WCW26

WCW26

4:00pm MDT

Community Clean up Meet in the Hotel LobbyAquatera Utilities Inc.

7:00am MDT

Registration 2nd Floor PrefunctionEPCOR • City of Regina Quiet Lounge MilanHamm Construction

8:00am MDT

W1 Communications With Intent Campania B W2 AI for Everyday Work Norvara W3 Data Management Strategy & Best Practices Verdi

8:30am MDT

T1 Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant Meet in the Hotel Lobby T2 Regina Wastewater Treatment Plant Meet in the Hotel Lobby

11:30am MDT

WCW Board Meeting Piero

12:30pm MDT

T3 Redbear Avenue Pumping Station & Reservoirs Meet in the Hotel Lobby W4 Sewer Source Control Verdi W5 – Application of Water & Wastewater Treatment Chemistry & Equipment Norvara

4:00pm MDT

Exhibition Block Party Ballroom, 2nd FloorMequipco • ClearTech • Capital H2O Systems

8:00pm MDT

YP Pub Night Casino Regina

7:00am MDT

Registration 2nd Floor PrefunctionEPCOR • City of Regina Quiet Lounge MilanHamm Construction

8:30am MDT

First Timers Welcome Reception Verdi

10:00am MDT

Exhibition Coffee Social Ballroom, 2nd FloorSaskWater • Hamm Construction • Westridge Construction Ltd Exhibition Ballroom, 2nd Floor

11:00am MDT

Best of the West Taste Test Campania AISL

11:30am MDT

Exhibition Lunch Ballroom, 2nd FloorClearTech • Nexom • AWI

1:00pm MDT

WCS AWWA Board Meeting Piero

1:30pm MDT

Enhanced Porosity and Adsorption Capacity in Wood-Based Activated Carbon: A Comparative Study of Pre-treatment Efficacy NovaraKieran Lobo Stormwater Reuse and Wetland Retention - Industrial Development Case Study Campania A/BNeal Cody Seeing Inside the Siphon: Screening a Triple Barrel Wastewater System Using INGU Pipers®, City of Lethbridge Case Study VerdiKelsey Schellenberg

2:00pm MDT

Backwash Pressure: The Silent Filter Killer NovaraBrett Hambley Concept to Construction: Lauderdale Dry Pond Campania A/BDavid Burton Using Real-time Wastewater Quality Monitoring to Automate and Improve Onsite Industrial Wastewater Treatment VerdiSteven Simpson • Juan Diaz Salazar

2:30pm MDT

From Failure to Insight: How Structured Membrane Autopsies Improve Treatment Performance and Asset Longevity NovaraEnisa Zanacic Gasification Projects, Pitfalls, bear traps, dust devils and opportunities Campania A/BCharles Foster

3:00pm MDT

Break 2nd Floor Prefunction

3:30pm MDT

Comparing Approaches to RO/NF Permeate Stability NovaraTyler Reaser Integrating Stormwater Reuse for Irrigation and Wetland Replenishment in a closed basin – A residential development Case Study Campania A/BNadir Abdalla Integrated Condition Assessment of PVC Wastewater Forcemains: Inspection, Monitoring, and Fatigue Analysis for Risk-Based Decision-Making VerdiJaved Mukri

4:00pm MDT

Practical Pathways to Improve Legacy Slow Sand Filtration Systems NovaraKristof Karpiuk Safety Improvements at Existing Stormwater Management Facility Wet Ponds Campania A/BSara Kardash Smell Ya Later VerdiMitchel Knaus

4:30pm MDT

WOW - Women of Water Networking Indigo Dining roomKyla Kirk

7:00am MDT

Registration 2nd Floor PrefunctionEPCOR • City of Regina Quiet Lounge MilanHamm Construction

8:00am MDT

Breakfast Trentino/TuscanyStantec Consulting Ltd

9:00am MDT

Southport Pumphouse Upgrade: The Challenge of Balancing Potable Water Distribution with a High Pressure Fire Protection System UmbriaCharlie Pogue • Dryden Lanoway From Innovation to Application: Dynamic Single-Stage RO for High-Recovery PFAS Removal in Drinking Water Treatment Campania A/BDaniella Mosqueda New Castle County’s Evaluation of Risk: Rethinking COF × LOF for Better Rehabilitation Decisions NovaraTyler Phillips Path to Tender: Collaborative Planning and Design for the Fish Creek WWTP Upgrade Project LombardyAndrew Frankiw • Danelle Bishoff WCWEA Board Meeting Piero Fresh Ideas Poster Contest 2nd Floor PrefunctionNexom

9:30am MDT

From PACP to SPG: A Practical, Replicable Risk Framework for Municipal Sewer Networks NovaraChristopher Mitchell • Shane Kutin City of Regina - Eastern Pressure Solution UmbriaKevin Ness • Omar Lobez • Kevin Syrnick Keeping Control Systems Running - Practical Maintenance for Water & Wastewater Campania A/BGregory Smythe Enhancing Nutrient Removal in Existing Infrastructure: An RBC‑to‑MBBR Retrofit Case Study LombardyKristin Faulkner

10:00am MDT

Maximizing Public Investment: Strategic Planning and Delivery Approach of Water & Wastewater Infrastructure Projects NovaraCarlin Windrim Managing more than Water - Technical Challenges of Designing the City of Prince Albert’s Raw Water Pumphouse Campania A/BLance Fradette Feasibility and Limitations of Anammox Integration in Biological Treatment of Amine-rich Carbon Capture Wastewater LombardySepideh Hashemi Safaei Dewdney Avenue Corridor Rehabilitation UmbriaSean Bayer

10:30am MDT

Break 2nd Floor Prefunction

11:00am MDT

Impacts of Regina's Proactive Water and Wastewater Linear Renewal Programs from 2015 to 2024 NovaraKevin Syrnick Keeping the Flow: Business Continuity in Distribution & Collection UmbriaTodd Mogridge • Shane Kutin • Tamara Wuttunee-Campbell Membrane Technology in Action - UFRO vs. Hollow Fiber Nanofiltration Through Real World Application Campania A/BKelsie Hubick MOBy Dick III - The Whale That Never Dies LombardyMike Sadowski • Michael Beal

11:30am MDT

Moosomin Water Treatment Plant Upgrades Campania A/BDavid Germin Low DO, High Impact: Achieving Sustainable Nutrient Management with Integration of Mobile Media LombardyMostafa Khalil Wastewater Screen Technologies and Design Considerations NovaraJeff Austin Building an Integrated Asset Registry for Regina’s Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Networks UmbriaAditi Bajaj

12:30pm MDT

Lunch Trentino/TuscanyThe City of Calgary

1:30pm MDT

Electromagnetic Condition Assessment of the 750 mm 4th Avenue Primary Water Main UmbriaJaved Mukri Deciding to Deliver: How We Defined the Saskatoon Waterworks Program Campania A/BRob St. Pierre Reservoir and Pump Station Operation in Complex Distribution Networks NovaraTyler Bennett Sludge Densification with Sidestream Enhanced Biological Phosphorus (S2EBPR) Removal at Ashbridges Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) LombardyRoya Pishgar WCW Editorial Committee Meeting Piero

2:00pm MDT

Asset Management strategies of Iron Watermains for the long term : UmbriaSam Ghosn Delivering Resilient Water and Wastewater Infrastructure for the Stoney Nakoda First Nation in Cold Climate Mountain Regions: Engineering Through Winter Construction Constraints Campania A/BDr. Debjani Mukherjee SCADA Master Planning – It’s for Everyone NovaraDawn Kuechle Thermodynamic Analysis of a Venturi Injector for Oxygenation of Wastewater LombardyErin Shapiro

2:30pm MDT

Multiparameter Coagulation Optimization – Lessons from the Field NovaraTyler Bennett Owner's Perspective of Progressive Design Build of the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant Renewal Project Campania A/BBarry Williamson How Auto Samplers are Becoming a Fit & Forget Technology VerdiJadler Industries Ltd. Combined hydraulic and treatment kinetics model for designing constructed wetlands that use dosed vertical flow biofilters LombardyDavid Manz Upgrading Lagoon Based Treatment Systems to Meet More Stringent Limits for BOD, TSS and Nutrient Removal UmbriaTom Birkeland

3:00pm MDT

Break 2nd Floor Prefunction WCW Joint Operators Committee Meeting Piero

3:30pm MDT

Hydraulic Modelling in a Low-Pressure Distribution Network and How Innovation is Increasing Accuracy UmbriaKarisa Purvis Drinking Water Management in Saskatchewan Campania A/BArasu Thirunavukkarasu Embracing Technology - Using Digital Tools in the Office and the Field as a Friend, Not Foe NovaraRicky Asilo • Shane Cooper Delivering Sustainable Wastewater Solutions: The Lumsden WWTP Upgrade Story LombardyAlex Munoz • Tylor Wood

4:00pm MDT

Small Diameter Watermain Renewal – Delivering Infrastructure at Scale UmbriaOlagoke Rufai Modular Water Treatment: A Collaborative Approach for Sunchild First Nation Campania A/BJay Morrison • Hashanth Sasitharan Machine Learning Applications for Wastewater Treatment Plants: Complementary Case Studies Across Data-Rich and Data-Scarce Conditions NovaraMostafa Khalil

4:30pm MDT

Closing Celebration - Fall Supper Trentino/TuscanyWSP Canada Inc

7:00pm MDT

80's Dance Party Trentino/Tuscany

7:00am MDT

Registration 2nd Floor PrefunctionEPCOR • City of Regina Quiet Lounge MilanHamm Construction

8:00am MDT

Closing Breakfast Trentino/TuscanyKGS Group

9:00am MDT

Thinking Outside the Box, by Going inside the Pipe - How the NEWPCC Program Mitigated Risk NovaraLana Obach Maintaining Protection of the City of Winnipeg’s Century Old Branch I Aqueduct LombardyAdam Braun Carbon-Based Advanced Treatment and the Expansion of (Direct) Potable Reuse UmbriaMatt Holitzki Stormwater Management in the North: Lessons from Whitehorse’s City-Wide Model Development Campania A/BArpita Islam

9:30am MDT

Municipal Water Distribution Projects: Lessons from Both Sides of the Table NovaraEric Melendez-Duke • Kalyna Cipywnyk Beyond the Lagoon: Cold Climate Innovations in Nutrient Remocal at Prairie Wastewater Lagoon Facilities UmbriaStan Torgunrud PFAS levels in Saskatchewan Water LombardyArasu Thirunavukkarasu Data-Driven Headworks Design Campania A/BJeff Austin

10:00am MDT

Saskatoon’s Journey into Construction Management at Risk NovaraBrodie Thompson Design Considerations for Remote Indigenous Communities: Review of Two Case Studies in Canada and Australia LombardyAmy Yang Groundwater and Residential Development: The perpetual pumping sump pump problem Campania A/BVanessa Heilman 800 Surveys Later: Lessons for Better Lagoon and Pond Management UmbriaAndrew Ambrocichuk

10:30am MDT

Break 2nd Floor Prefunction

11:00am MDT

AMI 2.0: Unlocking Smart Meter Data for Proactive Leak Detection and Inflow and Infiltration (I&I) Insight Campania A/BMichele Samuels Unlocking Capacity at a Legacy Water Treatment Plant: A Risk-Informed, Multi-Criteria Approach to Infrastructure Investment Planning LombardyLeonardo Paternina • Leah Vignale Optimizing Project Delivery: Lessons Learned from Construction Management Contracts NovaraRobyn Conway Beyond the Pipes: Strengthening Regional Water and Wastewater Systems Through Collaboration UmbriaDarwin Durnie

11:30am MDT

Beyond the Contract: The 4 P’s of Water Project Management LombardyJohn Volponi Traditional vs Emerging: Alternative & Collaborative Delivery Methods for Successful Project Delivery NovaraCurtis Krul Purpose and Benefits of Alarm Rationalization Campania A/BDawn Kuechle Solar-Driven Photocatalysis for Remediation of Oil Sands Process Water UmbriaHadi Mokarizadeh