Land and Water: Reducing ......the land

Conference Program

Posted: April 06, 2011

Sunday April 10, 2011
18:00 - 21:00 Wine & Cheese Reception
Monday April 11, 2011 - Morning Plenary Session
Session Chair: Gord Ludtke, City of Red Deer
7:30 - 8:30 Registration and Breakfast
Conference Opening
8:30- 8:40 Gord Ludtke, Conference Co-Chair CWRA
Welcome and Conference Introduction
8:40- 8:50 Leta van Duin, Conference Co-Chair ALIDP
Welcome and Conference Introduction
8:50- 9:05 Morris Flewwelling, Mayor of Red Deer
Opening Remarks
Keynote Presentation
9:05 - 9:40 Paul Fesko
Manager, Strategic Services, Water Resources
The City of Calgary
Calgary's Water Future - Risks and Opportunities
Keynote Presentation
9:40- 10:15 Dr. Haneef Mian
Ledcor Applied Research Chair in Oil Sands Environmental Sustainability
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Oil Sands Tailings - Towards Sustainability
10:15- 10:50 Health Break
Keynote Presentation
10:50 - 11:25 Dr. Hamid R. Habibi
Director, Institute of Environmental Toxicology
University of Calgary
Monitoring and biological impact of environmental contaminants in Southern Alberta Rivers
Special Presentation
11:25 - 12:00 Marilou Montemayor
Red Deer River Watershed Alliance
The Red Deer River Watershed Alliance Starts Its Integrated Water Management Plan
12:00 - 13:15 Networking Lunch
Remarks by Bert van Duin, ALIDP President
Monday April 11, 2011 (Afternoon Sessions)
Session Chair: Fayi Zhou, City of Edmonton Session Chair: Agata Hall, AMEC
Plans and Policies:
What Works and What Doesn't		 Watershed Protection: Issues and Studies
Part 1
13:15 - 13:35 Jason Unger
Environmental Law Centre		 Al Sosiak
Alberta Environment (Retired)
Cumulative conundrums: difficulties in regulating cumulative impacts on surface water quality in Alberta Lake and Watershed Management Projects at Pine Lake, Alberta
13:35 - 13:55 Xiangfei, Li
City of Edmonton		 Stephan Weninger and Alex Monkman
Stantec and City of Red Deer
Development of Low Impact Development Design Criteria in Edmonton The Impacts of Centralization of Wastewater Discharges into the Red Deer River on the Expansion of the Red Deer River Wastewater Treatment Plant
13:55 - 14:15 Liliana Bozic
Urban Systems Ltd. / ALIDP		 Alicia Dmytruk
Associated Engineering
Stormwater Reuse in the City of Edmonton Enhancing the Capture of Urban Runoff Contaminants
14:15 - 14:35 QUESTION PERIOD
14:35 - 15:00 Health Break
Monday April 11, 2011 (Afternoon Sessions)
Session Chair: Bert van Duin, City of Calgary Session Chair: Andrew Chan, Dillon Consulting
Stormwater Management in Small Towns and Rural Areas Watershed Protection: Issues and Studies
Part 2
15:00- 15:20 Blaine Feske and Al Corbett
Alberta Drainage Council		 Norine Ambrose, Cows & Fish
Rural Water Management by Drainage Districts in Alberta Critical evaluation of conservation efforts - converting good intentions into effective programs and healthier landscapes.
15:20 - 15:40 Michael Kitchen and Roy Ermter
Osprey Engineering and Town of Coaldale		 Kim Schmitt
Sylvan Lake Watershed Stewardship Society
Storm Drainage Challenges in Southern Alberta Optimizing the Development and Conservation Opportunity of the Sylvan Lake Watershed
15:40 - 16:00 Garnet Dawes
ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd.		 Ken Lewis
Red Deer County
Didsbury North Industrial Sustainable Wetland Red Deer County’s Off the Creek Program: A case study in using public funding to support private landowners in adopting environmentally beneficial management practices
16:00 - 16:20 QUESTION PERIOD
Monday April 11, 2011 (Evening Activities)
16:20 - 17:00 CWRA Alberta Branch Annual General Meeting
17:30 - 18:30 Cocktails
18:30 - 21:30 Conference Banquet
Banquet Speaker: Laurra Olmsted - Hydrogeologists Without Borders (HWB)
Developing Water Resources in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya
Fundraiser for HWB Projects
Tuesday April 12, 2011
7:30 - 8:00 Breakfast
Students and Young Professionals Networking Breakfast
Tuesday April 12, 2011 - Morning Plenary Session
Session Chair: Marie-Eve Caron, Matrix-Solutions
Students and Young Professionals First Nations Water Issues Round Table
8:00 - 8:15 Nina Modeland
B.Sc. ENSC Candidate, University of Calgary
Integration of First Nation Communities into Water and Wastewater Management in the Bow Basin
8:15 - 8:30 Clayton Manning
B.Sc. ENSC Candidate, University of Calgary
Effects of Strathmore wastewater effluent on Bow River water quality and on downstream Siksika well waters
8:30 - 8:55 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
8:55 - 9:00 Health Break
Tuesday April 12, 2011 - Morning Plenary Session
Session Chair: Rene Letourneau, City of Calgary
Low Impact Development: Policies and Innovation
9:00 - 9:20 Bert van Duin and Judy Stewart
Alberta Low Impact Development Partnership (ALIDP)
Stream and Wetland Building Development Setback Policies: Challenges, Myths, and Experiences
9:20 - 9:40 Steph Neufeld and Lyndon Gyurek
EPCOR
An Integrated Approach to Watershed Protection in Alberta from a Water Utility Perspective
9:40 - 10:00 ALIDP Board of Directors
State-of-the-Art of LID in Alberta
10:00 - 10:20 QUESTION PERIOD
10:20 - 10:40 Health Break
Tuesday April 12, 2011 (Morning Sessions)
Session Chair: Shaun Toner, AMEC
ALIDP Annual General Meeting Managing Water and Effects on the Aquatic Habitat
10:40 - 11:00 Jon Fennell
WorleyParsons
Managing What We Have: A Review of Alberta's Water
11:00 - 11:20 John Jackson
AMEC Earth & Environmental
Westslope Cutthroat Trout Responses to Landscape Disturbance in the Upper Oldman River Watershed
11:20 - 11:40 Carolyn Campbell
Alberta Wilderness Association
Management of Headwaters Recreation Impacts in Alberta’s Eastern Slopes
11:40 - 12:00 QUESTION PERIOD
12:00 - 13:15 Networking Lunch and Presentation
Remarks by Monica Wagner, CWRA Alberta Branch President
Speaker: Bev Yee
Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategy Division
Alberta Environment
Alberta's Land Use Framework
Tuesday April 12, 2011 (Afternoon Sessions)
Session Chair: Sean Douglas, AENV Session Chair: Denise Di Santo,
City of Calgary
Land Use and Water Quality Challenges Low Impact Development - Theory and Implementation
13:15 - 13:35 Gloria Wilkinson
Bow Basin Watershed Management Plan Phase Two Steering Committee		 George Roman
O2 Planning Design Inc.
Bow Basin Watershed Management Plan Phase Two: Focus: Land Use, Headwaters, Riparian Areas and Wetlands - Addressing the Challenges Municipal Land Use Planning to Protect Water Resources
13:35 - 13:55 Colleen Phelan
Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development		 Dennis Westhoff Ben Lee
Westhoff Engineering IBI Group
Is there a problem with agricultural pesticides in surface water? LID Residential Subdivision Study: A Theoretical Case Study in The City of Calgary
13:55 - 14:15 Tom Daniels
Sundre Forest Products		 Mike James
DeepRoot Canada Inc.
Managing Water Quality During Forestry Road Construction and Maintenance in the West Central Alberta Soil - Water - Trees : The Foundation of Green Infrastructure
14:15 - 14:35 QUESTION PERIOD
14:35 - 15:00 Health Break
Tuesday April 12, 2011 (Afternoon Sessions)
Session Chair: Monica Wagner, AMEC Session Chair: Kenneth Clogg-Wright,
City of Calgary
Effects of Nutrient Transport on Water Resources Rain Gardens and Bioretention
15:00 - 15:20 Andrea Brack
Natural Resources Conservation Board		 Craig Kipkie
Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd.
Reducing Impacts on Land and Water from Confined Feeding Operations in Alberta Stormwater Rain Gardens – Top 10 Design Considerations
15:20 - 15:40 Kristen Lorenz
Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development		 Craig Kipkie
Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd.
Assessing Livestock Manure Impacts on Groundwater Quality in Alberta Stormwater Rain Gardens – Top 10 Implementation and Maintenance Considerations
15:40 - 16:00 Barry Olson
Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development		 Leta van Duin
LvDesign / ALIDP
Evaluating Nutrient Beneficial Management Practices in Alberta Agricultural Watersheds Plants for Prairie Rain Gardens
16:00 - 16:20 QUESTION PERIOD
16:20 - 16:30 Conference Closing
Wednesday April 13, 2011
7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast
Field Trip Registration
8:30 - 12:30 Olds Stormwater Wetlands Tour