37^th Annual WEAO Technical Symposium and OPCEA Exhibition

May 25-27, 2008                     On-line Registration
Blue Mountain Resorts
Collingwood, Ontario              More Details >>

13th Canadian National Conference and 4th Policy Forum on Drinking Water
Systems: Protecting Source Water and Improving Finished Water Quality

October 4-7, 2008
Quebec City, Quebec
Loews Le Concord Hotel       More Details ...>>

International Conference on Nutrient Recovery from Wastewater Streams

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 10-13 May 2009

Organised by: Department of Civil Engineering of the University of British Columbia (UBC), sponsored by UBC, Global Phosphate Forum, Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), Ostara Research Foundation (ORF)

This conference will bring together the various waste stream industries, regulators, researchers, R/D and process engineers and commercial managers, to develop intersectorial understanding and joint projects for phosphorus and nitrogen recovery and reuse from waste waters.

Topics:

• phosphorus and nitrogen recovery from different wastewater sources
• process design and plant integration
• marketing and use of recovered nutrient products
• Struvite, K- Struvite and calcium phosphate precipitation
• ion exchange nutrient recovery processes
• P-recovery from biosolids incineration ashes
• leading-edge research and innovative technology

World-Class Research at University of Ottawa to Divert Waste from Landfill and create Clean Energy
McGuinty Government Investing In Areas Where Ontario Can Compete and Win (Link to the Ministry of Research & Innovation site)

CWWA Communiqué - February 20, 2008 (PDF)
Environment Canada has held consultations on the proposed CCME Municipal Wastewater Effluent Strategy and Environment Canada’s proposed regulatory framework as the federal government’s implementation strategy for the CCME strategy. This pdf file is a copy of the results of the consultation sessions. WEAO and CWWA submitted comments on the CCME Strategy to the CCME January 31, 2008. This is now the opportunity to provide comment on EC’s proposed regulatory framework which will include a regulation under the Federal Fisheries Act. Please read:
     WEAO’s response (March 10, 2008 - PDF).