Canadian Water Resources Association
Ontario Branch
Exploring Ontario’s Water Opportunities:
Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Resource Management
Symposium
and
2011 Annual General Meeting
June 2, 2011
Black Creek Pioneer Village, Toronto
Exploring Ontario’s Water Opportunities: Innovative Technologies for Sustainable
Resource Management
The symposium will bring together speakers and present projects and programs representing
a wide array of water opportunities in our province. Issues discussed will range
from technology advances for Ontario companies, water information management, conservation,
and efficiency opportunities. The symposium will also highlight strategic actions
and policies that governments are undertaking in water management.
Symposium Program
- Welcoming Remarks & Introduction to the Day – Scott Duff, OMAFRA
- ‘Ontario’s Water Opportunities Strategy: An Overview of the Water Opportunities
and Water Conservation Act’, Kelly Brown, Ministry of the Environment
- ‘The Grand River Water Management Plan – A Collaborative, Watershed-Based Approach
to Watershed Infrastructure Planning’, Lorrie Minshall, Grand River Conservation
Authority
- ‘Low Impact Development Stormwater Management’ Sameer Dhalla, Toronto and Region
Conservation
- ‘Non-Conventional Water Treatment Applications at the Region of Waterloo’ Mike Mortimer,
Region of Waterloo
- ‘Stormwater Filtration and Sediment Removal Systems’, Reagan Davidson, Imbrium
Systems
- Afternoon Moderator: Mark Brobbel, Dillon Consulting
- ‘York Region’s Long Term Water Conservation Plan’, Tracey Carrigan, York Region
- ‘The Ontario Weather & Water Information Gateway: A Collaborative Tool to Support
Local and Regional Climate Change Adaptation’, James Britton, Ministry of
Natural Resources
- ‘Sustainability and Water Conservation at PepsiCo Foods Canada’ Helmi Ansari, PepsiCo
Foods Canada
- ‘Water, A Flow-Through Cost: $1 In = $7 Out’, Phil Dick, OMAFRA
- ‘Rapporteur’s Summary’ – Theresa McClenaghan, Executive Director, Canadian Environmental
Law Association