. After finishing one hole,they pick another location to do more sam-pling.

When collecting samples from con-centrated areas of contamination, con-tractors can often tell the presence ofcrude oil, fuel or other petroleum-basedsubstances from the appearance andsmell of the soil. However, to determinethe magnitude of contamination or thetype of substance, samples must be sentto a lab for analysis. It can take severaldays or weeks to provide results — toolate to act on the information in the field.

Although this method has been ac-cepted by regulators and used by con-tractors for decades, it often results in anincomplete picture of the subsurface. Orthey may take samples at fewer intervalsthan they need to properly define the con-tamination. Furthermore, sampling is as-sociated with other problems, such aspoor recovery, compression of soils, holeslough, smearing and depth inaccuracies.

After gathering data from soil sam-ples, consultants then generate a plan forremediation, if needed. However, it isfairly common for remediation activitiesto discover uncharted areas of contami-nation. Then, a remobilization of sam-pling crews is necessary to create a moreaccurate depiction of contaminant distri-bution. Occasionally this must be re-

In simple terms, LIF acts as a designtool that paints a detailed image of wherecoal tar, creosote or fuel has leaked andflowed since release. Results are pre-sented in colorized logs that show thetype and depth of contaminants through-out each hole that is logged. If site-widecontext is desired, all the logs from a sitecan be combined with geographic coor-dinates to create three-dimensional con-ceptual site models (CSMs) usingsoftware available from a number of ven-dors. CSMs clearly illustrate the distribu-tion of NAPLs in the subsurface, andshow engineers exactly what they need toknow to remediate the site correctly onthe first attempt.

LIF technology takes advantage of theinherent fluorescence of polycyclic aro-matic hydrocarbons (PAHs) found in oils,fuels and other NAPLs. Bunker fuel, forinstance, appears pale orange under visi-ble-wavelength excitation, and coal taremits red. On the other hand, lightNAPLs, such as crude oil and diesel, donot fluoresce well under visible-wave-length light. They do react to ultraviolet(UV) excitation light and emit a blue-green light.

LIF instruments can typically log be-tween 10 and 20 locations (300 and500 feet) per day.

Light crude oil (left) and diesel (right)react to ultraviolet light.

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Because of this phenomenon, differ-ent types of LIF instruments have beendeveloped. These include the ultravioletoptical screening tool (UVOST) for de-tecting light NAPLs and the tar-specificgreen optical screening tool (TarGOST)for use with dense coal tars and creosotes.The particular tool used on a job dependson the type of NAPL expected to befound. Otherwise, representative NAPLsamples can typically be sent to LIF ven-dors for free analysis.

Generally, an LIF instrument consistsof a steel probe with a sapphire windowbuilt into the side. Laser light is deliveredto the window, as the probe is driven intothe ground. Any PAHs from fuel or oiloutside the window are excited by thelaser light and fluoresce. A fiber-opticcable returns any fluorescence to the sur-face where it is recorded and displayed inreal time. Above ground, the contractorand on-site consultants simply watch asthe contaminant log develops, immedi-ately reacting to the result and determin-ing the next logging location, accordingto the results.

Whereas the most liberal samplingplans only analyze the soil once everyfour feet or so, LIF instruments read andstore measurements approximately onceevery inch for the entire time the OST isbeing pushed into the ground. This abil-ity allows OSTs to discover small butimportant seams and fractures of con-tamination.

Not only do LIF instruments producemore data per hole than sampling, butthey also work more efficiently. Ratherthan stopping at various depths to collectsoil, an OST probe continuously collectsdata while being pushed into the ground.Furthermore, LIF instruments can typi-cally log between 300 and 500 feet perday, versus an average of 100 to 200 feetper day by sampling. The contractor doesnot need to wait for lab results, since LIFimmediately identifies the type and rela-tive concentration of fuel and oil in thesubsurface.

Since no contaminated soils arebrought to the surface, LIF is considereda green technology. In addition, contrac-tors no longer need to worry about expo-sure to contaminants brought up from thesubsurface, and there is no investigation-derived waste to manage.

While sampling is still the most com-

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Task Order ContractingTask Order Contracting is a method of

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Streamlined procurementTask Order Contracting is a unit price

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During the pre-design phase, a decisionwas made to group 10 of the 72 assign-ments into eight Task Order Contracts,

with a total estimated construction valueof $30 million. Up to five bidders wouldbe selected, with the final number beingbased on the best value to the City. Oncethe bids had been received, three contrac-tors were selected (all three bids werewithin the City's pre-tender estimate). Thisdecision considered the pricing submis-sions, as well as the volume of work.

It was essential to have the right num-ber of contractors to complete the workwithin the term of the contract. Also, eachcontractor selected had to be awarded asignificant portion of the work providedthat they had available resources to per-form high quality work, right from thevery first Task Order Contract.

Good contractor performance be-comes a prerequisite of additional TaskOrder awards. The City can withhold theawarding of Task Orders to poor per-forming contractors. An active perform-ance evaluation process is part of the TaskOrder approach which provides for flex-ibility in packaging and scheduling workto allow better management of trafficcongestion and complaints from resi-dents.


Figure 2 – Task Order Duration on General Services Contract No. 1.

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Streamlined deliveryThe program has achieved fast, visible progress. All con-

struction work, including 2,795 m of watermain, 1,560 m ofsanitary sewer, and 6,346 m of storm sewer, was substantiallycompleted within 12 months. Construction directly affected 871homes. Based on actual schedules across eight Task Orders, theprogram had an average early completion of 41 days, and cu-mulative early completion of 332 days.

Figure 2 shows the actual time for delivery of the eight TaskOrders, compared to original estimates.

Lessons learned1. Pre-Qualification of Contractors: The City made a de-

cision that the bid submission requirement to have all contrac-tors submit information as to their ability and experience wasnot sufficient. More detailed information would be requiredfrom contractors to match their experience and resources to thecomplexity of future sewer reconstruction and watermain re-placement projects.

As a result, a pre-qualification document was prepared andcontractors were selected to bid on future construction con-tracts, including the General Services Contract No. 2. Therewill likely be further refinement of the pre-qualification docu-ments to screen contractors for specific categories of construc-tion work associated with the TBFPP (i.e., deep sewerconstruction, large diameter sewers, difficult ground conditions,high traffic control areas).

2. Period of negotiation for Task Order Contracts: Whilemost of the negotiations for the Task Orders as part of GeneralServices Contract No. 1 were completed in a period of two tofour weeks, there were some negotiations which required a con-siderable amount of time. In an effort to make the contractorsmore accountable in working with the City, the language in thetender call document for General Services Contract No. 2 waschanged to clearly make the Task Order negotiation process partof the contractor’s performance assessment.

ConclusionWith General Services Contract No. 2 now in effect, the City

will make further refinements to the tender call documents forfuture phases of the Basement Flooding Protection Program.The City has already used the Task Order Contracting methodfor their Watermain Replacement Program, and plans to explorefuture use of this method for road reconstruction and utility re-location programs.

Anthony Pagnanelli, Director of Design and Constructionfor Major Works Facilities with the City of Toronto, endorsesthe Task Order Contracting approach, saying that “the successof this approach – and the entire program – makes it possible forthe City of Toronto to meet its goals of protecting residents fromfuture large-scale basement flooding. This approach was thefirst of its kind in the City and has created a model which otherCity programs have followed.”

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While on vacation, I won-dered if I was the onlyone involved in our pro-fession who asks ques-

tions about where the water comes from,and where the water is going? But, Ithink some of you, probably most of you,do exactly the same thing.

During a recent visit to Italy, I touredthe ancient city of Hercolaneum, nearNaples. Aside from all the beautiful arti-facts, buildings, mosaics, statues, fres-coes, and other features of this place, Iwas amazed by the 2,000-year old waterand sewer system!

The Romans arrived in the Naplesarea in the 4th century B.C., populatingthe beautiful maritime coast with luxuri-ous villas. In 89 B.C., it became an actualdistrict of Rome. The territory was fa-mous for specialized crops such as wheat,olives, figs, and vines that gave the bestwines. Over 4,000 inhabitants lived inHercolaneum.

Incredibly, two thousand years ago theRomans already understood the signifi-cance of sewer systems and their directrelationship to public health. They engi-neered closed sewers, running under thestreets, with access holes along the sewerlines, very much like what we have todayin a modern city. Houses and buildingshad drains that connected to the sewersystem.

water before outfall to sea. That wasenough to leave me speechless!

The drinking water distribution sys-tem was also amazing. They had builtplumbing (unfortunately made with leadpiping) within the walls of the houses andbuildings. We were shown an exposedpipe within a wall. Out of curiosity Imeasured it, and it was pretty close to the½ inch standard size pipe we use today.

This city also had fast food vendors atdesignated corners, men’s and women’ssteam rooms with ornate mosaics, pools,fountains, shopping districts, schools,worship areas, art rooms, exercise areasand boat slips! Two thousand years ago itmust have been a marvelous place, and itwas all elegantly engineered and planned.

Unfortunately, on the 25th of August79 A.D. it was completely destroyed andburied by the eruption of Vesuvius, aswas the more famous neighbouring cityof Pompeii.

On that horrible day, Hercolaneumwas buried by a pyroclastic flow whichoriginated from the volcano and reachedan incredible speed, with temperatureshigh enough to liquefy rocks. This is whythere are so many well-preserved arti-facts. The high temperature of this burn-ing mass carbonized clothes, sheets ofpapyrus and wood without destroyingthem, so you can still observe beams,staircases, furniture and trellises, and get

Roman manhole. Open manhole with visible underground sewer.

Street with underground sewer, in theancient Roman city of Hercolaneum.

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The city of Hercolaneum was near thesea, and the Romans also understood thatcollecting the sewage in a sewer systemwas not enough; you also had to treat itsomehow. Public bathing, water recre-ation and, of course, fishing, were veryimportant. Therefore, at the end of thesewers, they built large cisterns in seriesthat provided solids settling, anaerobic di-gestion and decanting of the clarified


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an idea of the customs of the time.Most of the four thousand inhabitantsmanaged to escape, but at least three hun-dred people died due to the high temper-atures, gases and ash.

The city remained buried for over1,600 years and was accidentally discov-ered by workers digging a water well in1709.

According to the World Health Or-

ganization, 14,000 people die every daydue to waterborne diseases, more than forany other reason. Today, there are stillmany places in the world with no sewers,or open sewers, and no safe drinkingwater. What struck me the most is that,two thousand years ago, the knowledgeto prevent much of this type of diseasewas clearly already available.

If you can judge a civilization by its

Michael at the ancient city of Hercolaneum.Lead water pipe embedded in wall.

sanitary engineering standards, the an-cient Romans were ahead of their times.Hercolaneum is an amazing place to visitand, although smaller than Pompeii, it iswell worth it.

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Canada’s meteorological activityspans both the private and public sectorsto offer a wide variety of weather-relatedservices to industries and individuals. Itis estimated that over 100 private-sectororganizations provide traditional meteor-ological services in Canada, and morethan 1,000 other organizations employmeteorological practitioners in variouspositions, such as weather observers, air-line pilots, weather broadcasters and util-ity planners.

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Furthermore, most meteorologicalpractitioners require job-related training,following the completion of a degree, be-fore they can effectively begin work, andpractitioners reported a wide range ofcontinuing skill needs. Some 90% of em-ployers reported that their practitionersneeded upgrading and additional trainingin technical areas (e.g., meteorologicalscience, 29%), and many areas of generalability (e.g., communications, 23%).

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nism to provide professional credibilityto meteorologists, Environment Canadaand the Canadian Meteorological andOceanographic Society Private SectorCommittee recommended that Environ-mental Careers Organization (ECO)Canada develop a human resource strat-egy incorporating meteorological andweather occupations within its environ-mental employment certification pro-gramming.

The labour market study, ChangingClimate: Canadian Meteorological Em-ployment, conducted by ECO Canada in2005, found that the projected demandfor trained practitioners in the private sec-tor was high. But, with a large portion ofthese positions requiring a post-graduatedegree or higher, coupled with low en-rolments in related academic programs,there was a growing concern about short-ages in the supply of trained meteorolo-gists.

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in what should become a re-stabilizationof the industry. However 42% of theworkforce is 45 to 64 years of age, andwith most employers only rarely hiringgraduates of bachelor programs, thefocus will be on post-graduate training.

Professional accreditationOn June 5, 2011, after years of re-

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One of the original driving forces forEnvironment Canada’s partnership withECO Canada on the Professional Mete-orological certification project was DavidGrimes. His 35 years of scientific, re-search and management experience atEnvironment Canada and over 20 years’experience working with the World Me-teorological Organization (WMO) madehis involvement in the development of theP. Met certification vital. He was recentlyelected president of the WMO by repre-

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The P. Met certification program isbased on the development of national oc-cupational standards for meteorology,which is a result of the collaborative ef-forts of the entire meteorological com-munity, including the private sector,academia and government.

“Ongoing professional development iscrucial to success as a meteorologist.P. Met provides a framework for profes-sional development and will ensure thatCanadian meteorologists stay abreast ofthe latest forecasting techniques and ad-vancements in the science,” says Christo-pher Scott, forecast operations managerat the Weather Network. “Encouragingmeteorologists to be active educators intheir community will serve to broadenthe public’s knowledge of our professionand ultimately improve the understand-ing of weather forecasts.”

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AABORIGINAL WATER AND WASTEWATER ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO 2547 Eglinton Ave WToronto ON M6M 1T2 (416) 651-1443 Fax: (416) 651-1673 Web site: www.ofntsc.org/awwao

AIR & WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (AWMA) One Gateway Center, 3rd Floor 420 Fort Duquesne BlvdPittsburgh PA 15222-1435 USA (412) 232-3444 Fax: (412) 232-3450 Web site: www.awma.org

ALBERTA WATER AND WASTEWATER OPERATORS ASSOCIATION (AWWOA) 11810 Kingsway Ave Edmonton AB T5G 0X5(780) 454-7745 Fax: (780) 454-7748Web site: www.awwoa.ab.ca

AMERICAN CONCRETE PIPE ASSOCIATION1303 W Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 305Irving TX 75038-2965 USA(972) 506-7216 Fax: (972) 506-7682Web site: www.concrete-pipe.org

AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION (AWWA) 6666 W Quincy Ave Denver CO 80235 USA (303) 794-7711 Fax: (303) 347-0804Web site: www.awwa.org

ASSOCIATED ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSORS OF CANADA INC.P O Box 490Fenelon Falls ON K0M 1N0(877) 512-3722Web site: www.aesac.ca

ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING ENGINEERS OF CANADA (ACEC)420-130 Albert StOttawa ON K1P 5G4(613) 236-0569 Fax: (613) 236-6193Web site: www.acec.ca

ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPALITIES OF ONTARIO

801-200 University Ave Toronto ON M5H 3C6(416) 971-9856 Fax: (416) 971-6191Web site: www.amo.on.ca

ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPAL RECYCLING COORDINATORS100-127 Wyndham St N Guelph ON N1H 4E9(519) 823-1990 Fax: (519) 823-0084Web site: www.amrc.ca

ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO LAND SURVEYORS (AOLS) 1043 McNicoll AveToronto ON M1W 3W6 (416) 491-9020 Fax: (416) 491-2576 Web site: www.aols.org

APPRO – ASSOCIATION OF POWER PRODUCERS OF ONTARIO1602-25 Adelaide St EToronto, ON M5C 3A1(416) 322-6549 Fax: (416) 481-5785Web site: www.appro.org

ATLANTIC CANADA WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION (ACWWA) PO Box 41002 Dartmouth NS B2Y 4P7 (902) 434-6002 Fax: (902) 435-7796 Web site: www.acwwa.ca

AUDITING ASSOCIATION OF CANADAPO Box 3093 – Lapierre Station La Salle, QC H8N 3H2 (866) 582-9595 Web site: www.auditingcanada.com

BRITISH COLUMBIA GROUNDWATER ASSOCIATION1708 197A StLangley BC V2Z 1K2(604) 530-8934 Fax: (604) 530-8934Web site: www.bcgwa.org

BRITISH COLUMBIA WATER &WASTE ASSOCIATION (BCWWA) 221-8678 Greenall Ave Burnaby BC V5J 3M6 (604) 433-4389 Fax: (604) 433-9859 Web site: www.bcwwa.org

BCWWA is a non-profit association dedicatedto the safeguarding of public health and theenvironment through the sharing of skills,knowledge and experience in the water andwastewater industries. The British ColumbiaWater & Waste Association evolved into anorganization supporting water and waste-water professionals in BC and Yukon withtraining, educational opportunities, technol-ogy transfer, and networking opportunities.

CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FORLABORATORY ACCREDITATION (CALA) 310-1565 Carling Ave Ottawa ON K1Z 8R1 (613) 233-5300 Fax: (613) 233-5501 Web site: www.cala.ca

CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR RENEWABLE ENERGIES 7885 Jock Trail Ottawa ON K0A 2Z0 (613) 222-6920 Fax: (613) 822-4987Web site: www.renewables.ca

CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF RECYCLING INDUSTRIES (CARI-ACIR)1-682 Monarch AveAjax ON L1S 4S2(905) 426-9313 Fax: (905) 426-9314Web site: www.cari-acir.org

CANADIAN ASSOCIATION ON WATER QUALITYPO Box 5050 Stn LCD 1Burlington ON L7R 4A6(905) 336-4513 Fax: (905) 336-6444 Web site: www.cawq.ca

CANADIAN BROWNFIELDS NETWORK (CBN)2175 Sheppard Ave E, Suite 310 Toronto, ON M2J 1W8 (416) 491-2886 Fax: (416) 491-1670 Web site: www.canadianbrownfieldsnetwork.ca

CANADIAN CENTRE FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (CCOHS) 135 Hunter St E Hamilton ON L8N 1M5

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Guide to Government Agencies & AssociationsAssociationsCCANADIAN WATER NETWORK200 University Ave W Waterloo ON N2L 3G1(519) 888-4567 Fax: (519) 883-7574Web site: www.cwn-rce.ca

CANADIAN WATER QUALITY ASSOCIATION 330-295 The West Mall Toronto ON M9C 4Z4 (416) 695-3068 Fax: (416) 695-2945Web site: www.cwqa.com

CANADIAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION9 Corvus Ct Ottawa ON K2E 7Z4 (613) 237-9363 Fax: (613) 594-5190Web site: www.cwra.org

CANADIAN WIND ENERGY ASSOCIATION 710-1600 Carling Ave Ottawa ON K1Z 1G3 (613) 234-8716, (800) 922-6932Fax: (613) 234-5642Web site: www.canwea.ca

CEMENT ASSOCIATION OF CANADA704-1500 Don Mills Rd Toronto ON M3B 3K4(416) 449-3708 Fax: (416) 449-9755Web site: www.cement.ca/cement.nsf

COMPOSTING COUNCIL OF CANADA16 Northumberland StToronto ON M6H 1P7(416) 535-0240 Fax: (416) 536-9892Web site: www.compost.org

CORRUGATED STEEL PIPE INSTITUTE2A-652 Bishop St NCambridge ON N3H 4V6 (866) 295-2416 or (519) 650-8080Fax: (519) 650-8081 Web site: www.cspi.ca

CSA INTERNATIONAL178 Rexdale BlvdToronto ON M9W 1R3(416) 747-4000 Fax: (416) 747-4149Web site: www.csa-international.org

DUCTILE IRON PIPE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION245 Riverchase Parkway E Suite OBirmingham AL 35244 USA(205) 402-8700 Fax: (205) 402-8730Web site: www.dipra.org

ECO CANADA 200-308 11 Ave SE Calgary AB T2G 0Y2 (403) 233-0748 Fax: (403) 269-9544 Web site: www.eco.ca

INTERNATIONAL OZONE ASSOCIATIONPO Box 28873Scottsdale AZ 85255 USA(480) 529-3787 Fax: (480) 473-9068Web site: www.io3a.org

INTERNATIONAL ULTRAVIOLET ASSOCIATIONPO Box 28154 Scottsdale AZ 85255 USA(480) 544-0105 Fax: (480) 473-9068Web site: www.iuva.org

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FORENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SCIENCES (ISEIS)413-4246 Albert St Regina SK S4S 3R9 (306) 337-2306 Fax: (306) 584-2305 Web site: www.iseis.org

MANITOBA ENVIRONMENTAL INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION INC. (MEIA) 100-62 Albert St Winnipeg MB R3B 1E9 (204) 783-7090 Fax: (204) 783-6501Web site: www.meia.mb.ca

MANITOBA WATER AND WASTEWATER ASSOCIATION 9 Saskatchewan Ave W, Suite 202 Portage La Prairie MB R1N 0P4 (204) 239-6868 Fax: (204) 239-6872 Web site: www.mwwa.net

MARITIME PROVINCES WATER & WASTEWATER ASSOCIATION (MPWWA) Box 41001Dartmouth NS B2Y 4P7(902) 434-8874Web site: www.mpwwa.ca

MUNICIPAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION2-6355 Kennedy RdMississauga ON L5T 2L5(905) 795-2555 Fax: (905) 795-2660Web site: www.municipalengineers.on.ca

MUNICIPAL WASTE INTEGRATION NETWORKBox 1116, 704 Glen Morris Rd WAyr ON N0B 1E0(519) 620-9654 Fax: (519) 620-9678Web site: www.mwin.org

NATIONAL GROUND WATER ASSOCIATION601 Dempsey Rd Westerville OH 43081 USA(614) 898-7791Web site: www.ngwa.orgE-Mail: [email protected] National Ground Water Association isthe hallmark organization for anyone affili-ated with the groundwater industry. NGWAis composed of US and internationalgroundwater professionals – scientists andengineers, contractors, equipment manufac-turers, and suppliers.

(905) 572-2981 Fax: (905) 572-2206 Web site: www.ccohs.ca

CANADIAN CONCRETE PIPE ASSOCIATION 205 Miller Dr Georgetown ON L7G 6G4 (905) 877-5369 Fax: (905) 877-5369 Web site: www.ccpa.com

CANADIAN COPPER & BRASSDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION415-49 The Donway West Don Mills ON M3C 3M9(416) 391-5599 Fax: (416) 391-3823Web site: www.coppercanada.ca

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITINGASSOCIATION 1-6820 Kitimat RdMississauga ON L5N 5M3(905) 814-1274 Fax: (905) 814-1158Web site: www.ceaa-acve.ca

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION APPROVALS BOARD(CECAB)200-308 11 Ave SE Calgary AB T2G 0Y2(403) 233-7484 Fax: (403) 264-6240Web site: www.cecab.org

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION 301-130 Spadina Ave Toronto ON M5V 2L4 (416) 960-2284 Fax: (416) 960-9392 Web site: www.cela.ca

CANADIAN GENERAL STANDARDS BOARD6B1-11 Laurier St Place du Portage Gatineau QC K1A 1G6 (819) 956-0425 Fax: (819) 956-5740Web site: www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

CANADIAN GROUND WATER ASSOCIATION 1600 Bedford Highway, Suite 100 – 409 Bedford NS B4A 1E8(902) 845-1885 Fax: (902) 845-1886Web site: www.cgwa.org

CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY (CIELAP)301-130 Spadina AveToronto ON M5V 2L4(416) 923-3529 Fax: (416) 923-5949Web site: www.cielap.org

CANADIAN STANDARDS ASSOCIATION 100-5060 Spectrum Way Mississauga ON L4W 5N6 (416) 747-4000 Fax: (416) 401-2473 Web site: www.csa.ca

CANADIAN WATER AND WASTEWATER ASSOCIATION 11-1010 Polytek St Ottawa ON K1J 9H9 (613) 747-0524 Fax: (613) 747-0523 Web site: www.cwwa.ca


NNEBB CANADA 8094 Esquesing Line Milton ON L9T 2X9 (905) 693-9090 Fax: (905) 693-8282 Web site: www.nebb.ca

NEW BRUNSWICK ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (NBEIA) PO Box 637 Stn A Fredericton NB E3B 5B3 (506) 455-0212 Fax: (506) 452-0213Web site: www.nbeia.nb.ca

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR ENVIRONMENTAL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (NEIA) 101-90 O’Leary Ave,Parsons BuildingSt. John’s NL A1B 2C7 (709) 772-3333 Fax: (709) 772-3213 Web site: www.neia.org

NORTH AMERICAN HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION3030 W 81st Ave Westminster CO 80031-4111 USA(303) 451-5945 Fax: (303) 458-0002Web site: www.nahmma.org

NORTHERN TERRITORIES WATER &WASTE ASSOCIATION201-4817 49th StYellowknife NT X1A 3S7(867) 873-4325 Fax: (867) 669-2167Web site: www.ntwwa.com

NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATIONPO Box 10308 Thunder Bay ON P7B 6T8 (807) 683-6662 Web site: www.noma.on.ca

OCETA201A-2070 Hadwen RdMississauga ON L5K 2C9(905) 822-4133 Fax: (905) 822-3558Web site: www.oceta.on.ca

ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS AND TECHNOLOGISTS (OACETT)404-10 Four Seasons Pl Etobicoke ON M9B 6H7 (416) 621-9621 Fax: (416) 621-8694Web site: www.oacett.org

ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF SEWAGE INDUSTRY SERVICES PO Box 91 Sundridge ON P0A 1Z0(705) 384-9264 Fax: (705) 384-2880Web site: www.oasisontario.on.ca.

ONTARIO BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSOCIATION PO Box 265 Campbellville ON L0P 1B0 (416) 249-2837 Fax: (905) 854-0180Web site: www.obpaonline.com

ONTARIO COALITION FOR SUSTAINABLE

INFRASTRUCTURE2-6355 Kennedy RdMississauga ON L5T 2L5(905) 795-2555 Fax: (905) 795-2660Web site: www.ogra.org

ONTARIO CONCRETE PIPE ASSOCIATION447 Frederick St, Second floorKitchener ON N2H 2P4(519) 489-4488 Fax: (519) 578-6060Web site: www.ocpa.com

ONTARIO ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (ONEIA) 218-330 Adelaide St WToronto ON M5V 1R4(416) 531-7884 Fax: (416) 593-9603E-mail: [email protected] site: www.oneia.caONEIA is the business association repre-senting the interests of Ontario’s environ-ment industry – working together to promoteenvironmental businesses to industry andgovernment. With over 200 product andservice companies, members provide mar-ket-driven solutions for society’s mostpressing environmental problems.

ONTARIO GROUND WATER ASSOCIATION48 Front St E Strathroy ON N7G 1Y6(519) 245-7194 Fax: (519) 245-7196Web site: www.ogwa.ca

ONTARIO MUNICIPAL WATER ASSOCIATION 43 Chelsea Cres Belleville ON K8N 4Z5(613) 966-1100, (888) 231-1115 Fax: (613) 966-3024Web site: www.omwa.org

ONTARIO ONSITE WASTEWATER ASSOCIATION PO Box 831 Stn MainCobourg ON K9A 4S3 (905) 372-2722 Web site: www.oowa.org

ONTARIO POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATION (OPCEA) PO Box 137 Midhurst ON L0L 1X0 (705) 725-0917 Fax: (705) 725-1068 Web site: www.opcea.comOur association is a non-profit organizationdedicated to assisting member companiesin the promotion of their equipment andservices to the pollution control market sec-tor of Ontario. Originally founded in 1970,the OPCEA has since grown to over 160member companies whose fields encom-pass a broad spectrum of equipment andservices for the air and water pollution con-trol marketplace.

ONTARIO PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION (OPWA)2-6355 Kennedy Rd Mississauga ON L5T 2L5(905) 795-2555 Fax: (905) 795-2660Web site: www.opwa.ca

ONTARIO SEWER & WATERMAIN CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION 300-5045 Orbitor Dr,Unit 12 Mississauga ON L4W 4Y4 (905) 629-7766 Fax: (905) 629-0587Web site: www.oswca.org

ONTARIO SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS 4950 Yonge St, Suite 502 Toronto, Ontario M2N 6K1(416) 223-9961 Fax (416) 223-9963Web site: www.ospe.on.ca

ONTARIO WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION3-2005 Clark BlvdBrampton ON L6T 5P8(905) 791-9500 Fax: (905) 791-9514Web site: www.owma.org

ONTARIO WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION (OWWA) 200-1092 Islington AveToronto ON M8Z 4R9(416) 231-1555 Fax: (416) 231-1556 Web site: www.owwa.com

ONTARIO WATERWORKSEQUIPMENT ASSOCIATIONWeb site: www.owwea.caThe Ontario Water Works Equipment Associ-ation (OWWEA) is an organization that repre-sents its membership within the waterworksindustry of Ontario. Membership consists ofmanufacturers, suppliers, distributors,agents and contractors dedicated to servingthe Ontario municipal market.

PLASTICS PIPE INSTITUTE825-105 Decker Court Irving TX 75062 USA(469) 499-1044 Fax: (469) 499-1063 Web site: www.plasticpipe.org

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS ONTARIO101-40 Sheppard Ave WToronto ON M2N 6K9(416) 224-1100 Fax: (416) 224-8168Web site: www.peo.on.ca

PULP AND PAPER TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA1070-740 rue Notre-Dame OMontreal QC H3C 3X6(514) 392-0265 Fax: (514) 392-0369Web site: www.paptac.ca

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RESEAU ENVIRONNEMENT 220-911 rue Jean-Talon E Montreal QC H2R 1V5 (514) 270-7110 Fax: (514) 270-7154Web site: www.reseau-environnement.com

SASKATCHEWAN ENVIRONMENTAL INDUSTRY AND MANAGERS ASSOCIATION (SEIMA) 2341 McIntyre St Regina SK S4P 2S3 (306) 543-1567 Fax: (306) 543-1568 Web site: www.seima.sk.ca

SASKATCHEWAN WATER & WASTEWATER ASSOCIATION (SWWA) PO Box 7831 Saskatoon, SK S7K 4R5 (306) 761-1278 Fax: (306) 761-1279Web site: www.swwa.sk.ca

SOLAR ENERGY SOCIETY OF CAN. INC. 207 Bank St, Suite 173 Ottawa, ON K2P 2N2 (613) 686-4474 Fax: (613) 533-6550Web site: www.sesci.ca

SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA (SWANA) 1100 Wayne Ave, Suite 700 Silver Spring MD 20910 USA (800) 467-9262 Fax: (301) 589-7068Web site: www.swana.org

SUBMERSIBLE WASTEWATER PUMP ASSOCIATION (SWPA)1866 Sheridan Rd, Suite 212Highland Park IL 60035 USA(847) 681-1868 Fax: (847) 681-1869Web site: www.swpa.org

THE GREEN BUILDING INITIATIVE2104 SE MorrisonPortland, OR 97214 USA(503) 274-6538 Fax: (503) 961-8991Web site: www.thegbi.org

WATER AND WASTEWATER EQUIPMENTMANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION (WWEMA) PO Box 17402 Washington DC 20041 USA (703) 444-1777 Fax: (703) 444-1779 Web site: www.wwema.org

WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO (WEAO) PO Box 176 Stn Main Milton ON L9T 4N9 (416) 410-6933 Fax: (416) 410-1626 Web site: www.weao.org

WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION 601 Wythe StAlexandria VA 22314-1994 USA (703) 684-2400 Fax: (703) 684-2492 Web site: www.wef.org

WATER FOR PEOPLE-CANADA255 Consumers Road, Suite 300 Toronto ON M2J 5B6 (416) 499-4042 Fax: (416) 499-4687 E-mail: [email protected] site: www.waterforpeople.orgWater For People-Canada is a charitablenonprofit international humanitarian organization dedicated to the developmentand delivery of clean, safe water and sanitation solutions in developing nations. Itis the Canadian equivalent of the US basedcharity, Water For People. Canadian waterindustry professionals established Water ForPeople-Canada in 1995, to support and pro-mote the mission of Water For People inCanada among the public and the watercommunity.

WESTERN CANADA WATERPO Box 1708Cochrane AB T4C 1B6(403) 709-0064 Fax: (403) 709-0068Web site: www.wcwwa.ca

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Guide to Government Agencies & Associations Government

AlbertaAAlberta Capital Region Wastewater Commission23262 Township Road 540,Fort Saskatchewan,AB,T8L 3Z6,Tel:780-467-8655Alberta Community Development404-4911 51 St,Red Deer,AB,T4N 6V4,Tel:403-755-6102Alberta EnvironmentPO Box 1540,Pincher Creek,AB,T0K 1W0,Tel:403-627-5544Alberta Environment930-1009 2 Ave N,Vulcan,AB,T0L 2B0,Tel:403-485-4580Alberta Environment535 30 St N,Water Monitoring, Lethbridge,AB, T1H 5G4,Tel:403-381-5977Alberta EnvironmentFl2-200 5 Ave S,Water Mgmt Ops,Lethbridge,AB,T1J 4L1,Tel:403-381-5300Alberta Environment303-2938 11 St NE, Calgary AB,T2E 7L7,Tel:403-297-5914Alberta Environment4912 Viceroy Pl NW,Calgary,AB, T3A 0V1,Tel:403-297-7884Alberta Environment111-4999 98 Ave NW, Edmonton,AB,T6B 2X3,Tel:780-427-7617Alberta EnvironmentFl3-9915 Franklin Ave,Compliance/Monitoring,Fort McMurray,AB,T9H 2K4,Tel:780-743-7281Alberta Environment304-4920 51 St, Red Deer,AB T4N 6K8,Tel: 403-340-7052Alberta Environmental Appeals BoardFl3-10011 109 St NW,Peace Hills Trust Tower,Edmonton,AB,T5J 3S8,Tel:780-427-6207Government of AlbertaFl2-10106 100 Ave,Compliance,High Level,AB,T0H 1Z0,Tel:780-926-5263Government of Alberta9915 108 St NW,Alberta Environment Relations,Edmonton,AB,T5K 2G8,Tel:780-422-1447 Government of Alberta9820 106 St NW,Env Strategies,Edmonton,AB,T5K 2J6,Tel:780-427-4954 Government of Alberta4816 89 St NW,Water Monitoring,Edmonton,AB,T6E 5K1,Tel:780-422-4420Government of Alberta1-250 Diamond Ave,PO Bo 8001 Stn Main,Spruce Grove,AB,T7X 4C7,Tel:780-960-8600

Government of Alberta9621-96 Ave, PO Box 900 Stn Main, Peace River,AB,T8S 1T4,Tel:780-624-6502Government of Alberta10320 99 St,Approvals,Grande Prairie,AB,T8V 6J4,Tel:780-833-4350Government of Alberta810 14 Ave,Wainwright,AB,T9W 1R2,Tel:780-842-7538Lesser Slave Watershed CouncilPO Box 2607,High Prairie, AB,T0G 1E0,Tel:780-523-9800

British ColumbiaDepartment of Fisheries & Oceans401 Burrard St,Vancouver,BC,V6C 3S5,Tel:604-664-9100 Fisheries and Oceans Canada3690 Massey Dr,Prince George,BC,V2N 2S8,Tel:250-561-5905Government of Canada3015 Ord Rd,Kamloops,BC,V2B 8A9,Tel:250-554-5246Ministry of Environment3726 Alfred Ave,Bag 5000,Smithers,BC,V0J 2N0,Tel:250-847-7620Ministry of Environment205 Industrial Road G,Water Stewardship Kootenay East,Cranbrook,BC,V1C 7G5,Tel:250-489-8540Ministry of Environment400-10003 110 Ave,Env Mgmt Section,Fort St John,BC,V1J 6M7,Tel:250-787-3391Ministry of Environment4607 23rd St,Env Quality Section,Vernon,BC,V1T 4K7,Tel:250-371-6308Ministry of Environment102 Industrial Pl,Env Mgmt Section,Penticton,BC,V2A 7C8,Tel:250-490-8251Ministry of Environment1259 Dalhousie Dr,Env Protection, Kamloops,BC,V2C 5Z5,Tel:250-371-6200Ministry of Environment400-640 Borland St,Env. Protection Williams Lake,BC,V2G 4T1,Tel:250-398-4716 Ministry of Environment325-1011 4th Ave,Prince George,BC,V2L 3H9,Tel:250-565-6445Ministry of Environment10470-152 St, Source Water Prot.,Surrey,BC,V3R 0Y3,Tel:604-582-5226Ministry of EnvironmentFL2-836 Yates St,Env Assessment Office,Victoria,BC,V8W 9V1,Tel:250-356-7479Ministry of EnvironmentPO Box 9047,Stn Prov Govt,Victoria,BC,V8W 9E2,Tel:250-387-1187Ministry of EnvironmentPO Box 9339,Stn Prov Govt,Compliance

Div,Victoria,BC,V8W 9M1,Tel:250-387-9997Ministry of EnvironmentPO Box 9340,Stn Prov Govt,Water Use Planning/Utilities,Victoria,BC,V8W 9M1,Tel:250-387-6939Ministry of EnvironmentPO Box 9341,Stn Prov Govt,Air Protection Section,Victoria,BC,V8W 9M1,Tel:250-356-0634Ministry of EnvironmentPO Box 9342,Stn Prov Govt,Env Mgmt Branch,Victoria,BC,V8W 9M1,Tel:250-387-9971Ministry of EnvironmentPO Box 9362,Stn Prov Govt,Water Stewardship Div,Victoria,BC,V8W 9M2,Tel:250-356-5180 Ministry of EnvironmentPO Box 9334 Stn Prov Govt,Regional Ops Branch,Victoria,BC,V8W 9N3,Tel:250-387-9990Ministry of Environment3373 Joyce Pl,Victoria,BC,V9C 2G6,Tel:250-387-9513

Albertawww.gov.ab.ca

British Columbia www.gov.bc.ca

Government of Canadawww.gc.ca

Manitobawww.gov.mb.ca

New Brunswick www.gnb.ca

Newfoundland and Labrador www.gov.nl.ca

Northwest Territorieswww.gov.nt.ca

Nova Scotiawww.gov.ns.ca

Nunavutwww.gov.nu.ca

Ontariowww.gov.on.ca

Prince Edward Islandwww.gov.pe.ca

Québecwww.gouv.qc.ca

Saskatchewanwww.gov.sk.ca

Yukon Territorywww.gov.yk.ca

Key GovernmentWeb Sites

ES&EES&E ’s Guide to Provincial and Federal ’s Guide to Provincial and Federal Government Environmental AgenciesGovernment Environmental Agencies



Guide to Government Agencies & AssociationsGovernmentTel:204-476-7033OOffice of Drinking Water1007 Century Street,Winnipeg,MB,R3H 0W4,Tel:204-945-7014Office of Drinking Water25 Tupper Street N,Portage LaPrairie,MB,R1N 3K1,Tel:204-239-3186Office of Drinking Water284 Reimer Ave, Unit B,Steinbach,MB,R5G 0R5,Tel:204-326-2472Office of Drinking Water75-7th Ave,Gimli,MB,R0C 1B0Office of Drinking Water22-2nd Ave,Dauphin,MB,R7N 3E5Office of Drinking Water1129 Queen’s Ave,Brandon,MB,R7A 1L9Parks Canada Agency5981 Highway #9,St Andrews,MB,R1A 4A8,Tel:204-785-6059

New BrunswickMinistry of Natural Resources80 Pleasant St,Miramichi,NB,E1V 1X7,Tel:506-627-4050Ministry of Natural Resources2570 Route 180,South Tetagouche,NB,E2A 7B8,Tel:506-547-2080Ministry of Natural Resources3732 Route 102,Island View,NB,E3E 1G3,Tel:506-444-4888Ministry of Natural Resources25 Guy Street,Edmundston,NB,E3V 3K5,Tel:506-735-2040NB Environment and Local GovernmentPO Box 5001 Stn LCD 1,Moncton,NB,E1C 8R3,Tel:506-856-2374NB Environment and Local Government316 Dalton Ave,Miramichi,NB,E1V 3N9,Tel:506-453-2690 NB Environment and Local GovernmentPO Box 5001 Stn Main,Bathurst,NB,E2A 3Z9,Tel:506-547-2092NB Environment and Local Government20 McGloin St,Inorganic Chemistry,Fredericton,NB,E3A 5T8,Tel:506-453-2690NB Environment and Local GovernmentPO Box 6000 Stn A,Drinking Water Protection,Fredericton,NB,E3B 5H1,Tel:506-457-4846 NB Environment and Local GovernmentPO Box 5001 Stn Main,Grand-Sault/Grand Falls,NB,E3Z 1G1,Tel:506-473-7744NB Natural Resources 40 Brunswick St,St George,NB E5C 1A9 Tel:506-755-4040

Newfoundland andLabradorDepartment of Environment and Conservation, Policy & Planning,

P.O. Box 8700,St.John’s, NL, A1B 4J6,Tel:709-729-5783 Department of Environment and ConservationPollution Prevention,P.O. Box 8700,St.John’s, NL, A1B 4J6,Tel:709-729-2664Department of Environment and Conservation Pollution Prevention, 35 Alabama Drive, Stephenville,NL,A2N 2K9,Tel:709-643-6114 Department of Environment and Conservation Environmental AssessmentP.O. Box 8700,St.John’s,NL,A1B 4J6,Tel:709-729-4211Department of Environment and Conservation Environmental AssessmentP.O. Box 2006,3rd Floor,Noton Building,Corner Brook,NL,A2H 6J8,Tel:709-637-2375Department of Environment and Conservation Water Resources Management DivisionConfederation Building,4th Floor,WestBlock,PO Box 8700,St.John’s,NL,A1B 4J6,Tel:709-729-2563 Department of Environment and Conservation, Water Resources Management DivisionPO Box 8700/Fl4-Confederation Bldg W,StJohns,NL,A1B 4J6 Tel: 709-729-5743Department of Environment and Conservation Water Resources Management Div, 3rdFloor,Noton Bldg,133 Riverside Dr, PO Box2006,Corner Brook,NL, A2H 6J8,Tel:709-637-2542Department of Environment and ConservationPollution Prevention DivFl3-3 Riverside Dr,Corner Brook,NL,A2H 6J8Tel:709-637-2528 Office of Climate Change,Energy Efficiency & Emissions TradingFl5- West Block,Confederation Bldg/PO Box 8700St Johns,NL,A1B 4J6,Tel:709-729-1210

Nova ScotiaEnvironment CanadaFl5-45 Alderney Dr,Queen Square,Dartmouth,NS,B2Y 2N6,Tel:902-426-7231Nova Scotia Department of Natural ResourcesPO Box 698,Stn Central,Halifax,NS,B3J 2T9,Tel:902-424-5935 Nova Scotia Dept.of Transportation & Public WorksPO Box 186,Stn Central,Halifax,NS,B3J 2N2,Tel:902-424-5875Nova Scotia Environment205-155 Main St,Antigonish,NS,B2G 2B6,Tel:902-863-7401Nova Scotia Environment295 Charlotte St,PO Box 714,Sydney,

Ministry of Environment2080a Labieux Rd,Nanaimo,BC,V9T 6J9,Tel:250-751-3186Ministry of Environment4051 18th Ave,Prince George,BC,V2N 1B3Tel:250-565-6135Ministry of Environment401-333 Victoria St,Nelson,BC ,V1L 4K3Tel: 250-354-6332Ministry of Environment400-10003 110 Ave,Fort St John,BC,V1J 6M2Tel:250-787-3411

ManitobaDepartment of Conservation59 Elizabeth Dr,Thompson,MB,R8N 1X4,Tel:204-677-6648Government of ManitobaPO Box 499,Grosse Isle,MB,R0C 1G0,Tel:204-467-4722Health Canada300-391 York Ave, Winnipeg,MB,R3C 4W1,Tel:204-983-2615Department of ConservationPO Box 6000,Gimli,MB,R0C 1B0,Tel:204-642-6070Department of ConservationPO Box 4000,Lac du Bonnet,MB,R0E 1A0,Tel:204-345-1440Department of Conservation1202-155 Carlton St,Winnipeg,MB,R3C 3H8Tel:204-945-2245Department of Conservation160-123 Main Street,Winnipeg,MB,R3C 1A5,Tel:204-945-7015Department of Conservation200 Saulteaux Cres.,Winnipeg,MB,R3J 3W3,Tel:204-945-3730Department of Conservation466 Main Street,Lower Level,Selkirk,MB,R1A 1V7,Tel:204-785-5349Department of ConservationPO Box 388,Winnipeg Beach,MB,R0C 3G0,Tel:204-389-2752Department of Parks & Conservation143 Main Street,Flin Flon,MB,R8A 1K2,Tel:204-687-1653Department of Parks & ConservationPO Box 2550,The Pas,MB,R9A 1M4,Tel:204-627-8215Department of ConservationPO Box 231,Riverton,MB,R0C 2R0,Tel:204-378-5422Manitoba Water Services BoardPO Box 3,Stephenfield,MB,R0G 2R0,Tel:204-745-8735Manitoba Water Stewardship1129 Queens Ave,Brandon,MB,R7A 1L9,Tel:204-726-6441Manitoba Water Services BoardPO Box 22080,Brandon,MB,R7A 6Y9,Tel:204-726-6081Manitoba Watershed PlanningPO Box 20000,Neepawa,MB,R0J 1H0,


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NS,B1P 6H7,Tel:902-563-2100NNova Scotia Environment PO Box 442,5151 Terminal Road,Halifax,NS,B3J 2P8,Tel:902-424-3600Nova Scotia Environment FL2-136 Exhibition St,,Kentville,NS,B4N 4E5,Tel:902-679-6086Nova Scotia Environment PO Box 697 Stn Central,Air Quality Branch,Halifax,NS,B3J 2T8,Tel:902-424-2177Nova Scotia Environment 12-218 Macsween St,Port Hawkesbury,NS,B9A 2J9,Tel:902-625-0791Nova Scotia Environment60 Logan Rd,Bridgewaer,NS,B4V 3J8,Tel:902-543-4685Nova Scotia Environment13 First St,Yarmouth,NS,B5A 1S9,Tel:902-742-8985Nova Scotia Environment115 Damascus Rd,Bedford Commons,Bedford,NS,B4A 0C1,Tel:902-424-7773Nova Scotia EnvironmentFl2-36 Inglis Pl/PO Box 824,Truro,NS,B2N 5G6Tel:902-893-5880Nova Scotia Environment71 East Victoria St,Amherst,NS,B4H 1X7,Tel:902-667-6205Nova Scotia Environment20 Pumphouse Rd,RR 3,NewGlasgow,NS,B2H 5C6,Tel:902-396-4194Sydney Tar Ponds AgencyPO Box 1028 Stn A,Sydney,NS,B1P 6J7,Tel:902-567-1035

Northwest Territoriesand NunavutDept Municipal & Community Affairs600-5201 50 Ave,Yellowknife,NT,X1A 3S9,Tel:867-669-2377GNWT Environment & Natural ResourcesPO Box 1320 Stn Main,Enr FB,Yellowknife,NT,X1A 2L9,Tel:867-920-3387GNWT Public Works & ServicesPO Box 240,Fort Simpson,NT,X0E 0N0,Tel:867-695-7285GNWT Water BoardPO Box 2531/3-125 Mackenzie Rd,Inuvik,NT,X0E 0T0,Tel:867-678-2942GNWT Water Board4920-50th St, Fl5,Yellowknife,NT,X1A 2N9Tel:867-765-0106 Community and Government ServicesPO Box 200,Cambridge Bay,NU,X0B 0C0,Tel:867-983-4129Department of Environment,PO Box 1000 Station 1360,Iqaluit,NU,X0A 0H0,Tel:867-975-7729Department of EnvironmentPO Box 1000 Stn 1310,Iqaluit,NU,X0A 0H0,Tel:867-975-5111Govt of Nunavut Public WorksPO Box 002,Rankin Inlet,NU,X0C 0G0,

Tel:867-645-8184Nunavut Water BoardPO Box 119,Gjoa Haven,NU,X0B 1J0Tel:867-360-6338

OntarioCanadian Environmental AssessmentAgencyFl22-160 Elgin St,Place Bell Canada,Ottawa,ON,K1A 0H3,Tel:613-957-0700 Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission280 Slater St,Ottawa,ON,K1P 5S9,Tel:613-995-2768Environment Canada930 Carling Ave,Env/Eng Services,Ottawa,ON,K1A 0C5,Tel:519-457-1470Environment Canada335 River Rd,Env Assess/Fed Progs,Ottawa,ON,K1A 0H3,Tel:416-739-4788Environment CanadaPO Box 5050 Stn LCD 1,Aquatic Ecosystem Protection,Burlington,ON,L7R 4A6,Tel:905-336-4789Environment Canada4905 Dufferin St,Air Quality Research,North York,ON,M3H 5T4,Tel:416-739-4836Environmental Commissioner of Ontario605-1075 Bay St,Toronto,ON,M5S 2B1,Tel:416-325-0363Environmental Protection Review CanadaFl1-240 Sparks St,Ottawa,ON,K1A 1A1,Tel:613-947-4060Environmental Review Tribunal1500-655 Bay Street,Toronto,ON,M5G 1E5Tel:416-212-6349 Ministry of EnvironmentFl1-113 Amelia St,Cornwall,ON,K6H 3P1,Tel:613-933-7402Ministry of Environment1259 Gardiners Rd,Kingston,ON,K7M 8S5,Tel:613-540-4000Ministry of Environment345 College St E,Belleville,ON,K8N 5S7,Tel:613-962-3641Ministry of Environment300 Water St,Peterborough,ON,K9J 8M5,Tel:705-755-4300Ministry of Environment300-4145 North Service Rd,Burlington,ON,L7L 6A3,Tel:905-319-1389Ministry of EnvironmentFl12-119 King St W,Air/Pesticides/Env Planning,Hamilton,ON,L8P 4Y7,Tel:905-521-7551Ministry of EnvironmentFl9-5775 Yonge St,Water Resources,North York,ON,M2M 4J1,Tel:416-325-6966Ministry of EnvironmentFl12-2 St Clair Ave W,Toronto,ON,M4V 1L5,Tel:416-211-4621Ministry of EnvironmentFl14-135 St Clair Ave W,Dep Minister’s Office,Toronto,ON,M4V 1P5,Tel:416-325-4000

Ministry of Environment125 Resources Rd,Air Modelling/Emissions,Etobicoke,ON,M9P 3V6,Tel:416-235-6230Ministry of Environment1222 Ramsey Lake Rd,Air Quality Monitoring,Sudbury,ON,P3E 6J7,Tel:705-929-1080Ministry of EnvironmentFl3-289 Bay St,Sault Ste Marie,ON,P6A 1W7,Tel:705-942-6309Ministry of Environment733 Exeter Rd,London,ON,N6E 1L3Tel:519-873-5000Ministry of Natural Resources300 Water St,Great Lakes Branch,Peterborough,ON,K9J 3C7,Tel:705-755-2902Ministry of Natural Resources1450 7th Ave E,Upper Great Lakes Mgmt,Owen Sound,ON,N4K 2Z1,Tel:519-371-5924Ministry of Natural Resources331-435 James St S,Upper Great Lakes Mgmt,Thunder Bay,ON,P7E 6S7,Tel:807-475-1205National Round Table On The Environment200-344 Slater St,Ottawa,ON,K1R 7Y3,Tel:613-943-0394National Water Research Institute867 Lakeshore Rd,Burlington,ON,L7R 4A6,Tel:905-336-4605Walkerton Clean Water Centre20 Ontario St,P.O. Box 160,Walkerton,ON,N0G 2V0,Tel:519-881-2003

Prince Edward IslandEnvironment Energy and ForestryWatershed Management Section,Fl4-11 Kent St,PO Box 2000,Charlottetown,PE,C1A 7N8,Tel:902-368-5054Environment Energy and ForestryEnergy and Minerals,Fl4-11 Kent St,PO Box 2000, Charlottetown,PE,C1A 7N8,Tel:902-368-5000 Environment Energy and ForestryForests, Fish and Wildlife,Fl4-11 Kent St,PO Box 2000,Charlottetown,PE,C1A 7N8,Tel:902-368-5044 Environment Energy and ForestryPollution Prevention, Fl4-11 Kent Street,PO Box 2000,Charlottetown,PE,C1A 7N8, Tel:902-368-4700Environment Energy and ForestryWater Management, Fl4-11 Kent Street,PO Box 2000,Charlottetown,PE,C1A 7N8,Tel:902-368-5024Environment Energy and Forestry Investigation and Enforcement,


Guide to Government Agencies & AssociationsGovernment

770,rue Goretti,Sherbrooke,QC,J1E3H4,Tel:819-820-3882LLongueuil201, Place Charles-Le-Moyne, 2eetage,Longueuil,QC,J4K 2T5,Tel:450-928-7607Montreal, Laval, Lanaudiere et Laurentides Montreal5199,rue Sherbrooke Est,bureau 3860,Montreal,QC, H1T 3X9,Tel:514-873-3636Laval850,boulevard Vanier,Laval,QC,H7C2M7,Tel:450-661-2008Repentigny100,boulevard Industriel,Repentigny,QC,J6A4X6,Tel:450-654-4355Sainte-Therese300,rue Sicard,bureau 80,Sainte-Therese,QC,J7E 3X5,Tel:450-433-2220Outaouais Gatineau170,rue de l’Hotel-de-Ville, bureau 7.340,Gatineau,QC,J8X 4C2,Tel:819-772-3434Abiti-Temiscamingue et Nord-du-QuebecRouyn-Noranda180,boul Rideau,1er etage,Rouyn-No-randa,QC,J9X 1N9,Tel:819-763-3333Cote-Nord Sept-Iles818,boul Laure,Sept-Iles,QC,G4R1Y8,Tel:418-964-8888Baie-Comeau20, boul Comeau,Baie-Comeau,QC,G4Z3A8,Tel:418-294-8888

SaskatchewanSaskatchewan EnvironmentB21-3085 Albert St,Env ProtBranch,Regina,SK,S4S 0B1,Tel:306-787-5021Saskatchewan Environment315-2405 Legislative Dr,Regina,SK,S4S 0B3,Tel:306-787-0393Saskatchewan Environment206-110 Ominica St W,Moose Jaw,SK,S6H 6V2,Tel:306-694-3586Saskatchewan Environment102-112 Research Dr,Saskatoon,SK,S7N 3R3,Tel:306-933-6514 Saskatchewan Environment108-1146 102nd St,North Battleford,SK,S9A 1E9,Tel:306-446-7987Saskatchewan Environment PO Box 1886, 210 1st Ave E,Nipawin,SK,S0E 1E0,Tel:306-862-1790Saskatchewan Research Council422 Downey Rd,Saskatoon,SK,S7N 4N1,Tel:306-933-5663Saskatchewan WaterPO Box 310,Wakaw,SK,S0K 4P0,Tel:306-233-5645Saskatchewan Watershed Authority420-2365 Albert St,Regina,SK,S4P 4K1,Tel:306-787-0913

Saskatchewan Watershed Authority111 Fairford St E,Moosejaw,SK,S6H 7X9,Tel:306-694-3900 SaskwaterPO Box 3003 Stn Main,Prince Albert,SK,S6V 6G1,Tel:306-961-1755

Yukon TerritoriesEnvironment Canada Env Protection91782 Alaska Hwy,Whitehorse,YT,Y1A 5B7,Tel:867-393-6700Environment Yukon 300 Main St,Whitehorse,YT,Y1A 2B5,Tel:867-667-3945Environment Yukon10 Burns Rd,Whitehorse,YT,Y1A 4Y9Tel:867-667-5652Environment Yukon205 Rogers Rd,Whitehorse,YT,Y1A 1X1Tel:867-633-7971Government of Yukon PO Box 2703,Whitehorse,YT,Y1A 2C6,Tel:867-667-3212Govt of Yukon Env Health Services2 Hospital Rd,Whitehorse,YT,Y1A 3H8,Tel:867-667-8351Yukon GovernmentPO Box 2703 Stn Main,Whitehorse,YT,Y1A 2C6,Tel:867-667-5652

Fl4-11 Kent St,PO Box 2000,Charlottetown,PE,C1A 7N8,Tel:902-368-4808

QuébecCentre de Toxicologie du Quebec4e-945 Av Wolfe,Quebec,QC,G1V 5B3,Tel:418-650-5115Centre d’excellence de Montreal en Rehab Sites3705 rue Saint-Patrick,Montreal,QC,H4E 1A1,Tel:514-935-6764 Environment Canada105 rue McGill,Montreal,QC,H2Y 2E7,Tel:514-283-4252Environment Canada710-351 boul Saint-Joseph,Gatineau,QC,J8Y 3Z5,Tel:819-953-6161Environment Canada1141 route de l’Eglise, CP 10100,Sainte-Foy,QC,G1V 4H5 Tel:418-648-3444 MAMR-Direction des Infrastructures2e-10 rue Pierre-Olivier-Chauveau,Quebec,QC,G1R 4J3,Tel:418-691-2005Public Works & Govt Services0B3-11 rue Laurier,General Standards Board,Gatineau,QC,K1A 0S5,Tel:819-956-0425 Ministere du Developpement durable, de l’Environnement et des ParcsBas-Saint-Laurent et Gaspesie – Iles-de-la-Madeleine Rimouski212,ave Belzile,Rimouski,QC,G5L3C3,Tel:418-727-3511Sainte-Anne-des-Monts124,1re Ave Ouest,Sainte-Anne-des-Monts,QC, G4V 1C5, Tel:418-763-3301Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Saguenay3950,boul Harvey,4eetage,Saguenay,QC,G7X 8L6,Tel:418-695-7883Capitale-Nationale et Chaudiere-Appalaches Quebec1175, boul Lebourgneuf,bureau 100,Que-bec,QC,G2K 0B7,Tel:418-644-8844Sainte-Marie675,route Cameron,bureau 200,Sainte-Marie,QC,G6E 3V7,Tel:418-386-8000Mauricie et Centre-du-QuebecTrois-Rivieres100,rue Laviolette,bureau 102,Trois-Riv-ieres,QC,G9A 5S9,Tel: 819-371-6581Nicolet1579,boul Louis-Frechette,Nicolet,QC,J3T2A5,Tel:819-293-4122Estrie et Monteregie Sherbrooke

Water For People helps people in de-veloping countries improve their qualityof life by supporting the developmentof locally sustainable drinking water re-sources, sanitation facilities and healthand hygiene education programs.Our vision is a world where all peoplehave access to safe drinking water andsanitation; a world where no onesuffers or dies from a water- or sanita-tion-related disease.

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ES&E’S AT A GLANCE GUIDE TO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

*This list is intended as a quick reference only. Environmental Science and Engineering Magazine makes no claim to the accuracy or completeness of this list.

The following institutions offer diploma and degree programs in these areas:Environmental Biology, Environmental Control, Environmental Technician,

Environmental Engineering/Technology, Environmental Health and Science, Environmental Studies, Environmental Toxicology, Environmental Health Engineering.

AlbertaConcordia University College of Alberta Edmonton ABKing's University College Edmonton ABLethbridge College Lethbridge ABMedicine Hat College Medicine Hat ABMount Royal University Calgary ABNorthern Alberta Institute of Technology, The Edmonton ABRed Deer College Red Deer ABSouthern Alberta Institute of Technology Calgary ABUniversity of Alberta Edmonton ABUniversity of Calgary Calgary ABUniversity of Lethbridge Lethbridge AB

British ColumbiaNorth Island College Courtenay BCRoyal Roads University Victoria BCSimon Fraser University Vancouver BCThompson Rivers University Kamloops BCTrinity Western University Langley BCUniversity of British Columbia Okanagan BCUniversity of Northern British Columbia Prince George BCUniversity of Victoria Victoria BC

ManitobaBrandon University Brandon MBUniversity of Manitoba Winnipeg MBUniversity of Winnipeg Winnipeg MB

New BrunswickCollège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick Campbellton NBMount Allison University Sackville NBNew Brunswick Community College Fredericton NBUniversity of New Brunswick Fredericton NB

NewfoundlandMemorial University of Newfoundland St. John's NL

Nova ScotiaCape Breton University Sydney NSDalhousie University Halifax NSNS Agricultural College Halifax NSSaint Mary's University Halifax NS

OntarioBrock University St. Catharines ONCarleton University Ottawa ON Conestoga College Kitchener ONConfederation College Thunder Bay ONDurham College Oshawa ONHumber Institute of Technology Toronto ON

Lakehead University - Thunder Bay Thunder Bay ONLaurentian University/Université Laurentienne Sudbury ONMcMaster University Hamilton ON Mohawk College Stoney Creek ON Niagara College Canada (Niagara-on-the-Lake) Niagara ONNipissing University North Bay ONQueens University Kingston ONRedeemer University College Ancaster ONRoyal Military College Kingston ONRyerson University Toronto ONSault College Sault Ste. Marie ONSeneca College of Applied Arts and Technology Toronto ONSheridan College Oakville ONSir Sandford Fleming College Lindsay ONTrent University Peterborough ONUniversity of Toronto Toronto ONUniversity of Guelph Guelph ONUniversity of Ottawa/Université d'Ottawa Ottawa ONUniversity of Waterloo Waterloo ONUniversity of Western Ontario London ONUniversity of Windsor Windsor ONWilfrid Laurier University Waterloo ONYork University Toronto ON

Prince Edward IslandHolland College Charlottetown PE

QuébecBishop's University Sherbrooke QCCentre de formation agricole de Mirabel Mirabel QCConcordia University Montréal QCMcGill University Montréal QCUniversité de Montréal Montréal QCUniversité de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke QCUniversité du Québec Chicoutimi QCUniversité Laval Québec City QC

SaskatchewanFirst Nations University of Canada Regina SKLakeland College Vermilion SKNorthlands College Air Ronge SKInstitute of Applied Science and Technology Moose Jaw SKInstitute of Applied Science and Technology Saskatoon SKSaskatchewan Institute of Applied Science Prince Albert SKSt. Thomas More College Saskatoon SKLuther College University Regina SKUniversity of Regina Regina SKUniversity of Saskatchewan Saskatoon SK

United StatesAmerican Public University System Charles Town WV

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Ranging from 2.7 HP to 536 HP, ABSEffeX pumps provide outstanding bene-fits for optimal lifecycle economy, in-cluding long-term reliability, greaterenergy savings, excellent rag handling,and future-proof design.Visit www.abseffex.com for more information.Tel: 800-988-2610, Fax: 905-670-3709 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.absgroup.ca

ABS pumps range

ACG Technology ACG Technology

ACG Technol-ogy’s packagetreatment sys-tem offers per-formance anddurability. Itprovides sewage

treatment within a small footprint. Aer-ation, mixing and settling can be ac-complished in compact, easilytransported ISO containers, ideal for re-mote locations. Provides flexibility ofadding future parallel units, an econom-ical means of meeting the needs of anygrowing sewage loads.Tel: 905-856-1414, Fax: 905-856-6401 E-mail: [email protected]: www.acgtechnology.com

Package Treatment System Coalescing oil/water separators

ACG Technology’scoalescing oil/water separatorsare available incarbon steel, stain-less steel, FRP andpolypropylene con-struction. Standard

systems include air-operated diaphragmpump, air filter and floating skimmer.Adjustable weir and skimmer height pro-vides optimal oil removal and minimaldisposal volume. Standard range is 1 to50 GPM.Tel: 905-856-1414, Fax: 905-856-6401E-mail: [email protected]: www.acgtechnology.com

Phoenix Panel System

• Upgrades and optimizes all types of filters

• Installs directly over existing underdrain system

• Eliminates the need for base gravel layers

• Improves backwash flow distribution• Provides longer filter runs and

lower turbidity effluentTel: 403-255-7377, Fax: 403-255-3129E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.awifilter.comAWI

• Optimizes all types of filters• Extremely low profile; lowest available• Manufactured from corrosion-resistant

stainless steel• Variable custom orifice sizing• Custom hydraulic design• Guaranteed uniform air scour

distribution• Rapid, low-cost installationTel: 403-255-7377, Fax: 403-255-3129E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.awifilter.com

Phoenix Underdrain System

AWI

Denso Bitumen Mastic is a high buildsingle component, cold applied liquidbituminous coating that is used to pro-vide economical corrosion protection onburied pipes, valves, flanges and under-ground storage tanks. Denso BitumenMastic is self-priming, VOC compliantand can be applied by brush, roller orspray. Tel: 416-291-3435, Fax: 416-291-0898E-mail: [email protected]: www.densona.comDenso Endress + Hauser

The new CSF48water sampler fromEndress+Hauser setsthe benchmark inwater quality moni-toring. Choose be-tween vacuum orperistaltic pumping, and multiple sam-pling routines. Opt for the two indus-trial digital sensors (expanding to eightin future) and connect to the SCADAwith the latest communications proto-cols. This is a complete monitoring andcollection solution for today’s industrialrequirements.Tel: 905-681-9292, Fax: 905-681-9444 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ca.endress.com

Next generation water samplerCorrosion protection

American Public University

American Public University (APU) has85 online degrees. Our tuition is far lessthan other top online universities so youcan further your education withoutbreaking the bank. Learn more aboutone of the best values in online educa-tion.

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Canadian Safety Equipment

EFLARE, the new elec-tronic road flare, elimi-nates the need forhazardous pyrotechnicroad flares with theirtoxic fumes and potentialfire hazard. TheEFLARES have 360 de-gree high visibility LEDbeacons with flash orsteady-on capabilities inorange, red, green, blueand white. They are in-

trinsically safe, with up to 80 hour bat-tery life and low battery indicator. Tel: 1-800-265-0182, 905-949-2741,Fax: 905-272-1866E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.cdnsafety.com

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Greatario Engineered Storage Systems

The JetMix Vortex Mixing System canbe used for sludge mixing, anaerobicdigester mixing, and aerobic digestermixing. Among the advantages of thesystem are: minimal tank obstructions;easy cleaning, loading/unloading; idealfor varying liquid levels; simplifiedmaintenance; easy retrofitting; and, fi-nally, its ‘as needed operation’. Tel: 519-469-8169, Fax: 519-469-8157E-mail: [email protected]: www.greatario.com

Vortex mixing system

The YSIProODOTM hand-held DO meterprovides extremedurability for themeasurement ofoptical, lumines-cent-based dissolved oxygenfor any field application.

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Hand-held DO meter

Hoskin Scientific

The YSI Profes-sional Plus hand-held multi-parameter meterprovides extremeflexibility for themeasurement of avariety of combi-nations for dis-solved oxygen,conductivity, spe-cific conductance,salinity, resistivity,total dissolved

solids (TDS), pH, ORP, pH/ORP combi-nation, ammonium (ammonia), nitrate,chloride and temperature.Web: www.hoskin.ca

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Hoskin Scientific Huber Technology

The RoS3Q Inclined Screw Press fromHuber Technology provides high per-formance sludge dewatering in a com-pact, entirely enclosed machine. Itprovides efficient and reliable operationwith minimal operator attendance. Theslow rotational design is simple and en-ergy-efficient. Tel: 541-929-9387, Fax: 541-929-9487E-mail: [email protected]: www.huber-technology.com

Inclined screw press

Huber Technology

With more than 700 installations, HuberTechnology’s Strainpress® InlineSludge Screen is designed to effectivelyscreen sludge in pressurized lines. It re-duces maintenance costs and increasesthe operating reliability of downstreamsludge treatment systems. The Strain-press is precision manufactured ofstainless steel. Tel: 541-929-9387, Fax: 541-929-9487E-mail: [email protected]: www.huber-technology.com

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ITT Water and Wastewater

WEDECO Ozone Generators from ITTWater & Wastewater eliminate pollu-tants, coloured substances, odours andmicro-organisms without creating harm-ful byproducts. They are compact in de-sign to reduce overall footprint, andprovide reduced energy consumptionper unit of ozone production.Tel: 514-695-0100, Fax: 514-697-0602Web: www.ittwww.ca

Chemical-free water treatment

Geneq

Geneq has intro-duced an ultra-small SXBlueGPS L1/L2 dualfrequency GPSRTK receiver forhigh accuracy po-sitioning. It is de-signed to bemounted on vehi-cles and use the

vehicle power for machine control ap-plications such as agriculture, mining,construction and other high-precisionapplications. Tel: 1-800-463-4363E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.geneq.com

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H2Flow

H2FLOW offersPinnacle’s revolu-tionary Zenithozone systems,producing up to600 lbs/day (5%wt.) per unit.With their highlyefficient design,they can be

turned up/down for 100% dosage vari-ability. They are built with solid compo-nents, are rugged, proven, extremelycompact, and water cooled, with noyearly maintenance.Tel: 905-660-9775, Fax: 905-660-9744E-mail: [email protected]: www.h2flow.com

Ozone systems

KSB Pumps

KSB's Sewatecwastewater pumpshave been opti-mized, resulting incleaner operationand reduced main-tenance. Designed

for dry well installations, these single-stage pumps feature double mechanicalshaft seals enclosed in an oil chamber,which virtually eliminates any leakageof the pumped medium. Sewatec pumpscome in different sizes, and with a fullrange of special impellers (i.e., non-clogging and high-efficiency variants).Tel: 905-568-9200E-mail: [email protected]: www.ksb.ca

Wastewater pumps

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National Ground Water Association

The National Ground Water Associationis the hallmark organization for anyoneaffiliated with the groundwater industry.NGWA's purpose is to provide guidanceto members, government representa-tives, and the public, for sound scien-tific, economic, and beneficial develop-ment, protection, and management ofthe world's groundwater resources.E-mail: [email protected]: www.ngwa.org

Association for groundwater industry

Orival

Orival Filtersprotect heatexchangersand preventclogging ofnozzles, tubes

and other narrow passages by removingdirt particles down to micron size, ofany specific gravity, from once-throughand recirculating cooling water systems.Line pressure powered, the filter cleansitself without external power, and doesnot interrupt system flow. Installs easilyin any position. Available from 10 to12000 gpm. Tel: 201-568-3311, Fax: 201-568-1916E-mail: [email protected]: www.orival.com

Filters

MJ International & Associates

ArmorGalv is an environment-friendlyprocess that offers superior corrosion pro-tection and wear resistance, as well as anti-galling properties. It coats and penetratesthe surface of any type of steel, becomingintegrated with the part. An excellent alter-native for toxic coatings.E-mail: [email protected]: www.armorgalv.com

ArmorGalv® thermal diffusionenvironment-friendly cost

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ProMinent Fluid Controls

Metering pump

The award-winningdelta® withoptoDrive®provides di-verse controland operatingcapabilities ina capacity

range of 7.5 - 75 l/h, 362 psi - 29 psi.The delta from ProMinent has many ad-vanced features: pulsed or continuousdosing; automatic detection of airlock,low pressure and high pressure; and anautomatic degassing option.Tel: 888-709-9933, Fax: 519-836-5226E-mail: [email protected]: www.prominent.ca/delta

ProMinent Fluid Controls

Metering pumps

Feature-richand dependableSigma seriesmeteringpumps fromProMinent helpkeep yourchemical feedunder control.

Sigma pumps operate in capacities of upto 1000 LPH and pressures up to 174psi. Microprocessor controls are easy touse, with backlit LCD for rapid and reli-able adjustment.

Tel: 888-709-9933, Fax: 519-836-5226E-mail: [email protected]: www.prominent.ca

Myers Engineered Products

Satisfying pumping needs at the lowestcost over the life cycle of the system,Myers optimizes system efficiencieswith complete engineering services,providing cost-effective solutions andimmediate cost savings when planning apump station. Myers software programsprovide the engineering tools to prop-erly design the ideal station. Tel: 604-552-7900, Fax: 604-552-7901E-mail: [email protected]

Pumping systems solutions

Markland Specialty Engineering

This “SIMPLERSAMPLER” auto-mates sampling,even in freezingtemperatures. Inherently explo-sion-proof, it usescompressed air,

not pumps, pushing samples up 24+mlifts/along 30+m runs. The same con-troller can sample multiple sites simultaneously. This versatile instrumentfacilitates monitoring for regulatory compliance.Tel: 1-855-873-7791, Fax: 905-873-6012E-mail: [email protected]: www.sludgecontrols.com

Automatic Duckbill sampler

MSU Mississauga

MSU MG Safety Hatches set the standard in Canada for fall-through protection. They withstand pedestrian and occasional traffic loads. With single,double and multi-door configurations inaluminum and stainless steel, they aremade in Canada. Tel: 1-800-268-5336, Fax: 1-888-220-2213 E-mail: [email protected]: www.msumississauga.com

Safety hatches

MSU Mississauga

MSU MGSafety Hatches- the open andshut case forhatch stan-dards. With single, doubleand multi-doorconfigurationsin aluminum

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SEW-Eurodrive Company of Canada

Movigear® is anintelligent systemwith its own con-trol concept. Itshigh-quality net-working helps re-duce startup timeand supportsmonitoring andmaintenancetasks. Whencombined with afractional user

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Drive system

Smith & Loveless

Smith & Love-less Inc. an-nounces itslatest headworksinnovation,PISTA®

WORKS™, a pre-engineered packagedheadworks system, combining screen-ing, grit removal and grit washing intoone integrated system. It is pre-assem-bled and shipped direct to the job site,significantly reducing field-installationcosts, while allowing for a compactfootprint. All equipment componentsare constructed of stainless steel. Tel: 913-888-5201, Fax: 913-888-2173E-mail: [email protected]: www.smithandloveless.com

Headworks system

Westeel

Westeel's C-Ring Contain-ment Systemsare ideal forpetrochemical,frac waterstorage, oiland gas, fertil-izer, haz-

ardous material, and agriculturalapplications. All systems are made withhigh-strength (50-ksi) steel and haveheavy-duty G115 galvanizing, meetingthe stringent requirements of ISO 9001.Tel: 1-888-674-8265, 204-233-7133Fax: 1-888-463-6012E-mail: [email protected]: www.westeel.com

Containment system

Solinst Canada

With absolute precision, the new Level-ogger® Edge records up to 120,000water level and temperature data pointsusing new linear compression sampling.It offers improved temperature compen-sation, reduced thermal response times,accuracy of 0.05% FS, 24 bit resolution,a 10-year battery, corrosion-resistant ti-tanium coating, and Hastelloy pressuresensor. Tel: 905-873-2255, Fax: 905-873-1992E-mail: [email protected]: www.solinst.com

Water level data logger

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Waterra Pumps

Self-contained sampling station

The PegasusAlexis® Peri-staltic Pumpfrom Waterrais a self-con-tained sam-pling stationthat includesall the best

features of these devices. Packaged inthe rugged Pelican™ 1430 case and in-corporating its own power supply andcharger, this pump will keep you sam-pling in the field all day long. Tel: 905-238-5242, Fax: 905-238-5704E-mail: [email protected]: www.waterra.com

Waterra Pumps

NEW affordable optical dissolved oxygen

measurement system

The newAquaPlus™ Meter,together with theAquaPlus Probe,provides an afford-able optical dis-solved oxygenmeasurement sys-tem. It can recordup to 3,000 datasets, including DO,

EC, temperature and barometric pres-sure. The AquaPlus system retails for$1,425.00. Tel: 905-238-5242, Fax: 905-238-5704E-mail: [email protected]: www.waterra.com

Waterloo Biofilter

Trickling filters

Waterloo Biofilters® are efficient, modular trickling filters for residentialand communal sewage wastewaters, andlandfill leachate. Patented, lightweight,synthetic filter media optimize physicalproperties for microbial attachment and water retention. The self-containedmodular design for communal use is now available in 20,000L/d and 40,000L/dISO shipping container units - ready toplug in on-site. Tel: 519-856-0757, Fax: 519-856-0759E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.waterloo-biofilter.com

USF Fabrication

Hatch safety netThe lightweightHatch Safety Net isdesigned to be per-manently installedand easily re-tractable in floorand roof openings where the risk of fallthrough is present. When closed, thenet system allows people to movefreely around confined space openingswithout fear of falling into the opening.It also allows visibility of inspectionsand accessibility for limited mainte-nance and float adjustments. Whenentry/exit is required, the net can beeasily unhooked on all but one side ofthe opening. Tel: 604-552-7900, Fax: 604-552-7901E-mail: [email protected]


Los Angeles to hostWEFTEC 2011

Registration and housing is now open forWEFTEC 2011, the Water EnvironmentFederation’s 84th annual technical exhibi-tion and conference. This year’s event willtake place October 15-19 at the Los An-geles Convention Center in California.

This year’s program will feature 115technical sessions, 27 workshops andeight local facility tours. A wide range oftopics and focus areas allow attendees todesign their own, unique learning experi-ence, with the opportunity to earn contin-uing education credits.

The 2011 focus areas include facilityoperations and wastewater treatment; nu-trients; collection systems; residuals andbiosolids; utility management; waterreuse and management; stormwater andgreen infrastructure; sustainability andenergy management; industrial waste-water; watershed management; and more.

Other conference highlights includeDr. Rita Colwell, a distinguished profes-sor from the University of Maryland andJohns Hopkins University’s BloombergSchool of Public Health, and the 2010Stockholm Water Prize Laureate, whowill deliver the technical keynote address.She will be followed by a special presen-tation from Doc Hendley, founder andpresident of Wine to Water and one ofCNN’s 2009 Heroes.

WEFTEC’s unrivaled exhibition willprovide access to more than 1,000 ex-hibiting companies and their technical ex-perts, showing the latest developments,research, solutions, and cutting-edge tech-nologies in the field.

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Assessing post-earthquakewater systems in Japan and

New Zealand

The Water Research Foundation (Wa-terRF) will be conducting a comprehen-sive review of water infrastructure inJapan and New Zealand in light of theearthquakes and tsunamis that recently af-fected these countries. The project will ex-amine the effectiveness of the watersystems during the natural disasters andassess how they have recovered in themonths following those crises. It will

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This project is part of WaterRF’s re-cently established Emerging Opportunitiesinitiative, which enables the Foundation torespond quickly to emerging challengesand new research ideas.

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Water For People introduces “FLOW”

Water For People recently began the dis-tribution of a Request for Information togather information about new ownershipoptions for its instantaneous on-the-ground remote technology, Field LevelOperations Watch (FLOW).

Developed by Water For People andGallatin Systems, FLOW broadcasts re-ports about the operational status of waterprojects around the world in near realtime. The platform combines Androidcell phone technology and Google Earthsoftware, letting staff, volunteers, part-ners and other government agents recorddata from a water point and the house-holds, schools, and clinics they serve. Theinformation is then displayed on WaterFor People’s online global maps to signalwhether a project is up and running or re-quires repair. FLOW allows organizationsa whole new level of transparency, effi-ciency, and accountability to their work.

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ITT Water & Wastewater appoints new

Managing Director

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Siemens concludes workon desalination

Having claimed to have set a new energysaving benchmark for seawater desalina-tion, Siemens is now poised to transitiontheir technology to the product develop-ment phase. As a result of an R&D ini-tiative that commenced in October 2008,a demonstration plant was built in Singa-pore to treat seawater to drinking waterquality.The next step for Siemens is to setup a full-scale system in cooperation withSingapore’s national water agency PUBby 2013.

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Endress+Hauser opensnew facility

Endress+Hauser recently opened theirnew temperature production facility inGreenwood, Indiana. The 12,000 sq.ft.manufacturing plant will build tempera-ture sensors, thermowells, transmitters,recorders, flow computers, safety barri-ers, displays and other instrumentation tomeet the increasing demand in bothNorth and South America.

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Degremont acquires AmeriWater

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Flooding protection program wins award

CH2M HILL has been awarded the Con-sulting Engineers of Ontario’s Award ofMerit in Program Management for the pro-gram management, design, and construc-tion management services provided on theCity of Toronto’s Basement Flooding Pro-tection Program. Toronto embarked on theBasement Flooding Protection Programafter a severe rainfall event in August 2005caused extensive overland flooding andsewer backups, resulting in the costlieststorm damage in Ontario’s history. Theprogram will provide a 100 year level ofbasement flooding protection in the imple-mentation area.

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Environmental trust fundsupports projects

The provincial government is partneringwith environmental groups in southwest-ern New Brunswick by contributing morethan $750,000 from the EnvironmentalTrust Fund to 41 projects. The Depart-ment of Environment announced in Aprilthat about $4 million from the fundwould be invested in 190 environmentalprojects in 2011-12 fiscal year. Revenuefor the fund comes from about half of theenvironmental fee paid on redeemablebeverage containers in New Brunswick.

New "virtual water"whitepaper released

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Stronger requirements for natural gas de-velopment to better protect and informNew Brunswickers were announced re-cently by the provincial government'sNatural Gas Steering Committee. Underthese new requirements, oil and naturalgas companies who want to engage in ex-ploration, development and productionwill have to: • Conduct baseline testing on all potablewater wells within a minimum distanceof 200 metres of seismic testing and 500metres of oil or gas drilling before oper-ations can begin. These will be minimumrequirements and may be increased.• Provide full disclosure of all proposed,and actual, contents of all fluids andchemicals used in the hydraulic fractur-ing (fracing) process.• Establish a security bond to protectproperty owners from industrial acci-dents, including the loss of or contami-nation of drinking water.

The provincial government has alsocommitted to develop a formula solandowners and nearby communities canshare in the financial benefits of the nat-ural gas industry.

Alberta celebrates environmental excellence

Twenty-nine industrial, manufacturingand municipal facilities demonstratingcommitment to environmental leadershipand stewardship have been recognizedthrough EnviroVista, a voluntary pro-gram that acknowledges and promotes

facilities in Alberta that go above and be-yond their environmental requirements.

EPCOR Water Services Inc., Edmon-ton Waterworks System is the most recentcompany to reach Champion status.Three companies maintained Championstatus this year, including Alberta Envi-rofuels Inc., an iso-octane plant in Ed-monton; Alberta Newsprint Company, anewsprint mill in Whitecourt; and Umi-core Canada Inc., a metal and chemicalmanufacturing plant located in FortSaskatchewan.

To become an EnviroVista Cham-pion, a facility must meet the Leader cri-teria and commit to a stewardshipagreement with Alberta Environmentwhich demonstrates its continuous envi-ronmental improvement.

Alberta also recognized 25 Enviro-Vista Leaders, including the addition ofthe City of Edmonton’s Waste Manage-ment Branch and Shell ChemicalsCanada Ltd.’s Scotford Chemical Plantlocated in Fort Saskatchewan. To be anEnviroVista Leader, a facility must havea minimum of five years of exemplaryemissions performance, a comprehen-sive, publicly-accessible, audited envi-ronmental management system, and fiveyears without any enforcement activityunder Alberta’s Environmental Protec-tion and Enhancement Act.

BCʼs public sector is nowcarbon-neutral

According to the BC government, theprovince’s public sector is officially car-bon neutral, a first for any province or statein North America. To kick-start carbon-neutral efforts, BC launched a $75-millionpublic-sector energy conservation capitalfund in 2008. It has funded 247 energyprojects in schools, hospitals, colleges,universities and other government build-ings across the province. Once complete,those projects are expected to reduce car-bon output by 36,500 tonnes, create 500jobs and save organizations about $12.6million in annual energy costs.

BC’s carbon-neutral regulation re-quires all public-sector organizations tomeasure, reduce and offset greenhouse gas(GHG) emissions from buildings, vehiclefleets and paper use. Provincial public-sec-tor operations spent $18.2 million to offset730,000 tonnes of GHGs in 2010, well


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Operating a carbon-neutral public sec-tor is a key part of BC's commitment toreduce GHG emissions by 33 per cent by2020. The 730,000 tonnes offset by thepublic sector is equivalent to the annualenergy use of 62,000 homes a year. It in-cludes emissions from more than 7,000buildings, paper use, and vehicle fleetswith the exception of school and transitbuses, which are exempt. Governmentministries also offset emissions from busi-ness travel.

Energy-from-waste facilityapproved

The Ontario Ministry of the Environmenthas issued a certificate of approval for theDurham/York Region’s energy-from-wastefacility. The CofA, covering operationalrequirements related to air, noise, wasteand stormwater, reflects the technicalspecifications of the Project Agreement,Environmental Assessment conditions ofapproval and the Region’s integrated wastemanagement system, as well as complieswith all relevant regulations.

The facility will process waste to cre-ate energy in the form of steam, electric-ity and heat, with an approved capacityof 140,000 tonnes per year. It will onlyprocess municipally collected householdwaste (garbage) left over after the Re-gion’s aggressive diversion efforts, suchas recycling and composting. Also, thefacility will be capable of recovering ma-terials such as metal.

Preliminary design and engineering ofthe facility is well underway. It is antici-pated that construction will begin in thefall of 2011, with a target operation dateof 2014.

New study begins on wateruse patterns

The Water Research Foundation (Wa-terRF) is updating and expanding its1999 landmark Residential End Uses ofWater Study. The goal of the three-yearproject, which will conclude in late 2013,is to investigate water use patterns in res-idential housing in 28 water utilities mar-


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eration have filed an appeal to the NovaScotia Supreme Court to oppose the cre-ation of one of the province’s largest fishfarms in the community’s traditional fish-ing grounds.

According to Ecojustice, Fisheries andAquaculture Minister Sterling Belliveau'sapproval in early June of two massivesalmon feedlots received overwhelmingopposition from local communities. Thecommunities believe the feedlots, whichwill stock almost two million fish, willdevastate their tourism and traditionalfishing industries. The farms alsothreaten several endangered species, in-cluding the North Atlantic right whale,roseate tern, harlequin duck and wild At-lantic salmon.

Ecojustice is representing the St.Mary’s Bay Coastal Alliance, the AtlanticSalmon Federation, Freeport CommunityDevelopment Association and the Vil-lages of Freeport, Tiverton and Westport.The groups are calling on the governmentto revoke the licenses and to put the in-terests of the local communities beforethe province’s aggressive aquaculture de-velopment plans.

“Evidence from similar feedlots inNew Brunswick shows that they will sig-nificantly deteriorate the habitat for keycommercially harvested fish and signifi-cantly displace and diminish the qualityof the existing lobster fishery in the area,"said Karen Crocker of the St. Mary’s BayCoastal Alliance.

AWWA releases droughtpreparedness manual

The American Water Works Association(AWWA) has published a new Manual ofWater Supply Practices, entitled DroughtPreparedness and Response (M60).

Providing a reliable supply of waterrequires planning for water shortages ofvarying degree and duration, and advancepreparation for such shortages is the bestdefense. With that in mind, M60 providestried-and-true strategies and tactics formunicipal water providers, and intro-duces new tools and methods that willminimize the effects of short- to long-term drought.

The manual provides a proven, seven-step process to anticipate and respond towater shortages through a structuredplanning process.

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kets in Canada and the US.The new study will expand on the

1999 report by exploring water use over amore geographically diverse area, moni-toring hot water use, examining outdoorwater use (e.g., for landscaping) and as-sessing water conservation efforts inhouseholds. It also will integrate datafrom additional reports, in order to pres-ent a more comprehensive picture of res-idential water use.

In each market, the utility participantswill provide project researchers with his-torical water consumption data from arepresentative sample of 1,000 single-family customers. In nine of the 28 mar-kets, researchers will select 100 homesfor monitoring of indoor and outdoorwater use and 10 homes for examininghot water use. The researchers also willsend a water use survey to these cus-tomers. In the remaining 19 markets, re-searchers will survey 5,000 customers onindoor water use. The updated Residen-tial End Uses of Water Study will be pub-lished in 2013-2014.

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Oversight of Tar Pondscleanup praised

A recent report has found that the NovaScotia Department of Environment con-tinues to successfully regulate the SydneyTar Ponds and Coke Ovens Cleanup Proj-ect. Findings show that it is effectively reg-ulating the project and taking appropriateactions to protect the environment and ad-dress concerns about odour at the site.

The Remediation Monitoring Over-sight Board was created in January 2008to monitor regulatory performance of theDepartment of Environment, includingproject permits and approvals issued, proj-ect regulatory issues, and public feedback.The board reports annually to the Minis-ter of Environment. Cleanup is scheduledto be complete by March 2014.

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Groups appeal approvalof fish farms

Local community members from St.Mary’s Bay and the Atlantic Salmon Fed-

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