2009 - 39TH ANNUAL
B.C. GROUND WATER ASSOCIATION
TRADE SHOW AND CONVENTION

Archive of Resources and Presentations
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The archived 2009 Convention Schedule
BCGWA2009ConventionScheduleDays1&2.pdf
BCGWA2009ConventionScheduleDays3&4.pdf

Operating Water System Workshop

Carla Grunwald (Clearbrook Waterworks District) & Lynnia Clark (North Cedar Improvement District, Vancouver Island)
Groundwater Management: Challenges and Issues from Administrators' Perspectives

Vernon Rogers (Sustainable Infrastructure Society):
Development and Operation of a Networked Monitoring and Management Support Service for Community Water Suppliers in B.C.

Oliver Brandes & Susanne Porter-Bopp (the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance at the University of Victoria Water Sustainability Project):
Thinking Beyond Pipes and Pumps: Sustainable Water Infrastructure for the 21st Century

Neal Klassen (City of Kelowna): City of Kelowna 7-Point Water Sustainability Action Plan

Keynote Speaker

Asit Mazumder (NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Environmental Management of Drinking Water, University of Victoria):
Challenges of Protecting and Managing Clean and Healthy Water for Small Water Systems

Session I. Sustainable Initiatives in British Columbia

Oliver Brandes (POLIS Project on Ecological Governance at the University of Victoria): Getting from There to Here: a Soft Path to Water Centric Planning

Lynn Kriwoken (BC Ministry of Environment): Living Water Smart: B.C.’s Water Plan

Craig Orr (Watershed Watch Salmon Society): Groundwater and Resilience in Wild Salmon

Kim Stephens (Water Sustainability Action Plan for British Columbia):
Rainwater Management and Green Infrastructure: Reduce Your ‘Hydrologic Footprint’ and Protect Stream Health

Session II. Groundwater Assessment

Vicki Carmichael (BC Ministry of Environment):
Re-evaluating Pumping Tests in the Okanagan Basin to Determine Hydraulic Properties

Hans Schreier (Institute for Resources & Environment & Land and Food Systems, UBC): Arsenic in Groundwater in British Columbia

Rasim Latifovic (Natural Resources Canada): Earth Observation to Support the Study of Groundwater

Jessica Liggett (Natural Resources Canada): Intrinsic Aquifer Vulnerability Mapping on Vancouver Island

Luncheon Speaker

Vic Derman (Saanich Councillor): The Natural City - an Approach to Urban Sustainability

Session III. Groundwater Systems & Industry

Ryan Hood (Franklin Electric): Motors and Pumps Technology

Vern Rogers (Sustainable Infrastructure Society): Operational Assistance for Water Suppliers

Lee Middleton (Fulford Harbour Group Ltd.): An Overview of the CraneSafe Certification Program

Session IV. Provincial Initiatives

Mike Wei (BC Ministry of Environment): News and Updates Regarding Groundwater Legislation

Kevin Ronneseth (BC Ministry of Environment): BC’s Provincial Observation Well Network Review

Martin Carver (BC Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport): New Ideas on Integrating Local and Provincial Decisions that Affect Drinking Water

Greg Baytalan (Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors BC Branch): The BC Sewerage System Regulation, Who’s Looking out for Ground Water Protection?

Session V. Water Governance & Management

Vic Derman (Capital Regional District): Integrated Resource Management

Brian Given and Anna Warwick Sears (Okanagan Water Basin Board): Water Governance in the Okanagan Basin

Toby Pike (Water Supply Association of B.C.): Source Water Protection in BC: Policy and Practice

Session VI. Watershed Management

Mike Donnelly (Regional District of Nanaimo): Action for Water

Stewart Cohen (Adaptation & Impacts Research Division Environment Canada & UBC): Adapting to Climate Change in the Okanagan Basin

Denise Neilsen (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Summerland): Irrigation Water Demand Modeling for the Okanagan Basin

Sonia Talwar (Natural Resources Canada): Groundwater Pathways Project

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