Canadian Water and Wastewater Association eBulletin

CWWA wishes our members, contacts and families a great holiday season.

Please note the CWWA office is closed from December 24 – January 2, 2014.

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Welcome to the e-Bulletin! We managed our first trial of the Bulletin in its new electronic format in October and we are now confident to launch this newest communications tool. Sharing information about the water and wastewater industry is one of CWWA’s primary mandates and we are excited to share the e-Bulletin with so many more contacts.

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Home for a rest! It has been a crazy fall for conferences and water events. If you don’t believe me, just ask my wife and kids. Since September, I have been away to Edmonton for the WCW Conference then Fredericton for the ACWWA Conference — and I thank both our Regional partners for taking such good care of me. I then hit Chicago for WEFTEC and a meeting with the WEF Canadian Affairs Committee before we hosted our first joint Canadian Energy & Water Efficiency Conference in Calgary.

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Building on our success last year at the joint Wastewater Management Conference and Central Canadian Symposium on Water Quality Research, CWWA and CAWQ are teaming again to host the 49th Central Canadian Symposium on Water Quality Research and Wastewater Management Conference.

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This is really getting to be old news, but to make it official ... the CWWA passed its new corporate by-laws at the AGM on November 28th. The review and amendment of the by-laws were precipitated by the new Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act.

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We held our 26th Annual General Meeting on November 28 as part of our Window on Ottawa event. Our 2013 President, Neil Thomas of Fredericton, called the meeting to order, but before the meeting was through, Roland Richard of Greater Moncton, had taken the gavel (figuratively as we didn’t have an actual gavel) as our new President for 2014. Neil moves into the Past President position to replace Dan Limacher of Calgary who has left the Board after several years of service. Neil and Dan were praised for their leadership through the last few years of transition.

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Join drinking water professionals from across the country for the 16th Canadian Conference on Drinking Water. Taking place from October 26–29, 2014 at the Hilton Lac Leamy in Gatineau, Quebec (National Capital Region), this premiere event provides a unique pan-Canadian opportunity for water quality professionals and stakeholders to network and exchange views on current and emerging issues related to the provision of safe drinking water.

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CWWA hosted our Annual Window on Ottawa – November 28-29, 2013. The Window is CWWA’s core event featuring presentations from the federal government and other national organizations on national issues, priorities and programs. Participants all commented on the quality of the program and networking opportunities.

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CWWA would like to congratulate the winners of the 2013 Utility Excellence Awards who had the opportunity to present their projects and receive their award during our Annual Dinner, held in conjunction with the Window on Ottawa..

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CWWA is pleased to announce the appointment of our new president for 2014 — Roland Richard, representing the Atlantic Canada Water and Wastewater Association (ACWWA).

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The November issue of the e-Bulletin featured an article on the new habitat protection provisions under the Fisheries Act, which came into force at the end of November. The revised Act will limit the scope of the Fisheries Act to prohibit "serious harm" to fish in commercial, recreational or Aboriginal fisheries. These changes will come with new permitting processes and revised punitive measures.

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The Federal Minister of Transport, Lisa Raitt, announced on November 18, 2013, the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities will review the Canadian regime regarding the safe transportation of dangerous goods and examine the progress being made on the implementation of safety management systems (SMS) in all modes of transportation and make recommendations on further areas for improvement.

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The Federal Minister of Transport, Lisa Raitt, issued on November 20, 2013, a protective direction that requires rail companies to share information with municipalities.

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After several years on the back burner the NPRI workgroup has returned to action. The NPRI workgroup is a multi-stakeholder group that includes representatives from major industrial sectors in Canada, including the CWWA, ENGO’s, aboriginal associations and, of course Environment Canada. Provincial representations from Ontario and some of the other provinces are also usually invited to participate.

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Public Safety Canada organized a meeting of the National Cross Sector Forum on December 3, 2013 in Ottawa, Ontario. This meeting brought together national leaders from each of the critical infrastructure sectors to review the renewed Action Plan for Critical Infrastructure, discuss progress achieved over the last year, and consider priorities going forward.

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The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) recently announced the establishment of a Cumulative Effect Scoping Project Team to develop common (consistent) definitions for cumulative impact, cumulative effect, and cumulative assessment.

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The Consulate General of Canada in Seattle is pleased to offer a new market study on Water and Wastewater opportunities. This document summarizes the current and near-term water and wastewater market outlook for the U.S. Pacific Northwest.

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Canada and nations around the world participated in COP19 — the 19th Conference of the Parties — in Warsaw Poland in mid-November. The Conference convenes ennvironmental leaders to discuss progress towards greenhouse gas emissions, and the continuing threat of climate change.

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On November 27, 2013, the Committee on Regulations and Private Members Bills, currently conducting hearings into Ontario’s proposed Great Lakes Protection Act, adopted a proposal from the Great Lakes Protection Act Alliance to more explicitly include toxics protection in the "purposes" section of the Bill.

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Quebec’s Bill 37 An Act to prohibit certain shale natural gas exploration and production activities moved a step closer to adoption during continuing debates conducted in the legislature during November.

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In conjunction with the 2013 CWWA Window on Ottawa, the CWWA Security and Emergency Management Committee conducted a day workshop on cyber security and emergency planning on November 27, 2013.
Presenters included Public Safety Canada, RCMP, Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Halifax Water, City of Calgary, Canadian Cyber Security Incident Centre, V2PM Inc, and Microsoft Canada.
This CWWA notification has been developed to provide cyber security contact and resource information.

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On November 27, 2013 the CWWA held its second Climate Change Workshop as part of the annual Window on Ottawa. The workshop, organized by CWWA’s Climate Change Committee, had many exciting presentations from across the country. We are living in some "exciting times" as the familiar phrase goes. Extreme events continue to impact Canadian municipalities in 2013. In response to these challenges, the presentations in this year’s Workshop addressed Adaptation, Coping Strategies, Raising Awareness, and the latest in Climate Change Information and how municipalities are using it.

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On November 27, CWWA’s Security and Emergency Management Committee held a successful workshop on Cyber Security as part of CWWA’s annual event Window on Ottawa. Water and wastewater utilities rely heavily on Industrial Control Systems (ICS’s) to allow us to manage our treatment processes and we recognize that the threat of both targeted and accidental cyber events is becoming more of a reality in our business.

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Calgary Herald
The sewer capacity crisis that has frozen development in northwest Calgary is so dire that the city had to take extra measures to allow 183 homes already under construction to finish.

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The Vancouver Sun
Canada's cities are warning Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his cabinet that they could lose out on infrastructure projects for the upcoming summer construction season because of confusion surrounding new funding announced in the last federal budget.

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Edmonton Journal
An Edmonton pilot plant will soon begin producing large amounts of a versatile, top-quality, crystal-clear solvent from just about any biological feedstock that contains fats [including sewage bio-solids].

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Edmonton Journal
On an early summer day, a Suncor van heads up the hill to an open meadow surrounded by trees.

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Edmonton Journal
About 90,000 tonnes of muddy sediment poured into two trout creeks when the containment pond was breached at the Obed coal mine northeast of Hinton ... according to figures recently released by mine owner Sherritt International.

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Times Colonist
Regional politicians need to hammer out a sewage deal with Esquimalt on Wednesday or the only option left will be to call on the provincial government for help and begin incurring extra fees, says a new report.

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Times Colonist
Hard on the heels of a hike in garbage collection fees, Victoria residents are, once again, facing increases in sewer and water utility fees.

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Winnipeg Free Press
The Selinger government intends to help build a water-treatment plant to serve the RMs of Headingley and Rosser — and finally solve the water woes plaguing CentrePort, the industrial area straddling the Winnipeg-Rosser border.

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Winnipeg Media News
The City of Winnipeg will enter into a service sharing agreement with the Rural Municipality of Rosser that will allow wastewater from the Rural Municipality to be treated at the City’s North End sewage treatment plant.

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Nova News
Wastewater treatment in Bear River will soon receive cost-effective improvements thanks to the federal Gas Tax Fund.

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