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Safe Drinking Water - Moving Forward Together
Proceedings of the 12th Canadian National Conference and 3rd Policy Forum on Drinking Water/ Les débats de la Douzième conférence nationale sur l’eau potable
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
April 1- 4, 2006 – les 1 - 4 avril 2006
The Proceedings contain 1 Keynote address from Dr. Edward V. Ohanian, 40 Oral presentations, and 3 Poster presentations. The manuscripts in the Proceedings are represented in 15 sessions of the Conference, including Health Surveillance and Research, Operator Training, Guidelines Developments and Regulatory News, Treatment Technology and Processes, Water Quality and Distribution System Management and much more. The accompanying French abstracts are included. All are peer-reviewed papers on the latest drinking water issues. These Proceedings are available only through CWWA.
ORDER THE CD-ROM for only $30.00, including GST, shipping and handling.
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From Source to Tap
- Protecting Drinking Water Quality in Small Systems
Proceedings of the Tenth Canadian
National Conference and First Policy Forum on Drinking Water/
Les débats de la Dixième conférence
nationale sur l’eau potable
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
April 27- 30, 2002 – les 27 - 30 avril 2002
The Proceedings contain 1 Keynote address, 38 Oral presentations,
and 7 Poster presentations, represented in 11 sessions.
The accompanying English and French abstracts are included.
All are peer-reviewed papers on the latest drinking water
issues. The Proceedings are available only through CWWA.
ORDER THE CD-ROM for only $20.00, including GST, shipping
and handling.
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CWWA Vulnerability
Assessment Template on CD-ROM
(disponible également en français)
Published in June 2003, this template will provide you
with a systematic analysis tool to determine the malevolent
risks posed to the operations of water supply, treatment
and distribution systems. The focus is a template of questions
that municipal staff should ask of themselves, as appropriate
to their systems, and record the answers. Completing and
regulary reviewing this template will demonstrate a base
level of due diligence and may provide some protection against
both civil and criminal law actions. Price includes shipping
and handling.
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Biosolids 2000
1st Canadian National Residuals and Biosolids Management
Conference
The proceedings from the hugely successful Biosolids 2000
Conference held in Toronto are available. The proceedings
contain written papers or presentation materials from about
50 technical sessions at the Conference. Copies are available
for $25 including GST, shipping and handling.
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Directory of Sources of
Contaminants Entering Municipal Sewer Systems
1st Edition on CD-ROM
The Canadian Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA), with
the support of Environment Canada, has released a Directory
of Sources of Contaminants Entering Municipal Sewer Systems.
The Directory is aimed at helping to identify the potential
industrial, commercial and institutional sources of contaminants
entering municipal sewage treatment plants (STPs.).
The control and reduction of industrial contaminants entering
a municipal sewer system should be a vital component of
any wastewater treatment and disposal process. Municipal
STPs are designed to function within specific parameters
and loadings, and may not be able to deal with the toxic
chemicals, metals, extreme pH or temperature ranges of waste
streams form the ICI sector. Knowing what type and volume
of material is being discharged into the wastewater flow
by different industrial and commercial activities will allow
wastewater managers to control pollutants at the source.
CWWA hopes that this Directory can be used to help focus
pollution prevention or by-law enforcement programs as well
as helping to narrow the range of laboratory analysis that
may be needed for a given effluent. Wastewater managers
will now have a useful starting point in identifying the
sources of pollutants and controlling what enters their
sewer system.
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Meters Made Easy:
A Guide to the Economic Appraisal of
Alternative Metering Investment Strategies
Meters Made Easy was prepared by the Canadian Water and
Wastewater Association to help system owners and operators
determine whether the introduction of meters is likely to
produce long-term savings in their community. It is a tool
that permits a system owner or operator to analyze the costs
and benefits of installing meters in their system. It is
intended for use in communities that vary greatly as to
the number and mix of customers served and the age and condition
of the systems.
Using Lotus 1.2.3, the computer model is very flexible
-- the degree of system detail that a model user supplies
can vary greatly, but because of the "default"
values available in the program, the result (even when some
data are not available from local sources) still will provide
a basis for sound decision-making.
Meters Made Easy will also prove extremely useful to those
who have already decided to embark on a meter installation
program and want to tailor the installation process to ensure
the least cost and the greatest return for their circumstances.
Meters Made Easy uses Lotus to:
. Estimate how capital requirements can change as a result
of metering-induced conservation in water consumption;
. Develop a detailed multi-year plan for the purchase, installation
and operation of water meters;
. Quickly examine the trade-off of costs and benefits associated
with different water metering proposals.
PLANNING FOR WATER METERING SPELLED OUT IN PLAIN ENGLISH
AND AN EASY-TO-USE COMPUTER TOOL .... Meters Made Easy can
quickly:
. Identify alternative metering investment possibilities
in a service area
. Determine the financial and economic returns associated
with each alternative
. Plan and schedule an appropriate water metering investment
program
. Identify the latest metering equipment and installation
approaches
. Determine the full costs of each alternative
. Determine the extent to which metering will encourage
conservation
. Determine the extent to which facility expansion and debt
requirements will diminish in response to metering-induced
conservation.
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Municipal Water and Wastewater
Rate Manual
Produced in a 3-ring binder, 8½"
x 11" format, this publication introduces a new and
alternative approach to traditional and current rate setting
methods. The manual focuses on full cost recovery for both
water and wastewater services, and is based on the concept
of "economic efficiency".
A computer model for rate setting accompanies the manual.
It is a user-friendly modular spreadsheet, adaptable to
individual needs. A tutorial version of the model demonstrates
the sample rate calculation in the text. The model departs
from conventional North American practices in two important
ways:
. cost categorizing is less detailed
. revenue requirements are more forward-looking
Features and highlights of the manual and model include:
. revenue generation sufficient to accomplish self-financing
. 10-year capital planning to calculate rates
. rate setting policies to encourage water conservation
. adaptability - very small to very large municipalities
. flexibility for variables - flat rates, extra strength
sewage, etc.
The rate model with tutorial is available on a single diskette,
either 3½" or 5¼" size, designed
to run on any IBM-PC compatible computer with at least 640K
memory and Lotus 1 2 3, Version 2.2 or later.
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Municipal Water and Wastewater
Rates Primer
This monograph is a primer on rates and rate setting. It
provides an overview of key topics on rate setting and outlines
a basic approach to rate setting. The publication of this
primer was motivated by changes influencing the rate setting
and cost recovery practices of municipal water and wastewater
authorities in Canada. It encourages reliance on user pay
strategies as the most important available tool for cost
recovery, and it recognizes the role that water and wastewater
rates play in promoting water efficiency to manage the demand
for service and the costs of providing that service!
The CWWA published a Rate Manual in 1993, the Municipal
Water and Wastewater Rate Manual. This Manual provides
a Canadian perspective on rate setting and promotes a simplified
approach to rate making. It discusses the methods and theory
underlying the logic and process of rate setting and comes
with a fully documented rate setting software model. The
CWWA approach to rate setting establishes three principal
goals: full cost recovery, the equitable distribution of
costs among customers and the efficient use of both water
resources and financial resources.
The CWWA approach draws on the popular AWWA rates manual
for ideas on method but deals with both water and wastewater
rates and recommends a different overall approach. Instead
of the declining block rate structure, the CWWA promotes
a two part rate structure featuring a constant volumetric
charge plus the familiar meter charges that vary by size
of service. CWWA's simplified approach to rate making requires
less information than declining block rates. Moreover, it
is a forward looking approach that encourages water efficiency.
This primer discusses water and wastewater rate policies,
describes information required for rate making, explains
and demonstrates rate setting calculations, reviews how
rate setting fits into longer term financial and capital
planning cycles and closes with a brief review of the implementation
process for new rates.
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Members' Briefing Book
Current National Issues and Topics
Concerning Water and Wastewater Management in Canada
Managers and operators of water and wastewater systems
face complex issues on many different fronts. In response
to this, CWWA has undertaken the provision of assistance
to managers and operators through a series of briefing notes
on current management and other topics surrounding their
activities that are national in nature or character (i.e.,
federal, inter-provincial, or general).
The briefing notes are intended to be concise and factual
and to provide the member with an overview of the topic,
giving some background on it, relevant scientific or other
information and, where appropriate, some advice on how to
respond from a management perspective to the topic. This
core of information is not only a starting point in time
of need, but can also serve to familiarize management, elected
officials and new staff with the subject. In addition, some
of the notes provide information on federal or national
organizations or agencies who have programs or services
which may be of use to members.
The Briefing Book, now on CD-ROM, is a constantly
evolving resource: content amendments will be prepared and
distributed on a quarterly or semi-annual basis. Should
specific amendments or additions be necessary to cover a
current or emerging health or safety topic, these will be
prepared and distributed separately and immediately.
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