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Inside this issue:

New Chief Drinking Water Inspector appointed

Walkerton Clean Water Centre receives Ministry of the Environment 2008 Emerald Award

WCWC training initiatives

Progress at the future home of the Walkerton Clean Water Centre

3rd Annual Drinking Water Education and Industry Forum

Upcoming courses

Contact information

New Chief Drinking Water Inspector appointedJohn Stager was appointed Ontario’s Chief Drinking Water Inspector and Assistant Deputy Minister of the Drinking Water Management Division of the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) on December 15, 2008.

John Stager, Chief Drinking Water Insector/

Assistant Deputy Minister

During his 16 years with the MOE, Mr. Stager held progressively responsible positions in a number of different areas including environmental monitoring and reporting, compliance and enforcement and a series of transformation and business improvement initiatives. In 2000, Mr. Stager represented the Ontario government in Walkerton, providing support to individuals, families and businesses following the E. coli outbreak.

From 2004 to present, he was the Assistant Deputy Minister lead for a cross-government compliance modernization initiative involving 13 ministries, and in this role led a series of legislative and program initiatives to improve levels of cooperation between ministries and provide innovative compliance assistance tools to the regulated community.

Mr. Stager holds a B.Sc. from Acadia University. He is also a graduate of Western’s “Ivey Executive Program” and Harvard’s “Executive Program on Strategic Management of Regulatory and Enforcement Agencies.”

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WCWC Bulletin Volume 3Issue 1

April 2009

www.wcwc.ca 220 Trillium Court, Building 3, Upper Floor, P.O. Box 160, Walkerton, Ontario N0G 2V0

[email protected] 519.881.2003 · 866.515.0550 Fax: 519.881.4947

Walkerton Clean Water Centre receives Ministry of the Environment 2008 Emerald Award

The Walkerton Clean Water Centre (WCWC) received a Ministry of the Environment (MOE) Emerald Award in the innovation category at the ceremony held on March 3, 2009 in Toronto. The innovation category recognizes new and creative ways of doing business.

The Centre received the award for better training and knowledge for the water treatment professionals of today and tomorrow.

WCWC award recipients included CEO Dr. Saad Jasim, Linda Thompson, Maurice Oduor, Dr. Souleymane Ndiongue and Dr. Housseini Coulibaly.

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Back Row L to R: The Honourable John Gerretsen, Minister of the Environment; Gail Beggs, Deputy Minister of the Environment; Maurice Oduor, WCWC; Dr. Souleymane Ndiongue, WCWC. Front Row L to R: Linda Thompson, WCWC; Dr. Saad Jasim, CEO, WCWC; Dr. Housseini Coulibaly

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WCWC honourable mention recipients included Patricia Ruetz, Greg Hayes, Kelly Fransen, Corinne Louther, Carol Siegfried, Paula VanVeen, Devendra Borikar, Omar Alshikh, Nathan Pray, Lissa Irwin, Venkat Ramani, Ling Liu, Linda Cranston and Katherine Campbell.

Under the visionary leadership of CEO Dr. Saad Jasim, the Walkerton Clean Water Centre is being transformed into a world-class centre of excellence.

Through enhancements to its Technology Demonstration Facility, a new Mobile Training Unit and a philosophy focused on inspiring future water professionals, the WCWC team has developed a comprehensive outreach program to share knowledge and leading-edge technology. This innovative approach is helping the province’s water professionals meet Ontario’s stringent drinking water standards and prepare to meet future challenges.

As a result of the team’s ingenuity, the four-year-old Walkerton Clean Water Centre is quickly gaining recognition as an innovative, world-class training institution and centre of excellence in water treatment.

Since 2005, more than 15,000 drinking water professionals accross the province have been trained in an array of mandatory and specialized drinking water courses.

The Centre’s training courses are available throughout Ontario, with new courses, dates and locations added to the schedule regularly. To view the Centre’s current course schedule, please refer to page six.



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Back Row L to R: Venkat Ramani, WCWC; The Honourable John Gerretsen, Minister of the Environment; Omar Alshikh, WCWC; Maurice Oduor, WCWC; Dr. Souleymane Ndiongue, WCWC; Kelly Fransen, WCWC; Katherine Campbell, WCWC; Corinne Louther, WCWCFront Row L to R: Orna Salamon, Director, Drinking Water Programs Branch, MOE; Krys Potapczyk, Assistant Director/Manager, Stakeholder Relations, MOE; Linda Thompson, WCWC; Devendra Borikar, WCWC; Paula VanVeen, WCWC; Dr. Saad Jasim, CEO, WCWC; Lissa Irwin, WCWC; Patricia Ruetz, WCWC; Dr. Housseini Coulibaly; Kevin Flynn, Parliamentary Assistant, MOE

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The Walkerton Clean Water Centre has recently introduced the following specialized courses to its inventory:

Formation and Control of Disinfection By-Products (DBPs) This one-day course provides participants with the knowledge of DBPs – what they are, what effects they have on human health, how they are formed, how to prevent their formation and how to remove them from drinking water supplies.

CT Requirements for Chlorine Disinfection Systems Participants of this one-day course will learn how to determine whether a drinking water system applying chlorination for disinfection is being operated safely, especially with respect to meeting CT and log removal/inactivation credit requirements.

The following specialized courses are also under development and will soon be available:

Membrane Filtration This one-day course includes information on low pressure membranes, microfiltration and ultrafiltration. Aspects such as theory of membranes, design, integrity testing, operation, and maintenance are explored.

Drinking Water Source ProtectionThis one-day course is based on the Clean Water Act and associated regulations. It provides a general understanding of drinking water source protection, especially with respect to groundwater systems. The course walks participants through basic geology and hydrogeology, transport of pathogens in groundwater systems, and the development of drinking water source protection plans.

Also being produced are Managing Water Quality in Distribution Systems, Energy Management for Drinking Water Systems, and Optimization and Troubleshooting of Drinking Water Treatment Processes. Another development at WCWC has been the introduction of a new mandatory certificate renewal course, Safeguarding Drinking Water Quality, launched January 1, 2009. This course is offered in two formats; correspondence and classroom instruction. The course

WCWC training initiativescovers key issues such as the roles and responsibilities of operators, status of drinking water legislation, the inspection process, common challenges in water treatment and distribution operations. Preventing Waterborne Illnesses, the previous mandatory certificate renewal course, has been retained as a specialized course and will be available to all operators and operating authorities as requested. This course is suitable for entry-level operators because of its central theme of advocating the multi-barrier approach to safe water provision.

Along with the change to the certificate renewal course was the introduction of a new fee structure for mandatory courses. As of January 1, 2009, the participant fees for the Safeguarding Drinking Water Quality course and Entry-Level Course for Drinking Water Operators will be $297.50 and $1,314.75 respectively.

We invite you to visit our website, www.wcwc.ca, on a regular basis to determine the availability of all of the Centre’s courses.

We look forward to a very busy spring training season!



Training in the Centre’s Technology Demonstration Facility

The Walkerton Clean Water Centre will be hosting its 3rd Annual Drinking Water Education and Industry Forum at the Walkerton Clean Water Centre Technology Demonstration Facility on June 24, 2009.

Last year’s Forum was a great success with over 140 people in attendance, including participants from 34 different municipalities and 29 manufacturers and suppliers.

John Stager, Chief Drinking Water Inspector/Assistant Deputy Minister, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Forum.

The Forum presents an opportunity for drinking water professionals to become familiar with new products and technologies that will be presented and displayed by manufacturers and suppliers.

For additional information, please contact Kelly Fransen, [email protected] or 1-866-515-0550 ext. 303.

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Construction of the new home of the Walkerton Clean Water Centre is well underway. The new facility is striving to earn points toward Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification by meeting or exceeding technical requirements. The 19,150 square-foot building will house offices, classroom training space and the Technology Demonstration Facility under one roof at 20 Ontario Rd., Walkerton, and is scheduled for completion in fall 2009.

Progress at the future home of the Walkerton Clean Water Centre

Participants at the 2008 Drinking Water Education and Industry Forum

Artist’s rendering of the new Walkerton Clean Water Centre

March 2009 progress

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Upcoming courses

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Contact informationFor more information on the WCWC Bulletin, please contact Katherine Campbell, Outreach [email protected] 519-881-2003 or 1-866-515-0550 ext. 321

To inquire about bringing any of our courses to your location, please contact Maurice Oduor, Technical Advisor,Drinking Water Training, [email protected] 519-881-2003 or 1-866-515-0550 ext. 311

Achieving Drinking Water Quality Regulatory Requirements April 21, 2009, Cedar Meadows Resort, Timmins, Ontario April 30, 2009, Keewaytinook Centre for Excellence, Dryden, Ontario May 26, 2009, Walkerton Clean Water Centre, Walkerton, Ontario

Basic Chemistry for Water Operators April 30, 2009, City of Pembroke Pollution Control Centre, Pembroke, Ontario June 18, 2009, Monte Carlo Inn Vaughan Suites, Woodbridge, Ontario

Basic Coagulation & Flocculation April 28-29, 2009, City of Pembroke Pollution Control Centre, Pembroke, Ontario

Drinking Water Source Protection for Groundwater Systems April 24, 2009, Kinsmen Civic Centre, Peterborough, Ontario May 27, 2009, Cedar Meadows Resort, Timmins, Ontario June 4, 2009, Keewaytinook Centre for Excellence, Dryden, Ontario

Fire Hydrant Inspection & the Ontario Fire Code April 21, 2009, Tecumseh Fire Hall, Tecumseh, Ontario April 29, 2009, Cedar Meadows Resort, Timmins, Ontario June 5, 2009, Ontario Clean Water Agency Trent Valley Hub, Belleville, Ontario

Formation and Control of Disinfection By-Products May 14, 2009, Walkerton Clean Water Centre, Walkerton, Ontario May 28, 2009, Cedar Meadows Resort, Timmins, Ontario

Fundamentals of Leak Detection May 28, 2009, Burloak Water Purification Plant, Oakville, Ontario

Groundwater, Wells & Well Pumps April 22-23, 2009, Kinsmen Civic Centre, Peterborough, Ontario May 25-26, 2009, Cedar Meadows Resort, Timmins, Ontario June 2-3, 2009, Keewaytinook Centre for Excellence, Dryden, Ontario

Internal Auditing for the Drinking Water Quality Management Standard April 22-23, 2009, Recreation Centre, Baden, Ontario May 6-7, 2009, Robert Simpson Brewing Company, Barrie, Ontario May 27-28, 2009, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 95, Smiths Falls, Ontario

Operation of Small Drinking Water Systems May 20-22, 2009, Walkerton Clean Water Centre, Walkerton, Ontario

Safe Drinking Water Act & Related Regulations April 29, 2009, Keewaytinook Centre for Excellence, Dryden, Ontario

Ultraviolet Light Treatment of Drinking Water April 30, 2009, Cedar Meadows Resort, Timmins, Ontario

Water Quality Analyst June 15-17, Walkerton Clean Water Centre, Walkerton, Ontario

Water Valve Operation and Maintenance April 20, 2009, Tecumseh Fire Hall, Tecumseh, Ontario April 28, 2009, Cedar Meadows Resort, Timmins, Ontario



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