Technical Program

The Technical Program is a major component of BCWWA's Annual Conference & Trade Show, and includes two days of Technical Papers and an additional day of Technical Transfer Sessions. All three days will have CEU credits (exact CEU value still to be determined).

The deadline for submitting Abstracts for the 2008 Technical Program has passed. For more information, visit the Call For Papers page.

The latest version of the Preliminary Technical Program for April 28 - 29, 2008 can be accessed below.

February 22, 2008 Update: The draft version of the Book of Abstracts has been uploaded.

Check back every couple of weeks for the most up-to-date versions of both documents.

Preliminary Technical Program

Download pdf (1 MB)

Updated March 26, 2008

Book of Abstracts

Download pdf (700 KB)

Updated February 29, 2008

Wednesday Technical Transfer Sessions

Updated March 5, 2008

The Wednesday Technical Transfer Sessions are a chance to sink your teeth into one of the major issues currently facing the water and wastewater industry. The sessions are designed to showcase and share the up-to-the-moment developments that the experts are working on.

There will be five Sessions at the 2008 Conference. The topics and outlines for each session are listed below. Each session includes breakfast and lunch and two coffee breaks.

Session Title	Brief Description
1. SCADA 101 for Water and Wastewater	SCADA systems: components, leveraging, technologies, securities and productivities.
2. Energy Efficiency in the Water and Wastewater Industry	Industry trends in energy efficient design and operation of wastewater systems (co-hosted by BC Hydro).
3. Our Climate is Changing... Now What?	Background information on community water and wastewater infrastructure-related issues in the context of a changing climate.
4. Should we Start Building Combined Sewers Again? Part 1	Postponed until June 2008.
5.Operational Excellence: the Key to Safe Water in First Nation Communities	The aim of the session is to outline policies, programs and support available to First Nation communities for the delivery of safe water.

Session 1

SCADA 101 for Water and Wastewater

Since many municipalities already own and operate a SCADA system, how has it been leveraged? What makes SCADA system tick? What are the basic components of a SCADA system? Does management realize the potential in this enabling technology infrastructure? What are other Municipalities (by size) doing with their SCADA system? Are there ways to improve on your SCADA system through the application of new SCADA technologies...YOU BET!

This technical transfer session will discuss the basics of leveraging your SCADA system, available technologies, securities and productivities associated with SCADA systems. “Live demos” will be included as part of the instructions and we will be showing a complete working pumping station SCADA system.

Who should attend: operators, engineering management, operations management, technicians and technologists responsible for utilities, SCADA, IT, plant automation and plant operations and maintenance.

Time	Subject/Speaker
9:00 – 9:15 am	Welcome and Introductions - Victor Wong, SCADA & IT Committee Chair
9:15 – 10:15 am	Control Systems 101 (Demystifying the “magic black box”) - Mike Kennett, Metro Vancouver
10:15 - 10:30 am	Break
10:30 – 11:45 am	Introduction to SCADA Systems - Dan Ehrenreich, Motorola, Tel-Aviv, Israel
11:45 – 12:45 pm	Lunch
12:45 – 1:30 pm	Basics of Communications Systems - Tom Dunn, Dayton & Knight Ltd.
1:30 – 2:15 pm	Bringing SCADA Data to the Enterprise - Gary Wong, OSI software
2:15 – 2:30 pm	Break
2:30 – 3:00 pm	The Benefits of SCADA Technology - Mike Christensen, Corporation of Delta
3:00 – 3:30 pm	Full Utilization of your SCADA Investment - Chris Dixon, Township of Langley and William Wong, City of Richmond
3:30 – 4:00 pm	Maximizing SCADA for a Small Municipality - John Bragg, City of Revelstoke
4:00 – 4:15 pm	Closing Remarks - Victor Wong

Session 2

Energy Efficiency in the Water and Wastewater Industry

Energy costs significantly contribute to the overall life cycle costs of water and wastewater systems. Therefore, as operation costs continue to increase, water and wastewater system owners, managers and designers have focused on ways to increase system energy efficiency. Further, as pressure to reduce municipal energy consumption and carbon footprints continues to mount, more creative solutions and energy accounting systems are required. This seminar provides an overview of industry trends in energy efficient design and operation of water and wastewater systems. The session is co-hosted with BC Hydro.

Who should attend: operations managers, wastewater process engineers, technicians, operators, municipal engineers and mechanical engineers.

Time	Subject/Speaker
8:30 - 8:45 am	Welcome and Introduction - Kevin Wallace, BC Hydro Power Smart - Gurjit Sangha, Dayton & Knight, Utility Engagement Committee Chair
8:45 - 9:30 am	Designing An Energy Effieciency Program for Water and Wastewater - Angeline Ong-Carrillo, Pacific Gas & Electric, California
9:30 - 10:15 am	Energy Efficiency opportunities and successes in wastewater facilities - Joe Cantwell, Focus on Energy, Wisconsin
10:15 - 10:30 am	Break
10:30 - 11:15 am	Overview of the Energy Star benchmarking tool for wastewater facilities - Toby Ast, Consortium for Energy Efficiency
11:15 - 12:00 pm	Pump System Optimization - Kevin Wallace, BC Hydro Power Smart & Brano Jutric, Dayton & Knight Ltd.
12:00 - 1:30 pm	Lunch & Keynote Speech
1:30 - 2:15 pm	Micro-hydro generation case study in West Vancouver - Raymond Fung, District of West Vancouver
2:15 - 3:00 pm	Energy Efficiencies Reduce Utiity Costs by 70% annually at Annacis Island WWTP - Mike Kennett, Metro Vancouver
3:00 - 3:15 pm	Break
3:15 - 4:00 pm	High Speed Turbocompressor case study at DePere wastewater in Wisconsin - Gerry Shumaker, ABS
4:00 - 4:15 pm	Closing Remarks - Kevin Wallace, BC Hydro Power Smart & Gurjit Sangha, Dayton & Knight

Session 3

Our Climate is Changing… Now What?

This session, developed in partnership with the Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA) and the Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA), will provide practical background information on community water and wastewater infrastructure-related issues in the context of a changing climate.

The morning will kick off with a lead presentation by Greg Flato, a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which was recently recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize. The afternoon session will draw speakers from Washington State and BC to share knowledge on how their respective communities are preparing for climate change. The session will conclude with a panel discussion, identifying the proactive steps that BCWWA, in partnership with others, can develop to address the longer term impacts of climate change as it may affect community infrastructure. A recent documentary on the potential impacts of climate change in British Columbia will also be shown.

Who should attend: engineering management, administrators, municipal engineers, planners, water resource professionals and modelers.

Time	Subject/Speaker
8:15 – 8:45 am	Introduction and Opening Remarks - Facilitator: Eric Bonham Documentary: "Adapting to Climate Change in Metropolitan Vancouver” - Rick Searle, EKOS TV
8:45 – 9:30 am	What is, and will be, happening to climate in BC? - Greg Flato, Environment Canada
9:30 – 10:00 am	Representative from CWRA/AWMA to summarize the conclusions reached at the previous week’s conference. - Brian Fast, CWRA/AWMA
10:00 – 10:15 am	Coffee Break
10:15 – 10:45 am	National vulnerability assessment - David Lapp, Engineers Canada
10:45 – 11:15 am	Precipitation collection, storm shapes, Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves, and likely changes due to climate change across Canada - Bob Morris, Environment Canada
11:15 – 12:00 pm	PCIC (University of Victoria) to speak about changing precipitation patterns in BC -Katrina Bennett, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium
12:00 – 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 – 1:45 pm	Seattle’s Experience: Extreme precipitation and drainage systems - Gary Schimek and Paul Fleming, Seattle Public Utilities
1:45 – 2:30 pm	Impact of climate change on wastewater collection and treatment systems in metropolitan Vancouver - Andrew Boyland, KWL Consulting
2:30 – 2:45 pm	Coffee Break
2:45 – 3:30 pm	Sea Level Rise in BC: Now and the Future - Mike Church, Department of Geography, UBC
3:30 – 4:00 pm	City of Olympia’s experience and action plan to deal with sea level rise - Michael Mucha, City of Olympia
4:00 – 4:30 pm	Panel Discussion – What Next? - Facilitator: Eric Bonham

Session 4:

Should we Start Building Combined Sewers Again? Part 1

March 20 Update: Postponed until June 2008.

Session 5

Operational Excellence: the Key to Safe Water

in First Nation Communities

Presenters:

Session delivered by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) and Health Canada (HC).

Who should attend:

First Nation (FN) Chiefs, councillors, administrators and operators. INAC will be sending invitations to First Nations Chief and Councils. Of note, if someone other than the targeted audience would like to attend the session, please contact Nathalie Lapierre, P.Eng. at INAC at 604-666-5113 and you will be placed on the waiting list.

Description:

The aim of the session is to outline policies, programs and support available to First Nation communities for the delivery of safe water. After the first presentation, discussions will focus on:

challenges & opportunities for FN with respect to the delivery of safe water
funding received from INAC
roles and responsibilities of INAC, HC and FNs
how to support the water system operator in order to achieve operational excellence

Time	Subject/Speaker
9:00 – 9:15 am	Welcome and Introductions
9:15 – 10:15 am	Orientation on INAC’s Protocol for Safe Drinking Water
10:15 – 10:45 am	Coffee Break and Networking
10:45 – 12:00am	Questions/Discussions on the Protocol
12:00 – 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 pm	Orientation on INAC’s and HC’s programs such as the Operator Training Program.
2:30 – 2:45 pm	Coffee Break
2:45 – 3:30 pm	Question/Discussions re.: the afternoon presentations
3:30 – 4:00 pm	Closing remarks