EnviroTech 2018 & 2019 Proceedings
This resource is free and searchable and contains103 technical presentation and case studies from a wide cross section of subjects from within in the environment industry. This portion of the site will be updated after each event.
2019
Decommissioning
- Demolition and Decommissioning 101 – Presentation
Ryan Hope, Sublatus Environmental - Decommissioning – Legal Perspectives – Presentation
Jacquelyn Stevens, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
- Decommissioning Oil and Gas Facilities And The Hazards Associated With Aging Infrastructure – Presentation
Trevor Powell and Todd Nelson, JSK Consulting
- Planning for Retirement – Decommissioning of Facilities, Pipelines and Wellheads – Presentation
Shaun Roth , Summit, an Earth Services Company - Decommissioning of a former Wire Products Manufacturing Facility – Presentation Not Provided
Elvie Reinson, Ballast Environmental Consulting - 2018 Results and 2019 Plan – Presentation
Lars DePauw, Orphan Well Association
Regulatory / Legal
- New Federal and Alberta Methane Regulations for the Upstream Oil and Gas Sector: Assessing Compliance Options for Regulated Facilities – Presentation
Robert Mugo, Barr Engineering - Environmental Law Wars: Potential Impacts of the Federal versus Provincial Laws on the Environment and Climate Change – Presentation
Chidinma Thompson, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP - Environmental Prosecutions – Latest Cases and Defence Strategies – Presentation
John Georgakopoulos and Jacquelyn Stevens, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers - AER: Updated Record of Site Condition – Presentation
Daniel Pollard and Jake Sherlock, Alberta Energy Regulator
Climate Change
- Thoughtful Landscapes in a Changing World – Presentation
Fred Rozumalski, Barr Engineering - IPCC’s ‘Special Report: Global Warming of 1.5 °C’. A Primer for Albertans – Presentation
Christian Reuten, RWDI
Impacts of Climate Change
- Current and Future Impacts on Erosive Rainfall in Calgary, Alberta – Presentation
Ben Ethier, City of Calgary - Calgary Zoo Flood Mitigation: Groundwater Management and Dewatering on an Island – Presentation
Soren Poschmann, ISL Engineering and Land Services
Air
- Measurement Errors of Nitrogen Dioxide using Heated Metal Converters in Chemiluminiscence Analyzers – Presentation
Charles Odame-Ankrah, Global Analyzer Systems - Fenceline Monitoring (EPA 325), LDAR* & Fugitive Emissions: technology vs cost efficiency – Presentation
Darlene Stastny, ALS - Catalytic Ozonation: A Promising Technology for Removal of VOCs from Air – Presentation
Jafar Soltan, University of Saskatchewan and Ednali Zehavi , Saskatchewan Research Council - Managing Greenhouse Gas Liabilities Under Saskatchewan’s New ‘Prairie Resilience’ Large Emitters Program – Presentation
Hillary Yeung & Cody Halleran, North Shore Environmental - Proposed Regulatory Changes to Alberta’s Continuous Emission Monitoring of Industrial Point Sources – Presentation
Charles Grimm, Global Analyzer Systems - Cluster Analysis and Air Quality Effects of Policy Change – Presentation
Sean Dawson and Kevin McCullum, Matrix Solutions
Spill Management
- Case Study for Comprehensive Tier 2 Data Evaluation: How A Little Upfront Effort Can Save Millions on the Back-End – Presentation
Troy Lapohn, Matrix Solutions - Effective Sample Management During a Large-Scale Emergency Spill Response – Presentation
Tara Murfitt & Jocelyn Fetter, Matrix Solutions
Land Stewardship
- Footprint or Buffer? A Comparison of Regulatory Approaches for Managing Historical Resources for Linear Projects – Presentation
Jennifer Russell, Enbridge and Kate Peach, Stantec - Archaeological Predictive Modelling: A Heritage Management Tool for Alberta Forestry – Presentation
Reid Graham, Tree Time Services
Waste Management
- Designing for Landfill Capacity – Presentation
Chloe Stone, XCG Consultants - Impacted Soil – Resource or Waste? – Presentation
Ian Mitchell and Tony Ciarla, Millennium EMS Solutions - Cost Savings, Recycling, and a Lower Carbon Footprint: On-Site Management of Hydrovac Slurry and Waste Water – Presentation
Kale Haupt, Proactive Environmental Rentals - Latex Paint Recycling – Presentation
Renee White and Shawn Samborsky, KBL Environmental
Salty Talks
- A Collaboration of Technologies for Site Remediation in Naturally Occurring Saline Areas – Presentation
Ken Grykuliak, Stantec - Road Salt Forensics: Using Cl-/Br- Ratios and Other Indicators to Assess and Differentiate Road Salt and Other Impacts in Groundwater – Presentation
Heather Lord, Maxxam - Rapid Field Analysis of Electrical Conductivity, Chlorides, Sulfate and SAR and Automated Salinity Plume Visualization – Presentation
Preston Sorenson, Maapera Analytics - Subsoil Salinity Tool (SST) Version 3.0 – Key Changes to Guideline Calculations, Software Tool Use, and Data Collection – Presentation
Greg Huber, Equilibrium Environmental
Research, Technology and Analytics
- Accurate and Quantifiable Characterization of Biogenic vs. Petrogenic Hydrocarbons in Soil – Presentation
Heather Lord, Maxxam - Benzene Species in Crude Oil – Should We Analyze Them All? – Presentation
Mahyar Sakari, AGAT Laboratories - Commercial Environmental DNA (eDNA) Assays: Sampling, Analysis and Data Interpretation – Presentation
Aron Weir, Maxxam - Quantifying, Considering and Assessing Sound Levels within an Acoustic Environment. Is Alberta Behind? – Presentation
Dan Clayton, SLR Consulting (Canada) - Applied Research for Simple Solutions to Environmental Liability Management – Presentation
Ian Mitchell, Millennium EMS Solutions - Optimizing Site Locations to Reduce Long-Term Environmental Liabilities – Presentation
Sheila Duchek, SNC-Lavalin - Increasing Efficiency through Implementing Field Technologies in a 93 Lot Phase I Environmental Site Assessment in Northern Alberta – Presentation
Dana Thomsen, Dillon Consulting - Behaviour of Heavy Oil in a River – Presentation
Shaun Toner, Matrix Solutions - Measuring Methane Emissions using Satellite and Airborne Instruments: Toward a Tiered Observation System – Presentation
Warren Shaw, GHGSat Inc. - Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) for the Introduction of Lower Carbon Fuel (LCFs) at the Lafarge Exshaw Cement Facility – Presentation
Deirdre Treissman & Janet Brygger Millennium EMS Solutions
Groundwater
- Bromacil Residues in Soil and Groundwater at Contaminated Sites – Do They Matter? – Presentation
Karl Bresee, Intrinsik Corp - Alberta Industrial Heartland and Beverly Channel Groundwater Quality Baseline Study – Presentation
Qunli Dai, Alberta Environment and Parks - Well Flow Dynamics During Groundwater Sampling: Factors Influencing Testing Results Using Purge and Passive Sampling Approaches – Presentation
Sandy Britt, QED Environmental Systems - Remote and Northern Challenges Associated with Implementing a Large-Scale Groundwater Monitoring Program across the Northwest Territories – Presentation
Beth Cowan, Dillon Consulting - Conceptual Site Model Re-Development and Discrete Fracture Network Modelling at a Contaminated Fractured Bedrock Site – Presentation
Trevor Butterfield and Ranjeet Nagare , Advisian - Watercourse Crossing Restoration Using a Modular Open Bottom Culvert System – Presentation
Ben Poltorak, Earthmaster Environmental Strategies
Water Management
- Wastewater Treatment, using Short Rotation Willow Crops: A Win-Win for the Environment – Presentation
Martin Labelle, Bionera - Case Study: Challenges with Algal Blooms and Their Impact on Water Treatment – Presentation
Jeff Seaman, Trace Associates - Destruction of Emerging Contaminants in Water: Promises and Challenges of Catalytic Ozonation Technology – Presentation
Jafar Soltan, University of Saskatchewan and Ednali Zehavi , Saskatchewan Research Council - AlfaFlash, Next Generation ZLD Technology for Maximizing Water Re-use and Minimizing Waste Disposal – Presentation
Patrick Horner, Alfa Laval - Continuous Water Quality Monitoring Program – Presentation
Robin Reese, AECOM
2019
Regulatory Update Session
- Managing Environmental Risk and Liabilities – Presentation
Matt Gardner, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP - NRCB Update – Presentation
Peter Woloshyn, Natural Resources Conservation Board (NRCB) - Disposal of Hyrdovac Slurry – Presentation
Rick Berkenbosch and James Jorgensen, Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) - Rick Management Plan Guide and Brownfield Updates – Presentation
Brian Lambert, Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) - UPDATE: Changes to Federal Environmental Assessment and Regulatory Legislation – Presentation
Shailaz Dhalla, Lawson Lundell LLP - Integrated Decision Approach and OneStop Updates and examining a New Lifecycle Closure Approach to Liability Reduction – Presentation Not Available
Kevin Ball, Alberta Energy Regulator (AER)
Forensics
- Unique Techniques for Determining Salt Impacts or Other Fracking Contamination Using Multiple Forensic Fingerprinting Programs – Presentation
Stephanie Hoeppner, Life Sciences Forensics - Forensic Ecotoxicology: Toxicity Associated with Halogenated Tolyltriazoles Isolated From Industrial Cooling Towers – Presentation
Deib Birkholz, DA Birkholz consulting - Whose PAH is This? – Presentation
Phil Richards, Chemistry Matters - Unscrambling Contaminant Mixtures to Determine their Chemical Fingerprints – Presentation
Court Sandu, Chemistry Matters
Air
- Diesel Particulate Matter and Health Risk: What to do About it? – Presentation
Karl Bresee, Intrinsik Corp - Reducing Measurement Complexity and Costs in NOX Abatement Systems – Presentation
Charles Odame-Ankrah, Global Analyzer Systems - Dispersion Modeling to Address Air Quality during Remediation of Hydrocarbon Impacted Soils – Presentation
Cody Halleran and Pippa Cookson-Hills, North Shore Environmental Consultants - A Data Quality Investigation Method for Ambient Ozone Data Collected from an Air Monitoring Station in Alberta – Presentation
Long Fu, Alberta Environment and Parks
PTAC Session
- Clean Resource Innovation Network – A Game Pan to Decouple GHG Emissions from Production and End Use Activities – Presentation
Soheil Asgarpour, PTAC - Methane Research and Technology Roadmap – Presentation
Wayne Hillier, CAPP - Fugitive Emissions Management Program Effectiveness Program Assessment – Presentation
Sean Hiebert, Cenovus - Low Probability Receptor – Presentation
Stephen Bromley, Husky Energy
Deirdre Treissman, Millennium EMS Solutions
Human Health
- Evaluation of Potential Health Effects Associated with Noise from a Proposed Multi-lane Bridge and Highway Expansion Project – Presentation
Ron Haley, Hemmera - Assessing the Virus Reduction/Inactivation by UV during Municipal Wastewater Treatment – Presentation
Judy Qiu, University of Alberta - Detection of Enteric Viruses in Groundwater in Alberta – Presentation
Xiaoli Lilly Pang, University of Alberta - Human Health Assessment Support for the 2016 Horse River Wildfire Response – Presentation
Deirdre Treissman, Millennium EMS Solutions
Wetlands
- Recreating a Prairie Slough to Manage a Salt Impacted Site – Presentation
Bryce Reiter, Advisian - Artificial Wetland Creation as a Cost Effective Reclamation Strategy – Presentation
Ben Poltorak, Earthmaster Environmental
Groundwater
- Calculating Mass Discharge to a Stream Using Natural Temperature Signals – Presentation
Nelson Giraldo and Paul Martin, Matrix Solutions - Flood Effect on Groundwater Seepage on Typical Sand and Gravel Aquifer in the City of Calgary Area – Presentation
Mundzir Basri, Stantec - Challenges in Characterization of 3D Groundwater Flow and Transport at Contaminated Sites – Presentation
Yong Li, Millennium EMS Solutions - Numerical Groundwater Flow and Thermal Transport Modeling in Cold Climate Regions – Presentation
Mundzir Basri, Stantec - What is Long-Term Sustainable Well Yield and How Should we Calculate it Using the Modified Moell Method? – Presentation
Joel Defoe, Waterline Resources - Hydrogeologic Considerations of Low Impact Development – Presentation
Blake Hiebert, Waterline Resources - In-Situ Groundwater Nitrification and De-Nitrification Remediation Processes – From Bench Scale Testing to Full Scale Remediation – Presentation
Steve Mailath, Trace Associates
Stakeholder Engagement
- Land Development: Reclamation/Remediation Stakeholders in a Challenging Economy – Presentation
Jim Purves, North Shore Environmental Consultants - Proactive Water Communication by Oil and Gas Operators in the Lochend Area – Presentation
Blaire MacAulay, Baseline Water
Wastewater
- Improving Wastewater Treatment Plant Operation, Costs, and Environmental Performance through Ultrafiltration – Presentation
Priyanka Kaura, Clean Industrial Technologies - Wastewater Treatment of Fine Sediment-Laden Water Using Mobile Ceramic Membrane Treatment Technology – Presentation
Pierre Breau, Beaver Municipal Solutions - Synthetic Water Calibration for Water Quality Parameters & Water Treatment Program Validation – Presentation
Cecilia Garcia Marra, McCue Engineering Contractors
Waste
- A New Approach: Decreasing the Environmental Impact and Cost of Remediation Projects Through on-site Slurry Drying & Separation – Presentation
Craig Jones, BOS Solutions - Valorization of Biofuel Byproducts – Presentation
Shawn Samborsky, KBL Environmental - Why do Things Differently? Improved Methods of Handling Drilling waste and Hydrovac Slurry – Presentation
Darryl Lasenby, Clean Industrial Technologies - Injection Well Field Optimization using Analytical Methods – Presentation
Sheila Duchek, SNC Lavalin
Climate Change
- Industrial Energy Efficiency – Presentation
D.M Stoneman, ICF - Predicting Local Climate Outcomes – Presentation
Lisa Neville, Enviro-Verse - Climate Change Adaptation in Today’s Oil and Gas Industry: A Case Study in Water Resource Management – Presentation
Sandy Thompson, SLR Consulting - Reaching Methane Reduction Targets in Canada – Are we really? – Presentation
Kimberley O’Neill, SLR Consulting - Cap and Trade – Opportunities and Impacts – Greening for the Next 150 Years – Presentation
Jacquelyn Stevens, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers - The New Sustainable Development Goals – Presentation
Geetha Ramesh, Advisian
Laboratory Data, Sampling and Technology
- Biogenic Compound Quantification and Removal by Use of Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography – Presentation
Matt Endsin, AGAT Laboratories - Water Sampling and Characterization – Doing More with Less – Presentation
Doug Johnson, ALS - Measurement Uncertainty: A Practical Guide to Understanding What your Results Really Mean… – Presentation
Bryce Reiter, Advisian
Terry Obal, Maxxam
Water Management
- How to Maintain a Good Relationship with your Water Supply – Presentation
Brent Morin, Waterline Resources - Water Intake Suitability for Water Act Term Licences – A Case Study – Presentation
Robert Best, Integrated Sustainability
Reclamation
- Seedling Role in Successful Reclamation of Forested Sites – Presentation
Jeff Renton and Mike Toffan, Tree Time Services - Impacts of Industrial Disturbances on Plant Communities in the Native Mixed grass Prairies of Alberta – Presentation
Raj Goutam, ATCO Electric