Tools and Technologies for Managing Water in Prairie and Northern Regions

Manitoba Branch
The Greenwood Inn, 1715 Wellington Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba
March 9-10, 2011

Managing water in regions that are dominated by snowmelt runoff can be a challenging task due to a variety of factors which include seasonal variations, land use and management practices, water availability and distribution, water quality, as well as, climate change vulnerability and adaptation. These issues need to be taken into account when making water management decisions. Innovative tools and technologies are being developed and applied to address these challenges. To gain a better understanding on how to manage water more effectively in prairie and northern environments, the Manitoba Branch of the Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA) held a two-day conference on Tools and Technologies for Managing Water in Prairie and Northern Regions.

Conference Program

• Keynote Address: Dr. Howard Wheater, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Water Security, University of Saskatchewan
  


• Keynote Speaker: Dr. David, Watershed Systems Research Chair, University of Manitoba
  


• Session A: Landscape Planning and Watershed Management
  Jonathan Wiens, Source Water Protection Planning in Manitoba
  Jason Vanrobaeys, The Red-Assiniboine Project – Water Quality Impacts of Landscape Change Scenarios at a Watershed Scale
  Henry David Venema, The Watershed of the Future: Reducing Lake Winnipeg nutrient loads through Bioeconomy innovation


• Session B: Water Management and Modelling
  Bin Luo, Method of design flow analysis for the province of Manitoba - regional, transitional, and rational approach
  Jim Friesen, Application of Hydrodynamic Modeling to Quantify Effects of Channel Storage on Flow Rates and Drainage Design
  Dan Beveridge, Hydrologic Indices for the Prairie Provinces


• Session C: Landscape Planning and Watershed Management
  Christopher Penner, Bio-technical and Naturalization Alternatives to Conventional Urban Landscaping
  Susan Witherly, Estimating Wetlands from CanVec Data: A Geoprocessing and Statistical Modeling Approach
  Rob Officer, Establishing a Process for a Wetland Vegetation Rehabilitation and Management program focused on Reed Canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea): A Parkland Mews Case Study


• Session D: Water Management and Modelling
  Melissa Haresign, Hydraulic Data Acquisition and Modeling of the Netley-Libau Marsh
  Tyson Ehnes, Estimation of Design Flows for Small Watersheds with Consideration of Fish Passage
  Scott Toews, Physical and Numerical Modeling of Culvert Hydraulics


• Session E: Water Quality and Nutrient Management
  Dave Huebert, Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations: Concerns and Implications of Deficiencies in the Draft Regulations
  Don Flaten, Agricultural phosphorus in our watersheds: shortage or glut?
  Tamara Horechko, Investigating the effectiveness and practicality of using Vegetative Filter Strips to manage nutrients in livestock pen runoff


• Session F: Water Management and Modelling
  Christian Propp, Application of GIS Software and Geospatial Hydrology Toolkits in Hydrologic Models and Watershed Planning
  Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt, A GIS approach to define the hydro-geomorphological regime for instream flow requirements using geomorphic response units
  Jeremy Greshuk, Peak Flow and Runoff Volume Estimation Using Historical Weather Radar Maps


• Session G: Water Management and Modelling Chair: Marc St. Laurent
  Marc St. Laurent, Numerical Modelling Tools Used for the Physical Environment Assessment of the Proposed Keeyask Generating Station- Please contact author for details
  William DeWit, Reservoir Water Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen Modeling for the Proposed Keeyask Generating Station - Please contact author for details
  Ben Schmidt, Manitoba Hydro Physical Environment monitoring systems


• Session H: Water Quality and Nutrient Management
  Shane Gabor, The Impact of Wetland Loss in Manitoba
  Pascal Badiou, Discharge of nutrients through drained wetlands in southwestern Manitoba
  Armand Belanger, Vegetative Buffer strips effectiveness in removing nutrients


• Session I: Water Management and Modelling
  Monica Mannerstrom, Ice-Related Flooding in Prince George “Risk Assessment and Management Options”
  Shawn Cruise, Flood of 2011: How Infrastructure & Transportation will use GIS Technology to Inform and Enable
  Lance Yohe, Finding Long Term Flood Solutions


• Session J: Water Management and Modelling
  Russell Schmidt, Water Quality, Erosion and Sedimentation Monitoring Program on the Burntwood River and Nelson River Systems
  Habib Ahmari, Characterization of Sediment Regime in the Nelson River: Current State and Future Direction
  Steven Bohrn, Lessons learned: setting up multiple hydrological models in northern Manitoba


• Session K: Water Quality and Nutrient Management Chair: Kristina Koenig
  Mike McKernan, False Positives’ Produced by the Metal Mines Environmental Effects Monitoring Program; Implications for Mine Operations and Mine Closure
  Ian Halket, Mass Transport in Rivers
  Tariq Aziz, Suspended sediment monitoring using the LISST sampler


• Session L: River and Lake Ice
  Milan Bijeljanin, Prediction of River Ice Formation Processes on the Upper Nelson River Through Numerical Modelling
  Peter Hillius, The Challenges of Field Data Collection in Northern Manitoba - The Conawapa Experience
  Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt, Ice jam Modelling of the Red River in Winnipeg


• Session M: Water Management and Modelling
  Tricia Stadnyk, Towards Simulating Streamflow in Ungauged Basins Utilizing the isoWATFLOOD Hydrological Model: Distribution of Stable Water Isotopes Across Canada
  Kristina Koenig, Comprehensive Studies of Climate Change Impacts on Manitoba Hydro's Water Resources: Current Accomplishments and Future Vision


• Session N: Policy and Governance
  Kristine Koster, Habitat Banking: A Regulatory Tool for Achieving Effective Compensation
  Robin Gislason , The Red River Basin Commission; Bringing people together, Building a basin perspective, and Working together on today's challenges
  


• Session O: Water Management and Modelling
  Mark Lee, Assessment of Potential Impacts of a Fishing Lake Outlet on the Assiniboine River in Manitoba
  Jason R. Westmacott, Lake Winnipeg Water Management: Priorities, Uncertainty and Accountability