EnviroTech 2019 - 2022 Proceedings
Proceedings from the past three EnviroTech conferences can be found below. After each conference, the current year will be added and the oldest removed. Older abstracts may be available upon request.
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2022
Air
- Reducing Methane Emissions One Alt-Femp at a Time – Presentation
Terence Trefiak, Montrose Environmental - Using Intelligent Emissions Monitoring to Effectively Manage Emissions
Dennis Prince, Airdar – Presentation - Appropriate Use of Dust Suppresants to Achieve Effective Dust Control for Unpaved Roads, Construction and Industrial Sites
Xin Qiu and Amanda Allen, SLR Consulting – Presentation
Climate Change / Sustainability
- Geothermal Energy Sources, Applications and Benefits
Vladimir Agatonovic, ECOTERRA Solutions – Presentation - Net Zero 2050: Energy Transition Opportunities for Alberta
Dani Urton, Vertex Resource Group – Presentation - Sustainability for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises – A Western Canada Case Study
Jacqueline Gorman, Trace Associates – Presentation
Technology
- Interactive App for GW Statistical Trend Analysis and 2D Plume Stability Visualization
Khalid Lemzouji, Analythium – Presentation - Advantages in the Application of Thermal Desorption Tubes in Soil Vapour Investigations
Bryan Shaw, CARO Analytical Services – Presentation - Use of GIS and Custom Apps for Wind Farm Environmental Assessments (EAs)
Jeff Benjamin, Dillon Consulting – Presentation - What You Need to Know About Digital Transformation
Vincent Lam, Matidor.com – Presentation - Managing Environmental Data via ESdat Online to Meet Updated Regulatory Requirements, Support Efficient Workflows and Establish a Work-Life Balance Culture
Nick Tumney, EarthScience Information Systems and Jane Pirie, Gwaii Engineering – Presentation
Unique Locations / Projects
- Waste Management for Northern Canadian Communities
Reanna Berg and Shawn Samborsky, CORE Environmental Consulting Inc. – Presentation - Zeolite-Based Potassium Extraction from Potash Mine Tailings and Brines for Value-Added Soil Amendments
Brandon Stoner, University of Saskatchewan - De Beers Victor Mine Demolition Project – Remote and Challenging Locations
Enrique Bayata, Priestly Demolition – Presentation
PFAS
- Pushing the Boundaries on Quantitative PFAS Analysis
Darlene Hoogenes-Stastny, ALS Environmental – Presentation - Destructive Technologies Overview for Complete PFAS Treatment Solutions
Paul Newman, ECT2 – Presentation
Water
- Bioaugmentation Application for Enhancing the Performance of an RBC Wastewater Treatment Plant and Improving Ammonia Removal
Dimitris Chrysochoou, TradeWorks Environmental – Presentation - Advantages of the Using Integrated Surface Water/Groundwater Models Throughout the Planning and Evaluation Process of Low Impact Development (LID) Strategies for Land Development and Ecosystem Conservation
Christian Gabriel and Colin Hansen, Matrix Solutions – Presentation - Muncipal Wastewater Treatment
Henk ten Wolde, Canstar Solutions – Presentation - Case Studies on the Reuse of Stormwater and Municipal Effluent
Bill Berzins, Aquen – Presentation - Discharging of Industrial and Municipal Effluent in a Changing Climate
Robert Best, SLR Consulting – Presentation - In-Field Study Evaluting Rates of TCE Biotransformation Using Carbon-Based Biostimulation Additive ERDenhance Alone vs. ERDenhanced Combined with Zero Valent Iron (ZVI)
Kent Armstrong, TerraStryke Products LLC – Presentation - Water Valuation: How to put a price on priceless?
Sheila Duchek, SNC-Lavalin – Presentation
Remediation
- Case Study: Using Hydrous Ferric Oxide to Remediate Dissolved Arsenic
Jake Gossen, Langan International – Presentation - Bioremediation – Eliminating the Entire Spectrum of Hydrocarbons through a One-Time Application
Myles Ethier, Long Chain Reclaim – Presentation
Regulatory / Engagement / Stewardship
- Hydrogen Development in Alberta: Policy, Regulation, and Future Development
Michael Barbero, McLennan Ross LLP – Presentation - Through the Lens of Recent Environmental Decisions and Legislation: The Ever-Changing Practice of Environmental Law – Part 1
Jacquelyn Stevens and Matthew Gardner, Willms & Shier Environmental LLP – Presentation - Through the Lens of Recent Environmental Decisions and Legislation: The Ever-Changing Practice of Environmental Law – Part 2
Jacquelyn Stevens and Matthew Gardner, Willms & Shier Environmental LLP – Presentation - Licensee Life-Cycle and Liability Management Framework for Energy Projects in Alberta – Legislative, Regulatory and Case Law Update Since Redwater
Chidinma Thompson, Borden Ladner Gervais – Presentation - Practical Implications of the Supreme Court of Canada’s Decision in References re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act
Josh Jantzi, Gowling WLG – Presentation
2021
Technology
- A case of digital transformation with energy operators and consultants during the pandemic
Vincent Lam, Matidor – Presentation - “A Progressive In-Situ Remediation Approach for Dry-Cleaning Sites: Understanding The Subsurface”
Patrick O’Neill, Vertex Environmental – Presentation - Integration of Data Automation, Analytics and Visualization in the Areas of Field Testing, Sampling, Monitoring and Plume Analysis
Brandon Smith and Khalid Lemzouji, Analythium Solutions – n/a - Managing Inventory: ArcGIS Online as a solution for Orphan Well Association Contractor Engagement
Carla Incontri and Shawn Banack, North Shore Environmental Consultants – Presentation - Soil Sampling Equipment Comparison
Jordan Ernst and Josh Ernst, Ernco Drilling – Presentation
Testing / Monitoring / Reporting
- Data Management, Monitoring and a Pandemic – A Giant Mine Story
Morgan Schauerte, Dillon Consulting – Presentation - How Environmental Analysis Labs can Contribute in a Global Health Pandemic and the Long-Term Potential for the Future of Environmental Testing with PCR
Bryan Shaw, CARO Analytical – Presentation - Planning Considerations for Data Collection on Large-scale Clubroot Sampling Projects
Ashley Siemens and Sahra Deagle, Trace Associates – Presentation - Applying eDNA for Species Detection: Tips for Successful Integration
Danielle Bourque, SLR Consulting – Presentation - New Methods to more Accurately Quantify Hydrocarbon Contamination from Natural Background
Anthony Aquino, AGAT Laboratories – Presentation
GHG Management
- Alternative Technologies in Fugitive GHG Emissions Quantifications for Landfills
Mosi Aghbolaghy, RWDI – Presentation - Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Effective Management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Oil and Gas Operations
Dani Urton, Vertex Professional Services – Presentation
Legal / Regulatory
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly! Managing Environmental Risks & Liabilities – Civil Liability
Jacquelyn Stevens & Anand Srivastava, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP – Presentation - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly! Managing Environmental Risks & Liabilities – Regulatory Liability
John Georgakopoulos & Matt Gardner, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP – Presentation
Site Closure
- An Abandoned Drycleaner in Rural Alberta: A Costly and Dangerous Family Legacy
Michael Lupart, Trace Associates – Presentation - Incorporating Risk-based Closure into Overall Site Management
Tiona Todoruk, Advisian – Presentation - Practical Closure Approaches for Salinity Impacted Wellsites
Tyler Prediger, Matrix Solutions – Presentation
Air
- A Preliminary Empirical Study on the Influence of Rainfall on Urban Air Quality
Emmanuel Anglo, Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions – Presentation - Presentation: Improving Air Quality and Reducing Fugitive Emissions Through Continuous Monitoring Technology
Alex MacGregror, Qube Technologies and Kerry Mowbray, SECURE Energy – Presentation - EPA 325 : HOW and WHY? SOR/2020-231 Regulation : Passive Fenceline Monitoring for BTEX & 1-Butadiene (EPA 325)
Darlene Hoogenes-Stastny, ALS Canada – Presentation
Emerging Contaminants
- PFAS Risk in the Oil and Gas Industry
Samantha Murphy, Cenovus – Presentation - Progress in PFAS Site Investigation Procedures: Recent Cases in Canada
Leon Burger, SNC-Lavalin – Presentation - Landfill Disposal and Thermal Treatment Considerations for Solid Waste Containing Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Matt Pourabadehei, SNC-Lavalin – Presentation - PFAS: A Combination Approach for Laboratory Analysis
Tammy Chartrand, ALS Canada – Presentation
Water, Wastewater, Groundwater
- Groundwater Surveillance Monitoring – A Consultant’s Perspective
Blake Hamer, Matrix Solutions- Presentation - Accurate Water Table Characterization
Alanna Felske, Groundwater Resource Information Technologies and Louise Versteeg, Solstice Canada – Presentation - A Jurisdiction Review of Groundwater (Drinking Water) Pathway Assessments
Sheila Duchek, SNC-Lavalin – Presentation - Wastewater Treatment Upgrade in Existing Lagoons with Novel Aeration System
Jan Korzeiowski, J.K. Engineering – Presentation
2020
Regulatory Updates
- Expert Witness Testimony – Presentation
John Georgakopoulos and Matthew Gardner, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP - Environmental Practice in 2020 – Balancing on a Tight Rope – Presentation
Jacquelyn Stevens, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP and Michelle Heffernan, Trace Associates - The Fisheries Act has changed, are you covered? – Presentation
Robert Best, Integrated Sustainability
GHG Management and Climate Change
- GHGSat’s Latest Advances for Measuring Methane Emissions Using Airborne and Space Platforms – Presentation Not Available
Brody Wight, GHGSat Inc. - Reforestation in a Stressful and Uncertain Climate – Presentation
Jeff Renton, Tree Time Services - Alberta’s Technology Innovation and Emission Reduction (TIER) Regulation – Aggregate Facility Overview – Presentation
Anthony Pham, North Shore Environmental Consultants - Strategic Compliance with Federal and Provincial Methane Reduction Regulations – Presentation
Dani Urton, Vertex Resource Group
Water
- Hydrogen Sulphide: Limits, Detection and Treatment – Presentation
Bill Berzins, West Earth Sciences - Phytoremediation – Salicornia Production with Produced Water – Presentation
Hafeez Chishti and Tahir Rashid, EnviroLead - The Story Arc Model: Remediating a Gasoline-Impacted, Downstream Site in Central Alberta – Presentation
Brent Lennox, Waterline Resources - Innovations in Low-energy Water Treatment Using Geotextile Dewatering Systems for the Removal of Challenging Environmental Contaminants – Presentation
Kevin Bossy, Bishop Water Technologies Inc. - Lessons Learned from the Christie Park Community Drainage Improvement Project: Design to Post-Construction (Calgary, AB) – Presentation
Allisha Sordi
Abel Leon, City of Calgary
Landfill Management / Design
- Landfill Cell Design – Presentation
Trevor Mahoney, XCG Consultants - Using a Holistic Approach to Assessment and Management of an Historical Landfill Presentation
Frans Hettinga, Tetra Tech
Mandi Parker, City of Lethbridge
Technology
- Waste and Water Use Tracking and Compliance Management System – Presentation
Amit Bhargava and Mayank Singh, EnviroApps - The WIN System – A Suite of Tools for Resource Management Decision Making – Presentation
John Diiwu, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry - Regulator Variance Requests: A Tool for Site Closure – Presentation Not Available
Jason Hampson, Trace Associates - Bridging the Gap between Large Environmental Data-sets and Sound Business Decision-making – Presentation
Lynette Esak and Brandon Smith, Analythium Solutions Inc.
A Little Bit of Everything
- Subsoil Salinity Tool (SST) Version 3.0 – Insights into Producing More Robust Guidelines with Lower Remediation Volumes – Presentation
Greg Huber, Equilibrium Environmental - Optimizing your Dig with SST or SSRA – Methods for Reducing Remediation Costs – Presentation Not Available
Anthony Knafla, Equilibrium Environmental - Challenges in Air Quality Dispersion Modeling of Gravel Pits – Presentation Not Available
Piotr Staniaszek and Randy Rudolph, AECOM - Comparative Field Studies of Real-Time Soil Screening Techniques for Two Petroleum Hydrocarbon Sites – Presentation Not Available
Preston Sorenson, Maapera Analytics
Emerging Contaminants
- A Review of Environmental Management Considerations for Firefighting Foams Containing Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances – Presentation
Matthew Coady, SLR Consulting - An Equipment Manufacturer’s Perspective on PFAS Regulatory Guidance and Ambiguity for Groundwater Sampling – Presentation
Sandy Britt, QED Environmental Systems - PFAS Replacement Compounds: “The Next Generation” – Presentation
Terry Obal, Bureau Veritas Laboratories - Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS): A Review “From PFOS to GenX” – Presentation
Terry Obal, Bureau Veritas Laboratories - PFAS Guidance – British Columbia’s Third-Best Export – Presentation
Lindsay Paterson and Ian Mitchell, SLR Consulting
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, 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