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Monday, April 3, 201715:00 – 19:00 Registration Opens Riverview Lounge, Mezzanine II, Main Building

16:30 – 19:00 WaterTech 2017 Opening Reception Ivor Petrak Room, Mezzanine II, Main Building

Wine and Cheese Reception

Door Prize: $500 MEC Gift Card

Tuesday, April 4, 201707:00 - 08:00 Registration / Networking Breakfast Riverview Lounge, Mezzanine II, Main Building

08:00 - 08:05 Opening Remarks and Welcome Cascade Ballroom, Mezzanine II, Main Building MC: Fred Keating

08:05 - 08:50 Opening Keynote Cascade Ballroom

Troubled Water

—Sandra Postel Director and founder of the Global Water Policy Project

08:50 - 9:10 Networking Break Exhibit Area, Riverview Lounge

09:10 - 12:45 Morning Sessions

Groundwater vs. Surface Water Alberta

Managing Risk New Brunswick

09:10 - 09:40 Haskayne Area Structure Plan: Hydraulic Relationships Between Groundwater Flow Systems and the Bearspaw Reservoir and Potential for Stormwater Disposal, City of Calgary (Abstract 18)

Ken Baxter, and Aziz Shaikh Tetra Tech

(The) Interpretation of Risks to Aquatic Life Based on Species Sensitivity Distributions: Using Chloride as an Example (Abstract 22) Karl Bresse, Intrinsik

5 minute transition

09:45 - 10:15 Aggregate Pit Water – Groundwater vs Surface Water Source Identification (Abstract 2)

Steve Mailath, Trace Associates

AquiTherm: A Risk Management and Decision Making Support Tool for Thermal In-Situ Projects (Abstract 3)

Brenna Gardner, Matrix Solutions

5 minute transition

10:20 - 10:50 Utilizing Natural Thermal Signals to Assess Groundwater – Surface Water Interactions (Abstract 41)

Nelson Molina Giraldo Matrix Solutions

Our Understanding of Induced Seismicity Risk in Alberta (Abstract 31)

Ian Grant, Integrated Sustainability

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15 minute Networking Break Exhibit Area, Riverview Lounge

Groundwater Alberta

Analytical New Brunswick

11:05 - 11:35 Pathways and Connections: Enhancing Understanding of Alberta’s Groundwater Resources through Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) (Abstract 32)

Jon Fennell, Integrated Sustainability; Jean Birks, InnoTech Alberta and Michael Brewster, COSIA, Devon Canada

Where Does Toluene Come From? – Petrogenic Families and Biogenic Loners (Abstract 42)

Phil Richards, Chemistry Matters

5 minute transition

11:40 - 12:10 Future of Hydrogeology in Alberta (Abstract 17)

Gordon MacMillan, Fluid Domains

Sulfolane in Environmental Samples: How to Ensure Reliable, Representative and Defensible Results (Abstract 40)

Heather Lord, Maxxam

5 minute transition

12:15 - 12:45 New Geophysical Approaches to Providing Hydrogeologists with what they need: Hydraulic Conductivity, Water Content, and the Identification of Fracture Flow and Groundwater Discharge Zones (Abstract 28)

Paul Bauman, Advisian

Families and Fingerprints: Interpretation of Sediment PAH Data after an Oil Spill into a Fresh Water Environment (Abstract 16)

Court Sandau, Chemistry Matters

12:45 - 14:45 Keynote Luncheon Cascade Ballroom Lunch sponsor

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Calgary Zoo’s Burrowing Owl Conservation Project

—Natasha Lloyd Conservation Research

Senior Specialist Calgary Zoo

14:15 - 14:45 ESAA Annual General Meeting Frontenac Room, Main Building

14:15 - 14:45 Networking Break Exhibit Area, Riverview Lounge

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Urban Development Alberta

Regulatory Related New Brunswick

Your Business Beyond the Field (Presented by Pro-Source Insurance & F&M Management) Ivor Petrak

14:45 - 15:15 Maintaining the Ecohydrological Sustainability of Alberta’s Urban Natural Areas Adjacent to Proposed Residential Developments (Abstract 25)

Roudrajit Maji, Golder Associates

Optimization of a Groundwater Wellfield Subject to Regulatory Constraints (Abstract 30)

Andrew Hinnell, Advisian

Impact of Poor Project Management on the Consulting Industry Business (Abstract 19)

Faramarz Bogzaran F&M Management

5 minute transition

15:20 - 15:50 It’s Squishy Out There. Should I be Worried? Proactive vs. Forensic Hydrogeologic Assessments in Urban / Developable Areas (Abstract 23)

Christian Nageli, Stantec

Exploration and Development of Large Diameter Water Wells in Quaternary Deposits in a Regulatory Environment (Abstract 14)

Parrish Arnott, Dillon Consulting

Securing Your Balance Sheet (Abstract 39)

Mary da Costa The Guarantee Company of North America

Water Wells Alberta

15:55 - 16:25 Observation Wells for Water Supply Projects (Abstract 29)

Goetz Aust, Matrix Solutions

Incorporating Groundwater in Environmental Policy and Management (Abstract 20)

Shieila Duchek, SNC Lavalin

Safety Culture: Even Sentencing Judges Talk About It (Abstract 36)

Steve Eichler, Field Law

5 minute transition

16:30 - - 17:00 Diagnosing and Minimizing the Effects of Water Well Partial Penetration (Abstract 9)

Joel Defoe and Steve Sturrock, Waterline Resources

Facing a Brave New World: Regulations and Issues Facing the Evolving UCOG Sector (Abstract 15)

Tanya Cairns Integrated Sustainability

(The) Dollars and Sense of Safety (Abstract 10)

Steve Eichler, Field Law

17:00 - 19:00 Environmental Lab Reception Riverview Lounge Sponsors

Food, Drinks and Entertainment in the Exhibit Area

Door Prize: $500 MEC Gift Card

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Gallium69.732

E68

Erbium167.259

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Einsteinium[254]

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Potassium39.098

Get Your GEEK on!Come dressed in your nerdiest outfit. Prizes for best dressed.

You are invited to the

Environmental Lab ReceptionTuesday, April 4 at 5:00 pm, Riverview Lounge

Door prizes: TBA

Sponsored by

Silent auction supporting the Environmental Artworks Foundation of Alberta

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Wednesday, April 5, 201707:30 - 08:15 Networking Breakfast Cascade Ballroom

Groundwater Contaminants Alberta

Modelling and Mapping New Brunswick

08:15 - 08:45 (The) Effects of Oxidant (Nitrate) on Trichloroethylene Degradation by Granular Iron (Abstract 11)

June Lu, SNC Lavalin

Modelling Ethanol Enhanced Denitrification in Aquifer Columns (Abstract 27)

Vanessa Krahn University of Manitoba / Dillon Consulting

5 minute transition

08:50 - 09:20 Remediation of Chlorinated Solvents in Groundwater using Carbon Amendments: Analytical Challenges and Solutions (Abstract 35)

Heather Lord, Maxxam

Scaling Modeling Effort toward Simple Cost-Effective Solutions (Abstract 37)

Jason Morrissey, SNC Lavalin

5 minute transition

09:25 - 09:55 Indoor Vapour Inhalation Risks from a Leaded Gasoline Additive (1,2-dichloroethane ) that still Contaminates Groundwater (Abstract 21)

Karl Bresse, Intrinsik

Advanced Methods of Aquifer Analysis (Abstract 1)

Brent Morin and Blake Hiebert, Waterline Resources

09:55 - 10:15 Networking Break Exhibit Area, Riverview Lounge

Groundwater Contaminants Alberta

Modelling and Mapping New Brunswick

PTAC Special Session Ivor Petrak

10:15 - 10:45 Arsenic Release from Alluvial Sediments at an Oilsands Mine (Abstract 5)

Joshua Douziech, Advisian

Automatic Discretization and Parameterization of Watersheds using a Digital Elevation Model (Abstract 6)

Ellen Hachborn Computational Hydraulics Int.

Petroleum Technology Alliance of Canada – Water Innovation Planning Committee 2017 Update (Abstract 34) Shannon Provencher, Husky Energy

5 minute transition

10:50 - 11:20 Arsenic and Alberta’s Groundwater: The Where and the Why (Abstract 4)

Jon Fennell, Integrated Sustainability

Long-Term Monitoring Network Design with an Integrated Model (Abstract 24)

Dirk Kassenaar, EarthFX

Scientific Evaluation and Interpretation of Baseline Groundwater Well Testing Data Available for Alberta (Abstract 38) Bernhard Mayer, University of Calgary

5 minute transition

11:25 - 11:55 Evolution of Leachate Composition in a Calgary Landfill (Abstract 13)

Sean Buckles University of Waterloo / Tetra Tech

Cokriging to Improve Geomodels and Hydrogeological Models (Abstract 7)

Maxime Claprood, Matrix Solutions

Performance Analysis of Engineered Liner Systems Used to Store Saline Fluids in the Canadian Oil and Gas Industry: Physical and Environmental Influences (Abstract 33) Richard MacDonald Higher Ground Consulting

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5 minute transition

12:00 - 12:30 Emerging Contaminants of Concern in Albertan Waterways (Abstract 12)

Stephanie Hoeppner, Paracel Labs

Mapping Groundwater Conditions of Deep Saline Formations in West-Central Alberta (Abstract 26)

Nevenka Nakeskva Alberta Geological Survey

Consortium for Permafrost Ecosystems in Transition (Abstract 8) Justin Adams Wilfrid Laurier University

12:30 - 14:30 Keynote Luncheon, Door Prizes and Closing Remarks Cascade Ballroom

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