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2024 WCW Annual Conference & Exhibition

3:00pm CDT

Community Clean up TBA

7:00am CDT

Registration East Concourse, Main Floor Quiet Lounge Meeting Room 12

8:00am CDT

W2 Safe at Every Step Meeting Room 2 W1 Inspection and Condition Assessment of Gravity and Pressure Pipelines Meeting Room 1

8:30am CDT

T2 Cartier Regional Water Co-Op Headingley Water Treatment Facility Southeast Concourse, Main Floor T1 City of Winnipeg South End Water Pollution Control Center Featuring the Recent BNR Upgrade/Expansion Southeast Concourse, Main Floor

9:00am CDT

WCW Board Meeting Meeting Room 10

12:30pm CDT

T4 The Leaf, Assiniboine Park Southeast Concourse, Main Floor T3 City of Winnipeg South End Water Pollution Control Center Featuring the Recent BNR Upgrade/Expansion Southeast Concourse, Main Floor W3 Accessibility and Inclusion in the Workplace Meeting Room 2 W4 PFAS as an Emerging Contaminant Meeting Room 3

4:00pm CDT

Exhibition Beach Party Hall D

8:00pm CDT

YP Pub Night Rudy's. Manitoba Hydro Building

7:00am CDT

Registration East Concourse, Main Floor Quiet Lounge Meeting Room 12

8:00am CDT

Opening Breakfast, Awards & Keynote Meeting Rooms 4-8

10:00am CDT

Break Hall D First Timers Welcome Reception Meeting Room 12 Exhibition Hall D

11:00am CDT

Best of the West Taste Test Hall D

11:30am CDT

Exhibition Lunch Hall D

1:00pm CDT

WCS AWWA Board Meeting Meeting Room 10

1:30pm CDT

Lessons Learned from Commissioning and Operation of SEWPCC Plant, Winnipeg MB Meeting Room 2 Machine Learning for Multiparameter Coagulation Optimization in Western Canada Meeting Room 1 Water Reuse - All Water Has Value Meeting Room 3

2:00pm CDT

18.6km Electromagnetic Inspection for the City of Winnipeg Meeting Room 1 Current Regional and Global Water Reuse Guidelines - Where Are We at and Where Are We Heading? Meeting Room 3 The Wastewater Treatment Plant is on Fire: From Emergency Response to Recovery Meeting Room 2

2:30pm CDT

Navigating a Challenging Future with Proper Watermain Design, Installation, and Asset Management Meeting Room 3 Sustainable Water Treatment Plant Expansion for Manitoba's Fastest Growing Community: Design and Implementation Meeting Room 1 Tackling Cold Wastewater Seasonal Nitrification and Poor Settleability with Densified Sludge Control Meeting Room 2

3:00pm CDT

Break East Concourse, Main Floor

3:30pm CDT

Assessing Robustness of Water Treatment Plants Subject to Highly Variable Source Water Quality Meeting Room 1 Plant Automation Commissioning - How to Avoid the Headaches Meeting Room 3 The Gates of Hell - Saskatoon's Bioreactor Gate Replacement Project Meeting Room 2

4:00pm CDT

Investigating Operational Parameters for Phramaceutical Micropplutants Removal from Wastewater through Electrooxidation Meeting Room 2 Occupational Certification for Water Treatment Plant Operators in the NWT Meeting Room 1 Optimizing Clarifier Drives: Inspection, Maintenance, and Rebuilding Meeting Room 3

4:30pm CDT

WOW - Women of Water Networking Capital Bar and Grill

7:00am CDT

Registration East Concourse, Main Floor Quiet Lounge Meeting Room 12

8:00am CDT

Breakfast Meeting Rooms 4-8

9:00am CDT

Actionable Data Through Targeted Water and Wastewater Based Surveillance Meeting room 17 Exploring Deployable Technologies for Algae Removal in Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation Canals Meeting Room 1 Transforming Water Industry Operations: Harnessing Open Automation for Efficiency and Sustainability Meeting Room 3 Upgrading Lagoon Based Treatment Systems to Meet More Stringent Limits for BOD, TSS and Nutrient Removal. Meeting Room 2 WCWEA Board Meeting Meeting Room 10 Fresh Ideas Poster Contest East Concourse, Main Floor

9:30am CDT

Anaerobic Digestion with Nutrient & H2S Control - What if Your Digesters were the Sidestream? Meeting Room 2 Engineering-Grade OT Security Meeting room 17 Multi-Stage Slow Sand Filtration, Design and Operation Meeting Room 1 The Assessment of Artificial Intelligence Capability in Predicting the Levels of Electrical Conductivity and Nitrates in Groundwater Sources: A Case Study of Artificial Neural Network ANN and Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy... Meeting Room 3

10:00am CDT

A Journey From Boil Water Advisory to Meeting Drinking Water Requirements - The Story of Lynn Lake WTP Project Meeting Room 1 Barren Lands First Nation Lagoon - Resolving Decades Long Operational and Design Issues Meeting Room 2 It is Hard to be a 'Smart' Smart City Meeting Room 3 Protecting SCADA from threats by using a hybrid cloud Meeting room 17

10:30am CDT

Break East Concourse, Main Floor

11:00am CDT

Harringtom Mews Sinkhole Response Meeting Room 3 Managing FOG in Your Wastewater System - A Pathway to Success Meeting Room 2 Progressive Design Build and Winnipeg's Biosolids Upgrade Project Meeting room 17 What Wouldn't Homer Do Meeting Room 1

11:30am CDT

Achieving Greater Capacity out of Critical Aging Infrastructure through the use of Complex Hydraulic Analysis Meeting Room 2 Optimizing Water Treatment: Adding a Closed Circuit RO to City of Winkler's WTP Expansion Meeting Room 1 Traditional vs Emerging: Alternative & Collaborative Delivery Methods for Successful Water Projects Meeting room 17 Wet Weather Treatment with Pile Cloth Filtration Meeting Room 3

12:00pm CDT

Absorbent Landscaping & Permeable Pavement to Reduce Icy Sidewalks: A Retrofit Case Study in Edmonton Meeting Room 3 Biotowers - Reaching New Heights in Wastewater Treatment Sustainability Meeting Room 2 Hybrid DAF and Clarifier: The best of both worlds Meeting Room 1 Planning for the Future - the City of Winnipeg WEWPCC Facilities Plan Meeting room 17

12:30pm CDT

Lunch Meeting Rooms 4-8

1:30pm CDT

Combating Lead in Drinking Water - A Corrosion Control Study Meeting Room 1 Do I Need Grit Removal? Meeting Room 2 How to Select a Contract Model for Your Project Meeting room 17 Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Asset Condition Reporting at 23 Indigenous Communities in Manitoba Meeting Room 3 WCW Editorial Committee Meeting Meeting Room 10

2:00pm CDT

Improving Hydraulic Conditions in Rectangular Secondary Clarifiers for Process Intensification Meeting Room 2 Maintaining Decentralized Systems: Alexander First Nations Cistern and Septic Inspection Program Meeting Room 3 Starting Up a Business in the Water Industry Meeting room 17 Strategies and Considerations for Organics Removal Meeting Room 1

2:30pm CDT

Implementation of Residuals Management Project - City of Medicine Hat WTP Residuals Management Facility Meeting Room 1 M.O.B.y Dick – Chasing the White Whale of Winter Nitrification Meeting Room 2 Saving Money and Time with an Operation and Maintenance Specialist Meeting room 17 Water Infrastructure & Resiliency in Remote and Northern Communities Meeting Room 3

3:00pm CDT

Break East Concourse, Main Floor

3:30pm CDT

Corrosion a Generational Problem Meeting Room 1 Enhancing Water System Resilience: Assessing Drought Preparedness Across 100 Public Water Systems in Manitoba Meeting Room 3 Safeguarding Water Quality in the Elk Valley Meeting room 17 Threading the Needle Meeting Room 2 WCW Joint Operators Committee Meeting Meeting Room 10

4:00pm CDT

A Unique CIPP Lining Process Solves Logistics for a Large Diameter Pipeline Meeting Room 2 Enhancing Community Water Systems in Nova Scotia: A Multidisciplinary Approach to EKFN's Water Supply Challenges Meeting room 17 Industrial Wastewater Re-use through Irrigation for a Southern Alberta Food Processor Meeting Room 3 Leak Detection/Monitoring and Pressure Management to Reduce Non-Revenue Water (Water Loss) and Pipe Bursts Meeting Room 1

4:30pm CDT

Closing Carnival Reception Ballroom, Delta Hotels Winnipeg

7:00am CDT

Registration East Concourse, Main Floor Quiet Lounge Meeting Room 12

8:00am CDT

Closing Breakfast Meeting Rooms 4-8

9:00am CDT

Design and Implementation of UV Disinfection System for Secondary Treatment WWTP Upgrading Meeting Room 1 Phosphorus Recovery and Recycling Approaches in Industrialized Countries: The InnoCyclone and Sludge Composting as an Alternative in Canada Meeting Room 2 Soil as Infrastructure for Stormwater Retention, Detention and Water Quality Meeting Room 3

9:30am CDT

Inner City Flood Mitigation: Parkdale Dry Pond Meeting Room 3 Lower Chemical Costs, Prevent Odor Complaints, and Extend Asset Life with Data-Driven H2S Management in Collection Systems and Water Treatment Plants. Meeting Room 2 Odour and Corrosion Control in Municipal Collection Systems Meeting Room 1

10:00am CDT

Bigger Better Bugs: Improving MBR Performance with Biomass Densification Meeting Room 1 Avoiding Pitfalls: Effectively Navigate Wastewater Lagoon Risks with a Robust Lagoon Management Strategy Meeting Room 2 EPCOR WTP Flood Mitigation Meeting Room 3

10:30am CDT

Break East Concourse, Main Floor

11:00am CDT

Bioaugmentation to Remove Sludge from a Wastewater Lagoon Sludge in Northern Climate - A Case Study with OCWA at Bruce Mines, ON Meeting Room 2 Collaborative Multi-User Integration Platform in a Distributed SCADA Development and Support Environment Meeting Room 1 Spring 2023 Raw Water Intake Issues Meeting Room 3

11:30am CDT

Expand Capacity of the WWTP without Additional Biological Tankage and Handle Wet Weather Peak Flows Meeting Room 2 John D'Or Prairie Emergency Raw Water Supply Project Meeting Room 3 Navigating Water Infrastructure and Treatment Challenges: Lessons from Berens River First Nation Meeting Room 1