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tUesday 11:10 aM – 11:40 aM
12.6 Source Water Protection in Northern
BC: Challenges and Opportunities
Presenting author: Reg Whiten, P.Ag. MCIP,
Watershed Steward, City of Dawson Creek,
Dawson Creek, BC
session 13
Municipal utility Management II
Session Moderator:
Hala Titus, Black and Veatch
tUesday 8:00 aM – 8:30 aM
13.1 What Happened in Abbotsford?
Is There a Future for Water/Wastewater P3s
in British Columbia?
Presenting author: Chris Baisley, P.Eng., VP
Infrastructure Advisory, Deloitte, Vancouver, BC
tUesday 8:35 aM – 9:05 aM
13.2 City of Victoria Post Disaster Fire
Protection System Study
Presenting author: Steven Fifield, Eng.L., AScT,
Manager Underground Utilities, City of Victoria,
Victoria, BC
Co-author: Steve Brubacher, P.Eng., Principal,
Urban Systems ltd., Richmond, BC
tUesday 9:10 aM – 9:40 aM
13.3 Energy Generation Assessment of
Metro Vancouver’s Water Transmission
System
Presenting author: Manjit Herar, M.S., P.Eng.,
LEED AP, Project Engineer, Metro Vancouver,
Vancouver, BC
Co-author: Tameeza Jivraj, P.Eng., Project
Engineer, Metro Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
coffee BreaK 9:40 aM – 10:00 aM
tUesday 10:00 aM – 10:30 aM
13.4 BC Municipal Wastewater Treatment
Plant Survey of Energy Efficiency
Presenting author: Caroline O’Reilly, BSc,
Ph.D. Senior Process Designer, Associated
Engineering, Burnaby, BC
Co-author: Charlie Smeenk, P.Eng., Discipline
Lead - Energy Efficiency, Associated
Engineering, Burnaby, BC
tUesday 10:35 aM – 11:05 aM
13.5 Liquid Liability - Navigating your Way
Through Water Law in BC
Presenting author: Rina Thakar, llB, ll.M
(London School of Economics), Partner, Valkyrie
Law Group LLP, Vancouver, BC
Co-author: Sonia Sahota, P.Eng, LLB, Partner,
Valkyrie Law Group LLP, Vancouver, BC
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13.6 upgrading the Mica Creek Townsite
Presenting author: Kia Zahrabi, B.Eng., EIT,
Civil Engineer, Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd.,
Burnaby, BC
Co-authors: Jurek Janota-Bzowski, P.Eng., Project
Manager, Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd.,
Burnaby, BC; John hart, P.Eng., Sector leader,
Wastewater Treatment and Industrial Processes,
Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd., Burnaby, BC
session 14
Drinking Water Issues I
Session Moderator:
Roger Warren, Opus DaytonKnight Consultants
tUesday 8:00 aM – 8:30 aM
Medium-Pressure uV Advances Negatively
Impacting Sub-240 nm Cryptosporidium
Correction Factors: Practical Guidance for
Adjusting Design & Operations
Presenting Author: Alex Mofidi, MASc, PE, Water
Practice Leader, AECOM, Seattle, WA
Co-Authors: Brett deWynter, MASc, P.Eng,
Design Project Manager, AECOM, Kelowna, BC;
Simon Breese, P.Eng, Global Water Treatment
Practice leader, AECOM, Kitchener, ON; larry
Vandeventer, MASc, Vice President and Water
Treatment Practice Leader, AECOM, Wakefield,
MA; Doug Brown, PE, Design Manager and
Water Practice Leader, AECOM, Denver, CO
tUesday 8:35 aM – 9:05 aM
14.2 Research on the Application of 185 nm
(VuV) for Treatment of Micro-Pollutants in
Drinking Water (CAWQ)
Presenting author: Laith Furatian, Ph.D.
Candidate, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, BC
Co-authors: Gustavo Imoberdorf, Research
Associate, P.Eng., University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, BC; Mehdi Bagheri, Ph.D. Candidate,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
BC; Clara Duca, Ph.D. Candidate, University
of British Columbia,Vancouver, BC; Madjid
Mohseni, Professor, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, BC
tUesday 9:10 aM – 9:40 aM
14.3 Kelowna Integrated Water Supply Plan
Presenting author: Bob Hrasko Administrator,
Black Mountain Irrigation District, Kelowna, BC
Co-authors: Mark Watt, City of Kelowna,
Kelowna, BC; Darwyn Kutney, General Manager,
Glenmore-Ellison Improvement District, Kelowna,
BC, Kevin Reynolds, Assistant Manager, Rutland
Waterworks District, Kelowna, BC; Toby Pike,
General Manager, South East Kelowna Irrigation
District, Kelowna, BC
coffee BreaK 9:40 aM – 10:00 aM
tUesday 10:00 aM – 10:30 aM
14.4 Economic Level of Leakage: A Cost Effective
Leakage Management Tool
Presenting author: Mohammad Islam, Okanagan
School of Engineering, University of British Columbia,
Kelowna, BC
tUesday 10:35 aM – 11:05 aM
14.5 Development of a Rapid Capture Flow
Cell for Detection of Harmful Microorganisms in
Drinking Water (CAWQ)
Presenting author: Sina Jomeh, Ph.D. Candidate,
University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC
Co-authors: Deborah June Roberts, Ph. D., Eng. l.,
University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC; Mina
hoorfar, Ph.D., P.Eng., University of British Columbia,
Kelowna, BC
tUesday 11:10 aM – 11:40 aM
14.6 Response to a Boil Water Notice in White
Rock: Finding the Contamination Path, Rehabilitation
of the System, & Lifting the Notice
Presenting author: Neal Whiteside, MASc, P.Eng.; Chief
Engineer, Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd., Burnaby, BC
Co-authors: Stephen Craik, Ph.D., P.Eng.; Director of
Quality Assurance, EPCOR Water Services, Edmonton,
AB; Betty Icharia, M.Sc., Utility Manager, EPCOR White
Rock Water,White Rock, BC
session 15
Climate Change
Session Moderator: TBA
sPeciaL sessions
Organized by BCWWA Climate Change
Committee. Visit www.bcwwa.org/technical-program
for updated information.
tUesday 11:10 aM – 11:40 aM
15.6 Addressing Climate Change by Applying
Adaptive Management Techniques to
Infrastructure Management
Presenting author: Steve Conrad, PICS Fellow, Simon
Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
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