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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"

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Monday Morning Technical Sessions

Session 1: Initiatives & Regulation Updates from Canadian Government Agencies

Moderator: Tony Ho

9:00 am – 9:10 am

Welcoming Address from Niagara Region Representative, Peter Partington

9:10 am – 9:20 am

Welcoming Address from WEAO President  Mark Rupke

9:20 am – 9:40 am

SO1-3

The CCME Biosolids Initiative Overview

 Michael Langman - Nova Scotia Environment

9:40 am – 10:00 am

SO1-4

A Review of the Current Canadian Legislative Framework for Wastewater Biosolids

Kate Billingsley,  Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Session 2: Initiatives & Regulation Updates from Provincial Governments

Moderator: Michael Payne

10:35 am – 10:55 am

SO2-1

British Columbia: Mike VanHam, Sylvis Environmental, Dave Forgie, Associated Engineering

10:55 am – 11:15 am

SO2-2

Prairie Provinces: Allan Mumby - City of Edmonton

11:15 am – 11:35 am

SO2-3

Ontario:, Jim Richardson - Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs

11:35 am – 11:55 am

SO2-4

Québec: Marc Hebert - Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs

11:55 am – 12:15 pm

SO2-5

Atlantic Provinces: Michael Langman - Nova Scotia Environment

Monday Afternoon Technical Sessions

 

Session 3: Advancing Biosolids Science

Session 4: Energy from Biosolids

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm

SO3-1

Sustainability of Land Application of Biosolids: The US Experience

Ian Pepper - University of Arizona

SO4-1

Options to Create Green Energy from Wastewater Biosolids

Dave Forgie - Associated Engineering, Konrad Fichtner - AECOM, Lee Lundberg - Veolia Water Canada

3:15 pm – 3:45 pm

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

 

SO4-2

New Technology for efficiently converting biosolids to an renewable fuel has been operating for six months

Ray Kearney - EnerTech Environmental

3:45 pm – 4:15 pm

SO3-3

Biosolids Science & Research – Contaminant Inventory (CCME Sponsored Study)

O.S. Thirunavukkarasu - Sask. MOE,

 H. Monteith, Hydromantis Inc.,

W. Parker - University of Waterloo

SO4-3

Stamford Biosolids Gasification to Energy

Peter Burrowes - CH2M HILL

4:15 pm – 4:45 pm

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

SO4-4

B2E – Biosolids to Energy

Wilson Nolan - Liberty Energy


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Tuesday Morning Technical Sessions

 

Session 5: Product Development

Session 6: Land Reclamation

Session 7: Master Planning I

8:30 am – 9:00 am

SO5-1

Autothermal Thermophilic Aerobic Digestion for Supplemental VFA in Enhanced Biological Treatment

H.G. Kelly, A.J. Gibb - Dayton & Knight Ltd.

SO6-1

Green Mines Green Energy - Process Towards Establishing Productive Land on Mine Tailings

Brian Tisch - CANMET-MMSL, Natural Resources Canada

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

9:00 am – 9:30 am

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

SO6-2

Establishing Agricultural Land on Mine Tailings – Making the Case for Biofuels

Graeme Spiers, Alan Lock - MIRARCO

SO7-2

Building a Residuals Management Ecosystem

Allan Mumby - City of Edmonton

9:30 am – 10:00 am

SO5-3

Exploiting the value added products in activated sludge biomass

Jan Oleszkiewicz, Qiuyan Yuan - University of Manitoba

SO6-3

Haute Couture Value-Added Biosolids Products: Expanding Opportunities

Mike Van Ham, Mark Teshima - SYLVIS Environmental

 

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

 

Session 8: Treatment Technologies I - Digestion and Odours

Session 9: Emerging Issues

Session 10: Master Planning II

10:30 am – 11:00 am

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

SO9-1

Environment Canada Research on Trace Contaminants in Wastewater and Biosolids

Shirley Anne-Smyth -  Environment Canada

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

11:00 am – 11:30 am

SO8-2

Anaerobic Digestion: Mass Balance and Modelling

Pat Coleman, AECOM Water

Keith Panter Ebcor

 

SO9-2

Regrowth of Sludge Bacteria after Centrifuge Dewatering

Ziyad Muslat, Banu Ormeci - Carleton University, Irep Gozen - Istanbul Technical University

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

11:30 am – 12:00 pm

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.

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

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

 

Session 11: Treatment Technologies II - Emerging Oxidation Technologies

Session 12: Land Application

Session 13: Treatment Technologies IV –

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm

SO11-1

Plasma-assisted sludge oxidation – Advancing bioenergy

Ted Mulhern, Andre Poulin -  Fabgroups Technologies Inc.

SO12-1

Biosolids Beneficial Use Opportunities

Mel Webber - Webber Environmental, Phil Sidhwa - Terratec Environmental Ltd.

SO13-1

Biosolids: How Much Have You Got, How Fast Can You Process It?

John Seldon - Temporary Operations & Maintenance Inc.

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm

SO11-2

An Innovative Approach to Biosolids Management for the City of Orlando Kristi Sinykin – AECOM, David Sloan - City of Orlando

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

SO13-2

The Use of Waterworks Sludge in Concrete Production – a Pilot Study

Onita D. Basu, Edward G. Sherwood - Carleton University

 

Session 14: Treatment Technologies III - Digester Pre-Treatment

Session 15: Septage Treatment

Session 16: Treatment Technologies V – Co-Digestion

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

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.

SO15-1

Effect of Enzymes, Microaeration and Grinding on Septic Tank Performance and Sludge Accumulation Rates

James Diak, Banu Ormeci - Carleton University

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

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

SO14-2

Performance of a pilot scale AnMBR digesting WAS under normal and higher VS loading condition

Martha Dagnew, Wayne Parker - University of Waterloo

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

SO16-2

Adding Off-Farm Materials to On-Farm Biogas Systems

Don Hilborn, Jake DeBruyn - Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

SO14-3

Focused-Pulsed Treatment of Waste Activated Sludge - A Year in Review

James E. Banaszak – OpenCEL, Peter Burrowes - CH2M HILL Canada Ltd.

SO15-3

Bonnechere Valleys Answer to Septage

Matthew Green - Bishop Water Technologies

 

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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