1st Annual CCEC/CWN Workshop on the Control of Emerging Contaminants in Water and Wastewater

Renaissance Hotel and Conference Centre, Toronto Pearson Airport June 3rd and 4th, 2009

Co-sponsored by the Canadian Water Network (CWN), the workshop was attended by over 150 registered guests, representing 17 private sector companies, 11 municipalities/regions, 21 universities and several federal and provincial government agencies.

Keynote Presentations

Dr. Thomas Ternes, Head of the Water Chemistry Department at the Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz, Germany, Fate and Removal of Emerging Contaminants in Water and Wastewater Treatment – an Overview

Dr. Urs von Gunten, Deputy Head of Department, Water Resources and Drinking Water, Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology , EC Removal Technologies, Oxidation/Advanced Oxidation Processes

Dr. Jörg E. Drewes, Director of Aqwatec and Associate Professor of Environmental Science & Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Contributions of Emerging Contaminants to Sewage and Their Relevance to Municipal Wastewater Systems and the Environment

Dr. Rula A. Deeb, Senior Associate and Applied Research and Technology Leader, Malcolm Pirnie, Inc., Emeryville, CA, Communicating Risks Associated with Emerging Contaminants

Dr. Karen Kidd, Canada Research Chair and Professor of Biology at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, Exposure of aquatic populations to a potent estrogen: what are the risks?

Additional Presentations

  1. UV based advanced oxidation of selected pharmaceuticals at environmental relevant concentrations, Q. Crosina, Sigrid Peldszus, University of Waterloo, P.Huck
  2. Advanced Oxidation for Taste and Odour Control, Ron Hofmann, University of Toronto, S. Pantin, J. Kim
  3. Survey of the occurrence of pharmaceuticals and other EC's in untreated source and finished drinking waters in Ontario, Sonya Kleywegt, Ontario Ministry of the Environment
  4. Using QSPR to predict the efficiency of AOPs and ozone for emerging contaminants, Xiaohui Jin, S. Peldszus, P. Huck, University of Waterloo
  5. Influence of drinking water distribution system conditions on nitrosamines, Hong Zhang, S. Andrews, University of Toronto
  6. Granular activated carbon absorbers for the removal of selected PhACs and an EDC, Ray Yu, S. Peldszus, P. Huck, University of Waterloo
  7. Kinetic parameters of Photodegradation of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) and Endocrine Disrupting Compounds (EDCs) in Drinking Water, Jules Carlson, C. Metcalfe, Trent University, and M. Stefan, Trojan Technologies
  8. Removal of PhACs and EDCs by biological filtration – results of a long-term bench-scale study, Cynthia Hallé,  S. Peldszus, P. Huck, University of Waterloo
  9. Nanofiltration for emerging contaminant removal from natural waters, G. Makdissy, Sigrid Peldszus, R. McPhail, P. Huck, University of Waterloo
  10. Removal of NDMA, EDCs and PPCPs from San Francisco Bay Delta Waters, Sarah Wilson, University of Toronto, C. Ishida,  E. Garvey, T. Patten
  11. Science-Policy Connections in Water and Wastewater Programs, Julie Schroeder and Sonya Kleywegt, Standards Development Branch, Ontario Ministry of the Environment
  12. Fate of septic-system derived pharmaceutical compounds in shallow sand aquifers, Carol Ptacek, University of Waterloo, C. Carrara, K. McLagan, S. Seibert, L. Groza, W. Robertson, D. Blowes, M. Moncur, T. Schyett
  13. Sorption and biodegradation of emerging contaminants in membrane bioreactor processes for municipal wastewater treatment, Tara Smook, AECOM, C. Potvin, H. Zhou and R. Zytner, University of Guelph
  14. Modeling of PPCP fate in wastewater treatment, Hugh Monteith, Hydromantis
  15. EC's in Canadian Municipal Wastewater, Shirley Anne Smyth, Environment Canada
  16. Impact of changes in full scale wastewater operations on pharmaceutical removals, Dave Andrews, University of Waterloo, S. Peldszus, C. Metcalfe, P. Huck,
  17. Community Profiling and Hydrological Characterization of Constructed Wetland Mesocosms during start-up Kela Weber, University of Waterloo, R. Legge, B. Warner, R. Slawson
  18. Wetlands as Treatment Systems for Removing Emerging Contaminants from Domestic Wastewater Chris D. Metcalfe, Trent University, M. Belmont,  J. Conkle, J. White
  19. Benchmarking Procedures for Monitoring of Emissions of Emerging Contaminants from Waste Disposal Activities Ed McBean, Guelph University,  M. Sharma, Indian Institute of Technology - Kanpur, India
  20. Environmental risk of emerging contaminants in surface waters exposed to municipal effluents. Mark Servos, K. Brown, J. Ings, J. Kormos, C. Wang, S. Zhang, K. Oakes, University of Waterloo