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The 5th Canadian Residuals
& Biosolids Conference
Hilton Fallsview Hotel, Niagara Falls, Ontario
September 13 – 15, 2009.
"Residuals and Biosolids Management In a Climate of Change"
Please click on the available presentations below
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Monday Morning Technical
Sessions
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Session 1:
Initiatives & Regulation Updates from Canadian Government Agencies
Moderator:
Tony Ho
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9:00
am – 9:10 am
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Welcoming
Address from Niagara Region Representative, Peter Partington
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9:10
am – 9:20 am
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Welcoming
Address from WEAO President Mark Rupke
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9:20
am – 9:40 am
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SO1-3
The CCME Biosolids Initiative Overview
Michael Langman - Nova
Scotia Environment
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9:40
am – 10:00 am
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SO1-4
A Review of the Current Canadian Legislative Framework for Wastewater
Biosolids
Kate Billingsley, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
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Session 2: Initiatives
& Regulation Updates from Provincial Governments
Moderator:
Michael Payne
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10:35
am – 10:55 am
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SO2-1
British Columbia: Mike VanHam, Sylvis
Environmental, Dave Forgie, Associated Engineering
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10:55
am – 11:15 am
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SO2-2
Prairie Provinces: Allan
Mumby - City of Edmonton
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11:15
am – 11:35 am
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SO2-3
Ontario:, Jim Richardson - Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural
Affairs
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11:35
am – 11:55 am
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SO2-4
Québec: Marc Hebert -
Ministère
du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs
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11:55
am – 12:15 pm
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SO2-5
Atlantic Provinces: Michael Langman - Nova Scotia Environment
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Monday Afternoon Technical
Sessions
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Session 3:
Advancing Biosolids Science
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Session 4:
Energy from Biosolids
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2:45
pm – 3:15 pm
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SO3-1
Sustainability
of Land Application of Biosolids: The US Experience
Ian
Pepper - University of Arizona
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SO4-1
Options to Create Green Energy from Wastewater Biosolids
Dave Forgie - Associated Engineering, Konrad Fichtner - AECOM, Lee
Lundberg - Veolia Water Canada
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3:15
pm – 3:45 pm
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SO3-2
Pilot Testing: Epidemiological surveillance and investigation of
the illness reported by neighbors of biosolids land application and other
soil amendments
Paul A. Rosile, MPH - Franklin County Board of Health
Song Liang, Ph.D. - The Ohio State University College of Public Health
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SO4-2
New Technology for efficiently converting biosolids to an
renewable fuel has been operating for six months
Ray Kearney - EnerTech Environmental
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3:45
pm – 4:15 pm
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SO3-3
Biosolids Science & Research – Contaminant Inventory (CCME
Sponsored Study)
O.S. Thirunavukkarasu - Sask. MOE,
H. Monteith, Hydromantis Inc.,
W. Parker - University of Waterloo
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SO4-3
Stamford Biosolids Gasification to Energy
Peter Burrowes - CH2M HILL
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4:15
pm – 4:45 pm
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SO3-4
Development of a Simplified Methodology for Determining
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Canadian Biosolids Management (CCME Sponsored
Study)
Mark Teshima - SYLVIS Environmental, Ned Beecher - NEBRA, Sally
Brown, U of Washington
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SO4-4
B2E
– Biosolids to Energy
Wilson
Nolan - Liberty Energy
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Tuesday Morning Technical
Sessions
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Session 5:
Product Development
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Session 6:
Land Reclamation
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Session 7:
Master Planning I
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8:30
am – 9:00 am
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SO5-1
Autothermal Thermophilic Aerobic Digestion for Supplemental VFA
in Enhanced Biological Treatment
H.G. Kelly, A.J. Gibb - Dayton & Knight Ltd.
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SO6-1
Green
Mines Green Energy - Process Towards Establishing Productive Land on Mine
Tailings
Brian
Tisch - CANMET-MMSL, Natural Resources Canada
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SO7-1
EOLIA-Sludge
- A Novel “Triple Bottom Line” decision supporting tool for the sustainable
management of wastewater treatment Biosolids
Daniel
Lamarre - Veolia Water,
Emmanuelle
Aoustin - Veolia Environnement
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9:00
am – 9:30 am
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SO5-2
The Development of an Acid / Base Reaction derived from the
Fertilizer Industry coupled with Biosolids producing a Commercially Enhanced
Inorganic / Organic Fertilizer
Robert S. Reimers - Tulane University
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SO6-2
Establishing Agricultural Land on Mine Tailings – Making the Case
for Biofuels
Graeme Spiers, Alan Lock - MIRARCO
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SO7-2
Building
a Residuals Management Ecosystem
Allan
Mumby - City of Edmonton
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9:30
am – 10:00 am
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SO5-3
Exploiting
the value added products in activated sludge biomass
Jan
Oleszkiewicz, Qiuyan Yuan - University of Manitoba
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SO6-3
Haute Couture Value-Added Biosolids Products: Expanding
Opportunities
Mike Van Ham, Mark Teshima - SYLVIS Environmental
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SO7-3
City
of Greater Sudbury – Biosolids Management Master Plan
Shawn
Scott, Vince Nazareth - Dennis Consultants, a Division of RV Anderson
Associates Ltd, Brad Johns - City of Greater Sudbury
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Session 8:
Treatment Technologies I - Digestion and Odours
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Session 9:
Emerging Issues
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Session 10:
Master Planning II
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10:30
am – 11:00 am
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SO8-1
Impact
of ThermAer ATAD biosolids on biomass yield and quality of three plant
species
Adrian Unc - New Mexico State University
Garry Hoekstra - University of Guelph, Kemptville Campus
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SO9-1
Environment Canada Research on Trace Contaminants in Wastewater
and Biosolids
Shirley Anne-Smyth - Environment Canada
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SO10-1
The
new Canadian standard for biosolids quality (CAN/BNQ) - a sound and
consensus-based approach
Marc
Hebert, Elisabeth Groeneveld - Ministère du Développement durable, de
l’Environnement et des Parcs
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11:00
am – 11:30 am
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SO8-2
Anaerobic Digestion: Mass Balance and Modelling
Pat Coleman, AECOM Water
Keith Panter Ebcor
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SO9-2
Regrowth
of Sludge Bacteria after Centrifuge Dewatering
Ziyad
Muslat, Banu Ormeci - Carleton University, Irep Gozen - Istanbul Technical University
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SO10-2
Updating
Biosolids Management Planning for DC WASA Could Result in the Largest CambiTM
System in North America
Mohammad
Abu-Orf - AECOM, Martin Sultan - DCWASA
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11:30
am – 12:00 pm
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SO8-3
Investigation
of an Advanced Biofilter Media for High Level Removal of Reduced Sulphur Compounds and Odour Emissions from Biosolids Handling Facilities
Brian
P. Herner, Derek Webb - Biorem Inc.
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SO9-3
Assessing the Potential Impact of Land-Applied Municipal
Biosolids to a Suite of Environmentally-Relevant Indicator Organisms
L.H. McCarthy, A. Laursen - Ryerson University
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SO10-3
City of Edmonton Biosolids Management Plan Development – A
Multi-Basket Approach
Bilgin Buberoglu - Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence
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Tuesday Afternoon
Technical Sessions
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Session 11:
Treatment Technologies II - Emerging Oxidation Technologies
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Session 12:
Land Application
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Session 13:
Treatment Technologies IV –
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1:30
pm – 2:00 pm
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SO11-1
Plasma-assisted
sludge oxidation – Advancing bioenergy
Ted
Mulhern, Andre Poulin - Fabgroups Technologies Inc.
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SO12-1
Biosolids Beneficial Use Opportunities
Mel Webber - Webber Environmental, Phil Sidhwa - Terratec
Environmental Ltd.
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SO13-1
Biosolids: How Much Have You Got, How Fast Can You Process It?
John Seldon - Temporary Operations & Maintenance Inc.
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2:00
pm – 2:30 pm
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SO11-2
An
Innovative Approach to Biosolids Management for the City of Orlando Kristi
Sinykin – AECOM, David Sloan - City of Orlando
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SO12-2
Land
application of biosolids in Saguenay region: impacts on soil quality 16 years
later
Marc
Hebert - Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des
Parcs, Vincent Perron - Prespeco
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SO13-2
The
Use of Waterworks Sludge in Concrete Production – a Pilot Study
Onita
D. Basu, Edward G. Sherwood - Carleton University
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Session 14:
Treatment Technologies III - Digester Pre-Treatment
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Session 15:
Septage Treatment
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Session 16:
Treatment Technologies V – Co-Digestion
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3:00
pm – 3:30 pm
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SO14-1
Demonstration of HRT, Biogas, and Residual Reduction Benefits of
MicroSludge Pre-Treatment of Waste Activated Sludge at Des Moines Wastewater
Reclamation Facility
Rob Stephenson, Scott Laliberte – Paradigm Environmental Technologies
Inc.
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SO15-1
Effect
of Enzymes, Microaeration and Grinding on Septic Tank Performance and Sludge
Accumulation Rates
James
Diak, Banu Ormeci - Carleton University
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SO16-1
Improving Energy Balance of Large-Scale Wastewater Treatment
Facilities through Co-Digestion of Biosolids and High-Strength Industrial
Waste -Philadelphia Case Study
Metin Duran, Albana Bega - Villanova University
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3:30
pm – 4:00 pm
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SO14-2
Performance
of a pilot scale AnMBR digesting WAS under normal and higher VS loading
condition
Martha
Dagnew, Wayne Parker - University of Waterloo
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SO15-2
Case Study - Solids Accumulation Rates and Sludge Characteristics
for a Decentralized Community Wastewater Treatment System with Individual
Primary Clarifier Tanks Located in Wardsville, Ontario
Heather Lossing, Pascale Champagne - Queen’s University
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SO16-2
Adding
Off-Farm Materials to On-Farm Biogas Systems
Don
Hilborn, Jake DeBruyn - Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural
Affairs
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4:00
pm – 4:30 pm
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SO14-3
Focused-Pulsed Treatment of Waste Activated Sludge - A Year in
Review
James E. Banaszak – OpenCEL, Peter Burrowes - CH2M HILL Canada
Ltd.
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SO15-3
Bonnechere Valleys
Answer to Septage
Matthew Green - Bishop Water Technologies
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Conference
Sponsors
Platinum: Terratec Environmental Ltd.
Gold: AECOM; Regional Municipality of Niagara
Silver: CH2MHILL Canada Ltd.; RV Anderson Associates Ltd
Bronze: Walker Environmental Group; N-VIRO Systems Canada
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