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Invited speaker: Benoit Barbeau Water treatment plants have been historically designed for the removal of suspended solids, solar and pathogens. Over the last two decades, the presence of traces of organic numerous contaminants such as pesticides and pharmaceuticals have been reported worldwide in potable waters. Although micropollutants are detected at concentrations well below current regulations,Continue reading “Micropollutants as an emerging treatment issue for Canadian drinking water treatment”

Invited speaker: Rasha Maal-Bared, PhD The supply of uninterrupted, high quality services during pandemics is a challenge for utilities given the unknowns surrounding the survival, transmission and control of emerging pathogens in water systems. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as a case study, this presentation will highlight how utilities used guidances and emerging literature on SARS-CoV-2Continue reading “Lessons learned from the COVID-19 virus pandemic: implications on operation and management of utilities”

Invited speaker: Kelly Munkittrick Kelly Munkittrick is the CAIP Research Chair in Ecosystem Health Assessment at the University of Calgary.  Kelly was a Research Scientists with the Federal government for 11 years (6 in Fisheries and Oceans and 5 at Environment Canada), a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Ecosystem Health Assessment at the UniversityContinue reading “Models and challenges for multi-stakeholder development of science programs”

Invited speaker: Ehssan Koupai The slow enzymatic hydrolysis rate of complex organics such as waste activated sludge (WAS) is a well-known limitation of the conventional anaerobic digestion process. Previous research has proven that thermal hydrolysis (thermal pre-treatment) via MW heating can accelerate the digestion process by releasing the WAS intracellular compounds (e.g., biopolymers) to theContinue reading “Towards an Energy-Efficient Advanced Anaerobic Digestion Process with Radio Frequency Thermal Hydrolysis”

Invited speaker: Graham Gagnon, PhD, P.Eng. Over the past several decades there has been broad recognition that climate change is impacting drinking water supplies and our waters receiving wastewater in ways that we do not fully understand. In Atlantic Canada, our team at Dalhousie University has analyzed historical source water quality data, lake sediment cores,Continue reading “Climate adaptation and climate-based technologies: Paradigm shifting strategies for the water sector”

Invited speaker: Xing-Fang Li Drinking water disinfection is the most effective means for preventing waterborne diseases. However, an unintended consequence is the formation of disinfection by-products (DBPs) from reactions between the disinfectants (e.g., chlorine) and the natural organic matter in water. Epidemiological studies have shown a potential association of consumption of chlorinated drinking water withContinue reading “Emerging Drinking Water Disinfection Byproducts: Analytical and Toxicological Characterization”

Gamze Kirim, modelEAU, Université Laval Sovanna Tik, modelEAU, Université Laval Karen Mesta Ortega, modelEAU, Université LavalChristophe Boisvert, modelEAU, Université LavalRania Souidi, modelEAU, Université LavalRyan Sanford, DHI Water & EnvironmentAngelos Yiannou, EnviroSim Associates Ltd.Vrunda Patel, inCTRL SolutionsDandan Song, Hydromantis Environmental Software SolutionsNick Piccolo, Hydromantis Environmental Software Solutions This workshop aims to inform early career YWPs aboutContinue reading “MODELLING AS TOOL FOR DECISION MAKING ON OPERATION OF WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES (WRRF)”

Organizer of the workshop:Dr. Elsayed Elbeshbishy, Associate Professor, Ryerson UniversityDr. Hisham Hafez, Lead Bioenergy Research & Development Engineer, GreenField GlobalMr. Indra Maharjan, director of innovation, technology, and alternate delivery, Ontario Clean Water AgencyDr. Bipro Dhar, Associate Professor, University of AlbertaMr. David Ellis, Principal Engineer, Azura AssociatesDr. Basem Zakaria PhD Candidate, University of Alberta This workshopContinue reading “Fundamentals and Practical experience on Anaerobic Digestion”