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Features
8 GEARED UP
Check out what rigs you’ll find on display at CanWell 2014
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AGRICULTURE AND GROUND WATER
A decade long study yields surprising results
28
AT THE SURFACE
What happens when ground water wells draw on surface water? 4
Raising public awareness through industry strength By Laura Aiken
ON THE WEB:
CanGEA conference inspires geothermal dream
The Canadian Geothermal Energy Association conference, held March 27, has inspired a B.C. mayor to start a geothermal conference in his town.
Clean water partnership helps Canadians help those in need
A recent survey by P&G and Walmart Canada found that 80 per cent of Canadians take clean drinking water for granted.
10 CANWELL 2014 SHOW GUIDE
Nitrates knowledge
To raise awareness of ground water protection, keep the industry strong
by Laura Aiken
Irecently watched a woman at the supermarket spend a good chunk of time at the deli counter pushing to find out which meats were nitratefree. It has become a bit of a thing in deli meat packaging to label your product as nitrate-free, although I do see some items with disclaimers saying “*except for those which are naturally occurring.” Clearly, people are giving thoughts to nitrates in their bacon and hot dog these days, but what about in their water?
Nitrates are nitrogen-oxygen chemicals that mix with various organic and inorganic compounds. They are used as a processed food preservative and in the formulation of fertilizer (and gunpowder). Once consumed by the body, nitrates become nitrites. There are plenty of naturally occurring nitrates in the environment, but consuming too many is seen as a health concern. Searching online for “nitrates in meat” or “nitrates in drinking water” brings up either: a lot of debate and general information (or misinformation), or government and academic pages highlighting scientific facts and proper protocols. You can probably guess which search turned up which result. There seems to be a lot more public conversation about bacon.
The research results turned up short and long-term solutions to one town’s problem of pervasive and excessive nitrates in its public drinking supply.
Perhaps the disparity exists because many people do not consider the risk of excessive nitrates due to agriculture fertilization in their water and the subject seems to lack a role in social media conversation and popular press. But the residents of Woodstock, Ont., who were part of a decade-long investigation into solving excessive nitrates in their ground water supply, wouldn’t be among the unaware.
In this edition of Ground Water Canada, journalist Rachel Beavins Tracy reports on the Woodstock-based research undertaken by Dr. David Rudolph, a professor in the Department
of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Ont. It is a great success story of surprise solutions that benefitted the town, its people and its agriculture industry. The research results turned up short and long-term solutions to one town’s problem of pervasive and excessive nitrates in its public drinking supply.
Water is often taken for granted until a problem arises. People can stop eating bacon, but they must drink water, so it is somewhat of a paradox that bacon inspires so much more debate. Thankfully, there is an industry in Canada dedicated to protecting ground water, and that’s you! Protecting a resource that it essential to life yet arguably still poorly understood by the general public is a very important job. It is also important to maintain the strength of the industry, and part of that happens through attending events. If you are able to make it, the upcoming CanWell Show is a great opportunity to network, learn and unite.
The British Columbia Ground Water Association is hosting this year’s CanWell in sunny Kelowna from June 10 to 14 at the Delta Grand Okanagan hotel, with the trade show happening across the street at Prospera Place. This edition of Ground Water Canada contains the show guide and more content exploring the rigs new and old you can expect to see onsite.
I hope you enjoy this issue and the end of a long, dreary, slow winter. Welcome to spring, and bring on summer!
@GroundWaterMag
NEXT ISSUE: Don’t miss the summer issue of Ground Water Canada. We’ll be celebrating our 40th birthday!
INDUSTRY NEWS
INDUSTRY LANDS IN NIAGARA
The ground water industry gathered from April 3 to 5 at White Oaks Conference Resort in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. The three-day event hosted by the Ontario Ground Water Association (OGWA) featured a trade show, training seminars, association meetings, and, of course, scrumptious banquet dinners. The occasion marked the 62nd year of the OGWA show.
Several “appreciation of service” awards were handed out by the association for contributions in various roles at Friday’s President’s Dinner. Greg Bullock received a plaque for his role as director in Drillers’ Division from April 2004-2014. David Gunn was honoured for his service as president and a member of the board of directors for the OGWA from April 2012-April 2014. Melvin Jack received an award in recognition of his honourary membership in the association. Scott Burroughs was awarded for his role as a director in the Drillers’ and Pump Installers’ Division from April 2008-June 2013.
Kevin Constable was doubly honoured: he received the OGWA Tenacity Award 2014; and he also accepted an appreciation award for his role as a director in the Drillers’ Division from April 1997 to April 2014.
On the trade show floor, Gord Bailey of Fleming College shared with Ground Water Canada that there are now 180 students enrolled in the drilling program, and when he started there was only about 18. There are also 12 women currently enrolled in the program, which serves seven different drilling industries.
RIGHT: (Top) Mark Duckworth of Baroid and Phil Gammage of the OGWA took a pause from their booth chat to pose for Ground Water Canada. (Bottom) Mario Roussel and Franco D’Onofrio of Selix Equipment were all smiles.
SKYTEM AND XRI TEAM UP
SkyTEM Surveys and Exploration Resources International Geophysics (XRI) are using electromagnetic ground water mapping systems and interpreting their data to create 2-D and 3-D images.
The collaboration is focusing on the acquisition, modelling and characterization of ground water resources. The partnership combines XRI’s geophysical and hydrogeological expertise and SkyTEM’s state-of-the-art airborne aquifer mapping technology. This combination of knowledge and tools for assessing fresh and saline water resources will help communities, industries and resource sectors manage these limited and vulnerable resources in a sustainable manner.
“SkyTEM was developed specifically to map aquifers and this partnership allows us to deliver superior map products to our clients while meeting their specific needs and schedules” said Bill Brown, regional manager for SkyTEM Canada, in the release.
INDUSTRY NEWS
BITS AND BITES
Niskayuna, N.Y.: Carbon dioxide, used for years to force crude oil out of old wells, likely will not replace water in fracking anytime soon because of technical challenges and limited infrastructure, says General Electric Co., which is studying the issue under a $10-billion research program.
(Reuters)
Washington, D.C.: On April 22, representatives from 24 countries came together with Washington leaders for the GEA International Geothermal Showcase.
EPA MODIFIES ENGINE REPLACEMENT RULES IN U.S. RIGS
U.S. EPA has modified its final rules to allow the use of new exempt engines to replace failed engines in water well drilling rigs up to 40 years old.
EPA’s initial proposal required that a new engine meeting current emission standards be used in the case of engine failure on water well drilling rigs older than 25 years. Depending on the make and model, there are physical and performance issues in bringing specialized water well drilling equipment up to Tier 4 engine standards. The NGWA estimates that approximately 30 per cent of water well drilling rigs would have had problems meeting EPA’s initial proposal.
“Through photos and other communication, NGWA was able to explain the inability, in some cases, to switch out old engines with new Tier 4 engines, and maintain transportation and drilling capability,” shared Fred McAninch, the Rig Doctor and an NGWA DOT-OSHA subcommittee member, in the statement. NGWA also explained to the agency that, unlike some other industries, the use of equipment older than 25 years is not unusual in the water well industry.
The ability to use new exempt engines as a replacement for failing engines in rigs up to 40 years old allows the water well drilling industry to improve air quality while maintaining business operations.
A copy of the final rule is available by going to the Federal Register, Volume 79, page 7077.
California: The U.S. Geological Survey reports that extensive ground water pumping is causing a huge swath of central California to sink, in some spots at an alarming rate, says Julie Schmit for National Geographic.
Toronto: A recent survey by P&G and Walmart Canada found that 80 per cent of Canadians take clean drinking water for granted. Yet according to the World Health Organization, approximately one billion people in the developing world do not have the same luxury, and diseases from contaminated water are killing children every day.
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GEARED UP
Here’s a sampling of rigs you’ll find at CanWell 2014
There’s nothing like a brand new rig to get a driller’s heart athumping. At this year’s CanWell, attendees will find four companies with new rigs to showcase and a special display of vintage rigs. Here’s a preview of what’s in store.
by Tony Palermo
LEFT: Diedrich Drill
www.diedrichdrill.com
Displaying: D-50 track drill
RIGHT: Foremost Industries
www.foremost.ca
Displaying: DR-24 drill
Diedrich Drill has been manufacturing drilling equipment for over 40 years. This year, Diedrich will be featuring its D-50 track drill, which geared towards the environmental and geotechnical drilling industry.
The drill frame is welded and constructed of heavy wall rectangular steel tubing. The basic D-50 Magnum unit is powered by a 4-cylinder diesel or a 4-cylinder turbo charged diesel. Other engine options are available. This all-purpose drill rig for soil and rock explorations has a rated depth from 125 ft. to 250 ft. with hollow stem or continuous flight augers up to a 14-inch hole size. And, this rig is rated up to 1000 linear ft. of core drilling using N series tools. It boasts 9100 ft. lbs. of spindle torque. The 2-speed hydrostatic drive, 24 in. wide rubber track system with 16 in. of ground clearance add to its versatility.
Foremost is one of the largest, most geographically diverse manufacturers in Western Canada, specializing in oil and gas, heavy oil, mining, water-well and construction equipment and has been
in business since 1965. Foremost will be displaying its DR-24, which is typically used for domestic and municipal wells, construction foundation piling projects and hydraulic elevator jacks.
The Foremost Dual Rotary rig is equipped with two rotary drives. A hydraulic top drive comes with a hydraulic tilt-out feature for safe and efficient handling of the drill rods and casing. It rotates the standard drill or reverse circulation string, which can be tooled with a dth hammer, drag bit or rolling cone bit. The primary and distinguishing feature on a dual rotary rig is the independent lower rotary drive used to advance steel casing through unconsolidated overburden. A carbide studded casing, a shoe welded to the end of the first joint of casing, allows the casing string to cut through the overburden. The rotation of the casing by the lower drive provides borehole stability and minimizes stress on the casing welds. Once the casing has been drilled to the required depth, the DR-24 rig can continue to drill open hole in the same manner as a
conventional top drive air rotary drill without tripping out the drill string to change the bit. Recent upgrades to the hydraulic system include load sensing pumps, pilot operated directional control valves and joysticks for each system.
Atlas Copco has been in the industry since 1873. This year, Atlas Copco is displaying the TH60 drill rig, which designed to be a robust, reliable water well drill rig built to the highest standards.
The TH60 is designed to be a mid-weight, yet stout and reliable top-head drive PTO drill rig designed for water well, dewatering, geothermal, uranium drilling, and many more deep hole applications. It features a welded cold, finished rectangular, steel tubing construction with a structural capacity of 45,000 lbs. Its maximum working clearance is 37 ft, 5 inches from the hoist line hook to the top of table, and 29 ft. and 2 inches from the bottom of the rotary head spindle to the table with the head at the top of the derrick. An electronic air regulation system comes standard with the TH60, allowing the operator to remain in control of both the flow and the pressure. The intelligent system monitors air requirements and automatically adjusts the air inlet valve to match the demand. Other features include a single, line bare drum lifting capacity of 18,000 lb, 150 ft. cable of 7/8 in. rotation-resistant cable with a 20-ton rod hook, a pulldown capacity of 25,000 lbs and a pullback capacity of 40,000 lbs.
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BLAST FROM THE PAST: VINTAGE RIGS
There will be two vintage rigs that will be on display at CanWell. One is a 1947 Sullivan rig manufactured by Joy Manufacturing. The truck features a Mercury 3-Ton flathead V8 4-speed transmission and 2-speed rearend. This rig has drilled water wells and was also used in the seismic drilling programs in Alberta.
Owner John Vlchek recounts an interesting story about the rig’s previous owner, Alex Nicolson. As the story goes, Nicolson had no previous training in drilling with a mud rotary, having only drilled with a wooden cable tool in the Vanderhoof, B.C. area.
“His start in drilling was as a helper on a cable tool that was drilling a well for the Vanderhoof airport,” shares Vlchek. “After acquiring the mud rotary, Nicolson drilled 3 in. wells locally for the farm community in his spare time when he was not doing farm work.”
Vlchek says Nicolson’s knowledge of drilling mud was to put the muddy water from drilling into a barrel and then take it to the next site. His water truck was two 50-gallon barrels in the back of his 3/4 ton Ford truck.
“He would use two barrels in the morning, head to town for lunch, use two barrels in the afternoon, and then back in for pie and coffee before heading home to the farm. All of his drilling logs were in a little black book in his front shirt pocket, detailing all the depths and formations of the wells that he drilled.”
The second rig was built by Henry Peters and Frank Adams in 1971. The Wisconsin engine and the main mechanical drive unit came from an early 1950s New Holland hay baler. The original trailer frame and boom were made from scrap metal, and there were parts from an old car for the axle and transmission. After some early “trial and error” modifications, mainly to the hammer lifting action and stroke length, the rig operated more-or-less unchanged for about 40 years. The trailer frame after was replaced after about 32 years to satisfy Highway Safety regulations.
Dear CanWell 2014 attendee:
CanWell 2014 is being held at the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort and Conference Centre in Kelowna from June 10 - 14, 2014. Prospera Place, which is a short walk through the parking lot from the Delta Grand has been chosen for the Trade Show booth area and rig display. The convention will host a variety of events and the CanWell Committee has put together an exciting program for everyone. To get us started we will Tee-off with a golf tournament and a wine tour has been planned for the non-golfers.
We have three days of informative and interesting Professional/Technical and Trade talks scheduled at the Delta Grand Okanagan and product seminars taking place in the Trade Show venue. (There will be no trade talks during booth hours). Trevor Linden’s promotion to president of the Vancouver Canucks meant he was unable to be our keynote speaker at the Friday night banquet as planned, but we are lucky enough to have Olympic gold medalist Adam Kreek join us instead. We have allowed for 90 booths with rig and equipment space in the middle. We will also have some vintage drill rigs on display. Other tours are available and can be found listed in the schedule and they are also mentioned in detail in this package.
We would like to see all of our members attend the BCGWA-AGM on Saturday morning. We would also like to see members from other provinces attending the last portion of the meeting to discuss if there is any interest in forming a new National Organization. Registration information is included or if it is more convenient, you can book online at www.CanWell2014.com. The web also provides additional information regarding CanWell 2014. If you require more information, please call the CanWell office at 604-530-8934/1-855-530-8934 or email at CanWell2014@bcgwa. org. Please make arrangements directly with the hotel.
We have four hotels for you to choose from. When you phone, let them know you are with the B.C. Ground Water Association, CanWell 2014 Convention. Hotel rooms are being held until May 9, 2014.
1. Delta Grand Okanagan, 1310 Water Street - Room rate of $215.00/Reservations:1-800-465-4651
2. Prestige Inn Kelowna, 1675 Abbott Street - Room rate of $169.95/Reservations: 250-860-7900
3. Royal Anne, 348 Bernard Avenue - Room rate of $119.00/Reservations: 250-763-2277
4. Abbott Villa on the Lake, 1627 Abbott Street - Room rate of $99.99/Reservations: 250-763-7771
5. Orchard Hill RV Park, 2351 Rojem Road, Call: 1-888-421-4673
6. Canyon Farms RV Park, 4020 Field Road, Call: 250-801-1969
Regards, CanWell 2014 Committee
“Cotey
Eddie G. - West
A7 ................................................ Franklin Electric / Orangeville, ON
A10 Atlas Copco Mining & Rock Excavation Technique / Mississauga, ON
A12 ............................................ CETCO / Hoffman Estates, IL
A16 Osprey Scientific lnc. / Edmonton, AB
A20 ............................................ Bilfinger Water Technologies lnc. / New Brighton, MN
A22 Pinnacle Drilling Products / Calgary, AB
A23 Di-Corp / Surrey, B.C.
A24 Hose Solutions / Scottsdale, AZ
A30 & A32 Karlington Artificial Lift / Kalama, WA
B3 A.O. Smith Water Systems / Ashland City, TN
B6 ................................................ Variperm Canada Ltd. / Calgary, AB
B7 Talik lndustrial Services lnc. / Surrey, B.C.
B8 Precision Service & Pumps lnc. / Abbotsford, B.C.
B23 Foundex Explorations Ltd. / Surrey, B. C.
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CANWELL 2014 – EVENTS CALENDAR KELOWNA, JUNE 10 – 14
DATE
TUES, JUNE 10
OUTLINES
1:00 pm - 6:00 pm Golf Golf Tournament, The Harvest Golf Club
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Spousal Wine tour for non-golfers
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Social Golf tournament dinner (open to all)
WED, JUNE 11 7:30 am - 4:00 pm Administration Registration Desk (open all day)
8:00 am - 10:00 am Trade Show Drill Rig set-up
10:00 am - 4:00 pm Trade Show Trade Show Booth set up in Prospera Place
9:00 am - 9:30 am Opening Conference Opening Ceremonies and welcome
9:30 am - 10:15 am Talk
Prof/Tech/Trade: B.C. Ministry of Environment, “Update on progress of groundwater regulations and other B. C. issues”
10:15 am - 10:45 am Coffee Coffee Break
10:45 am - 12:00 pm Talk
10:45 am - 12:00 pm Talk
Prof/Tech: Anna Sears, Okanagan Basin Water Board, “Collaborative water management in the Okanagan”
Trade: Sean Welsh, Franklin Electric, “The ten minute troubleshooting technique”
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Luncheon Luncheon in the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort with Speaker: Thom Hanna “Overcoming handicap challenges through skiing”
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Talk
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Talk
Prof/Tech: Craig Nichol, Professor at UBC Okanagan, “Hydrogeology of the Okanagan Basin and on-going research at UBCO”
Trade: Brian Hill, Pembina Controls, “Electronic flow measurement”
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Coffee Coffee Break
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Talk
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Talk
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Talk
THURS, JUNE 12
Prof/Tech: Dr. Gilles Wendling, P.Eng., President of GW Solutions Inc., “Unconventional gas, hydraulic fracturing, and watersheds”
Trade: David Hanson, Design Water Technologies, “The 7 Ps of a great contractor”
Prof/Tech: B.C. Oil & Gas Commission, comments
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Social in Trade Show Trade Show Opening, Prospera Place Meet & Greet, Wine & Cheese, Entertainment by Magician Rod Boss
8:00 am - 4:00 pm Administration Registration Desk (open all day in the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort)
8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast Continental Breakfast in the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Trade Show Trade Show in Prospera Place, Silent Auction 9:30 am - 11:00 am, Product Talks 9:45 am - 11:30 am
10:00 am - 10:30 am Coffee Coffee Break – Prospera Place
12:00 pm - 1:30pm Luncheon
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm Trade Show
Luncheon in the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort with Speaker: Mike Klassen
Director of Provincial Affairs, British Columbia,(CFIB) Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Trade Show in Prospera Place, Silent Auction 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, Product Talks 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Talk
Prof/Tech: Jim Bailey, Shannon & Wilson, “Well rehabilitation using impulse methods-process and technology are equally important”
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Coffee Coffee Break
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Talk
FRI, JUNE 13
SAT, JUNE 14
Prof/Tech: Thom Hanna, Johnson Screens and Kathy Tixier, Piteau Associates Engineering Ltd., “There is no such thing as a static water level – implications for groundwater development”
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Social Evening Open – no events planned or you can join us on the terrace for a barbecue. (Tickets must be purchased in advance from the registration desk.)
8:00 am - 4:00 pm Administration Registration Desk (open all day in the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort)
8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast Continental Breakfast in the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Trade Show Trade Show in Prospera Place, Product Talks 10:00 am - 11:30 am
9:00 am - 10:00 am Talk
Prof/Tech: Jeff Quibell, JDQ Engineering, “Geoexchange in British Columbia – Unique B.C. settings require a methodical regional approach”
10:00 am - 10:30 am Coffee Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am Talk
11:15 am - 12:00 pm Talk
Prof/Tech: Jacquie Foley, Golder Associates, “Incorporating potential climate change risks into drinking water source protection planning”
Prof/Tech: Steve Foley, Waterline Resources, “Source water development for SAGD in the Alberta Oilsands”
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Luncheon Luncheon in the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort: Skype presentation with Ryan Hreljac
12:00 pm - 11:59 pm Trade Show TRADE SHOW TEAR DOWN
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Talk
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Talk
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Talk
Prof/Tech: Remi Allard, Piteau Associates Engineering Ltd., “Spatial and temporal nitrate trends in the Grand Forks Aquifer”
Trade: Mitch McClanahan, Karlington Artificial Lift, “The challenge of more horsepower down small water wells”
Prof/Tech: Bruce Ingimundson, BCGWA Managing Director, “History of groundwater development in B.C.”
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Spousal Boat Tour on Okanagan Lake. (Tickets must be purchased in advance)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Coffee Coffee Break
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Talk
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Talk
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Talk
Prof/Tech: Dennis Lowen, Lowen Hydrogrogeology, “Update on the Arrowsmith Water Service ASR project”
Trade: B.C. Hydro “Electrical safety for trades workers”
Prof/Tech: Marta Green, Summit Environmental, “Pathogens in groundwater – How tough is it to sample for viruses in groundwater? Lessons learned”
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm Key Note Keynote speaker: Adam Kreek (tickets available at the registration desk
8:45 am - 2:00 pm Spousal Kettle Valley Railway, includes lunch. (Tickets must be purchased in advance.)
9:00 am - 11:00 am A.G.M.
BCGWA AGM, Out of Province Association meetings (if desired)
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Discussion Discussion on forming a new National Organization
Company Name:___________________________________________________
Additional Names for badges:_______________________________________________
Note: Registration fee includes: 3 lunches, 2 continental breakfasts, coffee breaks and trade show opening. Prof/Technical and Trade Sessions, and Trade Show along with a vintage rig display.
Company or Single Registration
Or send payment to:
B.C. Ground Water Association CanWell 2014 1708-197 A Street Langley, B.C. V2Z 1K2
Ph/Fax: 604-530-8934
Toll free: 1-855-530-8934
Email: CanWell2014@bcgwa.org Visa # _______________________ M/C # _______________________
Expiry Date __________________
Card Verification Number______
Signature ____________________
Before May 10, 2014 After May 10, 2014
$ 470.00 p/p $ 520.00 p/p
Extra attendees with company registration $ 380.00 p/p $ 420.00 p/p
Registration for Spouse or partner $ 250.00 p/p $ 275.00 p/p $__________
One Day attendance for meetings/trade show, includes meals, Wed___Thur___Fri___ $ 220.00 p/p
Student Registration (does not include any meals)
Trade Show Passes (does not include any meals)
Additional Options -
$50.00 p/day
$50.00 p/day
Golf with dinner, (Transportation provided) Tuesday, June 10 $130.00 p/p
Wine tour, Tuesday, June 10 $ 80.00 p/
Dinner only at Harvest Golf Course (transportation provided), Tuesday, June 10
55.00 p/p
Terrace Barbeque, Thursday, June 12 $60.00 p/p
Boat cruise, Friday, June 13
Banquet dinner with Adam Kreek, Friday, June 13
$25.00 p/p
$75.00 p/p $__________ Kettle Valley Steam Railway, (includes transportation and lunch), Saturday, June 14 $ 50.00 p/p $__________
Meet at the registration desk at 11:45 am for golf/and 5:45 pm for dinner
Enjoy the Harvest Experience - spectacular Okanagan views, award winning service, attention to detail and golf that is second to none! At 7109 yards, the Harvest is a championship length golf course. The Harvest Golf Club is situated on 254 acres in “downtown” East Kelowna. Fifty four acres are devoted to a working orchard featuring 9 varieties of apples. An additional 10 acres of land produce wine grapes, used exclusively by Calona Wines to produce numerous award winning wine products. This is one of nature’s most picturesque playing fields.
If you would like to register for 18 holes of golf, please add your name(s) below and if you have a preference of who you would like to golf with, please list their names on this sheet.
WINE TOUR - Custom Westside Bench Tasting Experience
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm, $80.00 p/p
Meet at the registration desk at 12:45 pm
Visit and taste the wines from four wineries:
• Kalala Organic Estate Winery – overlooking Okanagan Lake, the winery has a breathtaking view and an old world-charm.
• Quails’ Gate Estate Winery – B. C.’s Winery of the Year in 2004 and one of Canada’s leading wineries. Visit the Hospitality Centre with stunning views. They were awarded a Gold Medal for their 2010 Stewart Family Reserve Chardonnay.
• Volcanic Hills Estate Winery – Wines made from 100% B. C. grapes from the family’s own vineyard. There’s a wonderful selection of unique gift ideas, specialty food items, local art and books. They have won several awards including “best in their class” for their Pino Gris and Gewurztraminer.
• Little Straw Vineyards – Enjoy the unique red and white wines at this family owned winery. They are known for exceptional Pinot Noirs and for producing the only Auxerrois Icewine in Canada. They produce a complete range of wines with something to suit every taste. They also carry some breathtaking art by local artists.
TERRACE BARBEQUE
Thursday, June 12, 2014
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, $60.00 p/p
This evening is open but you may care to join us on the terrace of the Hotel for a barbecue. The chef is grilling up some New York steak and BBQ chicken breasts and this is served with salads, vegetables and dessert. Enjoy a nice relaxing evening! Tickets are available at the registration desk.
OR
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - You’re on your own! We can help with your reservation! Such as:
Mission Hills Winery - The award winning Terrace Restaurant at Mission Hill Family Estate provides one of the most glorious dining experiences in the Okanagan Valley. Overlooking rows of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vines and with a panoramic view of Lake Okanagan, the Terrace provides the perfect setting to savour light, seasonal fare specially designed to complement the wines at Mission Hill Family Estate. Enjoy an unforgettable experience.
Boat Cruise on Okanagan Lake
Friday, June 13, 2014
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm, $25.00 p/p
Meet at the registration desk at 2:15.
All aboard! Join Captain JC and his crew on the Executive Boardroom. Experience a professional and enthusiastic narrative history of some of the most interesting points along the Okanagan shoreline. This five star luxury vessel is perfect for lake tours.
Banquet with Adam Kreek as the keynote speaker Friday, June 13, 2014
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm, $75.00 p/p
Detailed information regarding our keynote speaker is on page 22.
Kettle Valley Steam RailwaySaturday, June 14, 2014
8:45 am - 2:00 pm (includes lunch), $50.00 p/p
Meet at the registration desk at 8:45.
The Kettle Valley Steam Railway showcases a unique part of the Okanagan’s and British Columbia’s history. The Railway operates on the only preserved section of the historic Kettle Valley Railway line built during 1910-1915. The KVR “Kootenay to Coast Connection” powered the pioneer fruit industry into world markets, transported families on vacations and created employment. Enjoy a 90 minute excursion through the rural beauty of Summerland and onto the Trout Creek Bridge (circa 1913) with spectacular views of Okanagan Lake and the canyon below. This majestic century-old locomotive “3716” thrills young and old alike as she steams along the track and into Prairie Valley Station.
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WELCOME TO KELOWNA!
The city of Kelowna and Tourism Kelowna websites have plenty of information on the region and the many things to do. Play one of the many golf courses, which benefit greatly from Kelowna’s 2,000 hours of sun every year, making it the longest and driest golf season in Canada. Follow your taste buds down an Okanagan Valley wine trail, or simply spend a day at the water’s edge. For incredible scenery, consider visiting the views from Myra Canyon, where you’ll find 18 trestle bridges and two tunnels from the Kettle Valley Railway that were originally built at the turn of the last century (they were rebuilt to near exact replica when the a fire claimed 12 of the bridges). If your interests lay food bound, Kelowna also offers farm to fork tours to whet the appetite.
The Okanagan Valley is a world-class holiday destination
CANWELL 2014 KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Adam Kreek - Friday June 13, | 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Mentaltoughness. Teamwork.
Leadership. Adam is a Social Entrepreneur who lives it. He runs a biodiesel company and organic food bar company, but is best known as a worldclass and interactive storyteller. Adam is an Olympic gold medalist in eight-man rowing and a death-defying ocean adventurer. Get ready to learn timeless change management and leadership strategies that will re-boot teamwork, engage performance and strengthen your personal resiliency.
Adam and his team at Kreek Speak tailor key motivational philosophies to organizational needs in areas of change and risk management, leadership and team development, sales, and health and wellness. Adam shares his expertise and the powerful lessons of high performance and entrepreneurship with organizations and communities globally.
As An Olympic gold medalist and entrepreneur, Adam has spent the past decade and a half both teaching and using strategies for human performance, achievement, and wellbeing. With his team at Kreek Speak Enterprises Inc., Adam has developed philosophies and psychological tools useful for the workplace, personal satisfaction and athletic achievement. He frames his unique expertise to make your business better and enhance corporate cultures worldwide.
Growing up, Adam was a pretty average kid. He had an average family, and went to an average school. His dream was to become an accountant who would bike to and from work. This all changed when a mentor planted a seed of possibility in Adam’s consciousness “You are an Olympian, you just don’t know it yet.” What a difference a mentor makes!
During his 13 year rowing career, Adam pulled his rowing team through Olympic failure in Athens to win Gold in Beijing. He won over 60 medals, 27 in international competitions, with 43 of
that is easy to access. Kelowna has an international airport and offers service to the area from Canada and the U.S. Kelowna is a four-hour drive from Vancouver, six-hour drive from Calgary and a five-hour drive from Seattle.
The trade show will be held at Prospera Place. This arena is large enough for 90 booth spots and five drill rigs. Be sure to check out the vintage drill rigs parked outside!
The Delta Grand Okanagan Resort is in downtown Kelowan and on the waterfront. It is across the street from Prospera Place, where the trade show is bWeing held, and close to the Kelowna Art Gallery and Kelowna Museum. The hotel features indoor and outdoor pools, a full service health spa, restaurant and bar, concierge service and a casino.
The 20,000 square foot Lake City Casino is attached to the resort and features 500 slots machines, several table games and no limit Texas Hold’em Poker.
these being gold medal or first place performances. Following his Olympic career, Adam was named Athlete Leader of the Year at the prestigious Canadian Sports Awards and was elected to the executive board of the Canadian Olympic Committee to direct sports policy in Canada.
Looking to build upon his Olympic success, and sharpen his entrepreneurial teeth, Adam joined three others from Seattle, Washington, to plan a world’s first expedition, where they would row unsupported from Africa to North America. This required three and a half years of detailed planning and half-a-million dollars in resources. Adam led the business side of the adventure, facilitating partnerships with academic institutions, corporations, and NGOs across North America. Seventy-three days into their row, at the edge of the Bermuda triangle, a square wave capsized their boat while Adam was inside the vessel’s small, flooding cabin. Fortunately, the crew’s exceptional safety and emergency planning ensured that all four members survived and much of their equipment and data was salvaged. The capsize is now the subject of an NBC Dateline special, scheduled to air in April.
Adam’s passion for health and wellness developed through his involvement in athletics and adventure. Adam’s wife Rebecca is gluten intolerant and a passionate expert in health and sustainable living. This spawned KSE’s investment and strategic involvement in The Edge Food Energy and Jaga Silk Tea.
While a poor, struggling athlete, Adam was introduced to the concept of using vegetable oil to fuel his vehicle. Both easy on the planet and pocket book, the idea of Biodiesel instantly appealed. While at Stanford University, Adam built a biodiesel reactor in Palo Alto, California and brought it up to his hometown of Victoria, BC. Adam now chairs the board of Greasecycle Inc., a Vancouver Island based organization that collects and processes waste vegetable oil, and produces sustainable Biodiesel for local consumption. Also on the board of the Island Biodiesel Co-Op and the BC Biofuels Network, Adam helps small-scale biofuel producers achieve financial sustainability.
Adam holds a degree in Geotechnical Engineering and Hydrology from Stanford University. He is a loving husband and proud father who lives in Victoria, BC.
AGRICULTURE AND NITRATES
A research project reveals a powerful message
Adecade of research by one of Canada’s leading ground water scientists has revealed some surprising results, including a relatively simple method for remediating public drinking water supplies impacted by long-term fertilizer use. It all happened in the southern-Ontario city of Woodstock.
by RACHEL BEAVINS TRACY
Fertilizer use on farmland can lead to excess nitrates in ground watersourced, public drinking supplies. A decade-long Canadian study has come up with solutions and astonishing results.
Dr. David Rudolph is a professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Ont. An expert on regional-scale ground water protection and management, his research focuses on quantifying the effects of beneficial management practices (BMPs) on ground water quality.
The National Groundwater Association (NGWA) named Rudolph the 2013 Darcy Lecturer, an honor given to one preeminent ground water professional each year to share the results of his or her work with others. Rudolph delivered one of the last of these lectures in December at the NGWA Groundwater Expo in Nashville.
The findings he shared with attendees
are extraordinary – not just because they challenge conventional wisdom regarding fertilizer use. The results of his team’s research also offer concrete solutions, for both the long and short term, to address the pervasive problem of excess nitrates in public drinking water supplies.
NITRATES IN DRINKING WATER
Across the globe, agricultural land use is the largest nonpoint source threat to surface and ground water quality. In addition to increases in pathogenic microbes in surface and ground water from cattle manure, heavy fertilizer use since the mid-20th century has caused spikes in nutrient concentrations in public drinking water supplies, in many cases well above
levels safe for human consumption.
At the same time, food and agricultural water demands are only growing. The United Nations forecasts food demand will rise 70 per cent by 2050, with agricultural water demand jumping 50 per cent over that period. And with global food production capacity relying heavily on fertilizer use, the problem of nitrates in drinking water isn’t going anywhere.
“How do we maintain the quality of ground water in the face of managing the agricultural landscape for optimal food production?” asks Rudolph. “Our challenge is to sustainably manage ground water to meet these demands.”
In Woodstock, where Rudolph has conducted research since 2003, the city accesses hundred-foot deep wells in glacial drift to withdraw up to 300,000 gallons of drinking water per day from each well. Over the past 30 years, the city has seen a progressive increase in nitrate concentrations in those wells.
In the 1990s, concentrations topped 10 mg/L nitrate as nitrogen, the maximum acceptable concentration in drinking water established by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (as well as other regulating bodies like the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). Elevated levels of nitrate in drinking water are associated with gastric problems and blue baby syndrome, the latter being a blood disorder that can be fatal to infants.
Sorting out where and how nitrates travel through ground water is extremely difficult due to the fact that the source of those nitrates –agricultural fertilizers – are spread over vast tracts of farmland.
“The classic of all nonpoint source problems is determining the capture zone for a well,” says Rudolph. “It’s always moving. Recharge is very dynamic.”
Additional factors like varying fertilizer application rates and complex subsurface hydrology make the problem even more complicated. Vertical transport dynamics in the vadose zone create a time-lagged flux of nutrients from the surface to the saturated zone as precipitation events move nitrates to the water table in multiple stages over several years. Even with significant recharge events, fertilizer stops moving
within an hour, creating a strong component of time lag when trying to connect land use with ground water quality.
WOODSTOCK’S EXPERIMENT
With nitrates rising in municipal wells and few tools to combat the problem, the city of Woodstock braced itself for the cost of building a multi-million dollar water treatment facility to protect residents.
Taking a chance, they instead chose to adopt a beneficial management plan (BMP) focused on managing land-use to protect ground water quality and supply. Part of this strategy included a long-term monitoring program conducted by Rudolph and his team to assess the results of the city’s efforts.
“The city purchased land around the wells, very carefully managing fertilization there,” says Rudolph. “They wanted to rely on the BMP as an alternative to building an expensive treatment plant, while also maintaining production of that land,” he adds.
One goal of the BMP was to find the optimal amount of fertilizer to both produce a good crop and minimize nitrate leaching to the subsurface. All told, fertilizer application was reduced by roughly 50 per cent. The BMP also included crop rotation practices, such as using nitrogen fixers like legumes and red clover as cover crops.
In the past, there were little quantitative data for evaluating the impact of BMPs on ground water quality, making the case for reducing fertilizer use a hard sell to farmers.
“The changes we make at the surface may take years to show up in the water table,” says Rudolph, adding, “There are very few studies I can easily show the agricultural community to demonstrate these approaches work.”
Rudolph aimed to change that with this project. His research, drawing on data gathered from over 130 monitoring wells, has three important goals: 1) quantify changes in nitrate leaching in the field pre- and post-BMP; 2) predict the magnitude of nitrate concentration reduction in the city wells; and 3) estimate the time needed to achieve those reductions. The research has an eye toward constructing datasets acceptable to the agricultural community and keeping uncertainty within easily understood limits.
UNEXPECTED RESULTS
The magnitude of the BMP’s impact was anything but ambiguous. Rudolph and his team observed a drop in nitrate concentrations beneath the root zone from 20 mg/L to less than 8 mg/L and a 60 per cent decrease in total nitrate mass loading in the subsurface. These numbers are roughly proportional to the 50 per cent reduction in fertilizer application implemented as part of the BMP.
Most astonishing of all was the fact that farmers saw no reduction in agricultural yields. In fact, yields actually increased by 5 per cent.
Rudolph’s team also used monitoring well data to calculate rates of recharge and nitrate leaching, which were then used to create computational models showing that by 2020, nitrate concentrations in city wells would decline roughly 20 per cent to levels safe for human consumption.
“We thought the reaction would be great,” he says, referring to the demonstrated effectiveness of the BMP, “but to the
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public, it was a bit of a shock to have to wait up to 10 years to see those reductions.”
Given that it would take nearly a decade for the effects of the BMP to propagate to the wells, it looked like Woodstock would have to shell out millions to build a water treatment plant after all.
But Rudolph wasn’t ready to give up just yet. Instead, he and his team set out to test an innovative method to reduce legacy nitrate levels in ground water, one that would leverage naturally occurring biological processes.
Under anaerobic conditions, bacteria consume nitrate during respiration through a process called denitrification. The process requires an electron donor, such as organic matter, which is oxidized to reduce the nitrate, an electron acceptor.
“Could we get that to occur in the field while we were waiting for the newly freshened plume to arrive at the wellhead?” asked Rudolph. This approach led him to an in-situ denitrification method developed by Dr. Rick Devlin at the University of Kansas.
This method, called cross-injection, called for injection and extraction wells installed just upgradient of the municipal wells. Injection wells received acetate, a weak acid and an electron donor, in hopes of spurring bacteria into consuming excess nitrate in the subsurface.
It worked. Within a week of oxygen consumption in the aquifer, nitrate levels dropped down to 4 mg/L.
“Without treatment, approximately 1 ton of nitrate per 5 meter width of the aquifer moves toward those production wells. By treating them with acetate, we were able to reduce that by half.”
Ultimately, the experiment saved millions for the city of Woodstock and has implications for any government seeking to balance the demands of food production and ground water protection.
Rudolph points to areas like California’s Central Valley, where elevated nitrates in ground water threaten one in 10 drinking water production wells. Simple, cost-effective strategies, like the one Rudolph’s team used, could be keys to protecting public health without having to construct expensive water treatment facilities.
Rudolph’s ultimate goal is for these results to inform public policy on responsible land-use practices, which is something that can only be achieved with buy-in from key stakeholders like farmers themselves.
“The reception has been positive,” notes Rudolph. “They’re willing to listen, but adoption is slow.”
It’s no surprise given the traditional reliance on fertilizers as insurance against low crop yields. He’s convinced, however, that once farmers understand the tangible benefits of BMPs, including less time and money spent fertilizing crops, change will be possible. As one farmer excitedly told Rudolph, “That gives me an extra two weeks in Florida.”
by KEN HUGO
AT THE SURFACE
When ground water wells draw on surface water
The wells you drill obviously draw ground water into them when they are pumped. It doesn’t take too much thought to see that if you install a shallow well in gravels next to a river or lake, you are probably eventually drawing in surface water. Does it matter if it is surface water or ground water? Yes, it does, for at least a couple of reasons.
If the water is surface water it might require more treatment than ground water, as the potential for bacteria or viruses is higher in surface waters than in ground waters. Also, in Alberta, within the Bow, Oldman, Milk and soonto-be Red Deer River basins, one cannot get water licenses for surface waters, including ground water connected to surface waters (which Alberta Environment calls reserve waters).
So when does a ground water become classified as a reserve water? There are criteria to determine if the ground water is a reserve water, but three contentious water license applications in southern Alberta have shown that it is not at all clear to many people (including myself) what is classified as reserve water.
Alberta Environment does have a guideline, entitled Assessment Guideline for Groundwater Under the Direct Influence of Surface Water (GWUDI). This guideline has an initial screen that has four components to see if the water is a GWUDI source. These are summarized as follows:
• Sensitive setting: The source should not be a spring, shallow collection system, bored well or dug well. The aquifer should not be unconfined or less than 15 m below ground surface or be in fractured or karst bedrock.
• The source shall not be within 100 m of a surface water body.
• The well should be constructed properly.
• The water should not show indications of surface water chemistry or microbiology.
These seem simple enough, but complications and uncertainties have arisen. The definition of surface water in the guidelines is relatively broad, including items such as dugouts and intermittent creeks. It can be hard in some areas of Alberta not to be within 100 m of one of these sources. I worked on a license east of Medicine Hat a few years ago where there was no surface water reported since 1925 but had extensive flooding in 2011, so these usually dry areas now had numerous surface water bodies.
Causing more confusion is whether the aquifer is confined or unconfined. Just because the well log says that clay tills or shales overlie the aquifer is not enough to say it is confined. This was the issue in three hearings in front of the Alberta Environmental Appeals Board. One hearing was for a ground water supply in the Crowsnest Pass area (SW-16-09-05, Hearing 08-106), and the other two were for ground water supply in the Okotoks area (E ½ - 24-20-1W5, Hearing 12-043 and NW-16-20-29W4 Hearing 11-179).
At all these hearings, consultants for the well owners were making the argument that the wells were of sufficient depth and overlain by shales or tills and were confined. Alberta Environment was of a different opinion and said that the overlying shales and tills were not laterally extensive, or not of sufficiently low permeability, and the aquifers were connected with surface water. As a result, they would not grant a license.
The subject has lots of grey areas to it. We were taught in Grade 8 geography that ground water
is part of the hydrologic cycle, so too strict a definition of reserve waters would exclude all licenses from being granted in southern Alberta, which is not the intention of Alberta Environment. The definition of an aquitard is not defined because although shales may show very low permeability (typically 1/10,000 to 1/1,000,000 as permeable as an aquifer) they are not impermeable. But what is sufficiently low-enough permeability to prevent a connection with surface water?
How continuous these aquitards are is also a factor that was the subject of much discussion at the hearings. The consultants tried to show that the aquitards are continuous through the use of well data and cross sections. To show that the aquitards are continuous in all directions takes a lot of wells, and Alberta Environment argued there were not sufficient wells to make this determination. They also did admit that no matter how many wells one has, there is still uncertainty on what types of strata is present between the wells. However, what would be a sufficient amount of wells is not defined.
Pump tests were also much discussed at these hearings. Pump tests can be used to determine the type of aquifer, but are open to interpretation (i.e. a pump test from a fractured aquifer may look like a pump test from an unconfined aquifer). The length of the pump test was debated, as Alberta Environment guidelines for water licenses specify a minimum time for pump tests, but these times may or may not be sufficient in complicated cases. The length of time that would be needed to conduct a pump test is not easy to establish, especially because it does not become apparent until one is examining the pump test data after it is complete whether it should have gone on longer or not.
I am of the opinion that pump test data is very useful in
determining how continuous the overlying shales are, but only when combined with numerous observation wells. These observations wells should be in the aquifer, but they should also measure water level response in aquitards above the aquifer or in sandstone beds above the aquitard above the aquifer. Even geotechnical standpipes that measure the water table could be measured.
Flow tests in wells in aquitards could be done to determine the permeability of the aquitard. One would have to undertake very low flow rate tests, as pumping rates of even ½ a gallon a minute or less would likely (perhaps hopefully) dry up the wells.
Recording water levels in all the wells and in surface water bodies after the pump test is finished is also useful in seeing if there is any relationship between surface water and ground water levels. A correlation between water levels and precipitation data could also be done. One would have to measure these levels not just for days, but for months or perhaps one year to see if there is a correlation or not.
So do these issues affect water well drillers? Very much so, as not being able to obtain water licenses will affect the amount of wells that people want installed. Projects that do require water licenses for large amounts of water may require more well installation, including several observation wells. Pump tests may be more complicated with longer pump tests required and water levels read in more observation wells.
Ken Hugo is a technical director and hyrdogeologist with Groundwater Information Technologies (GRIT).
INDUSTRY NEWS
ONE DROP AND WATER FOR PEOPLE PARTNER UP
One Drop and Water For People recently formed a strategic partnership to eradicate water and sanitation poverty. The collaboration is expected to impact more than 650,000 people in India’s Sheohar district.
These two large players in the water and sanitation sector are collaborating beyond the scope of individual programming to ensure sustainability and increase the scale and impact of their work.
“We share the belief that sustainability and economic empowerment are the foundation of international development,” said Catherine B. Bachand, One Drop’s chief executive officer in a news release. “This partnership will demonstrate ways the water sector can collaborate to increase the return on investment of funding, and ultimately, achieve the mutual goal of delivering sustainable solutions at scale.”
“We are excited to pool our talents and resources in the interest of vulnerable communities, families, and children specifically in the Sheohar district of India,” said Ned Breslin, chief executive officer of Water For People in a news release. “This partnership has the potential to shift how philanthropy and international aid is approached to permanently resolve the water and sanitation crisis in the developing world.”
The partnership, which will impact more than 650,000 people by 2018, leverages One Drop and Water For People’s core organizational strengths.
The investment over the five-year period is estimated at $10.8 million, with Water For People contributing $5.8 million and One Drop contributing $5 million. This investment builds on the considerable investments Water For People has already made in the district of Sheohar.
One Drop brings its expertise in ensuring the sustainability of its water, sanitation, and hygiene programs by combining access to water, access to microcredit and its impact on behaviour change through social arts.
Water For People brings its proven experience in working with governments and communities to provide sustainable access to drinking water, market-based solutions for access to household sanitation, comprehensive school programming on hygiene education, and institutional capacity building in order to achieve district-wide water coverage in every household, school and clinic.
Despite decades of development activity by non-profits and governments, between 780 million to 1.2 billion people in the world do not have sustainable access to safe drinking water.
Water For People has been active in developing sustainable water and sanitation access programs in India since 1996, and in 2005 it established a full-fledged program in India. One Drop has been active in India since 2011.
Through its “Everyone Forever” model, Water For People provides every household, school and clinic in the districts where they work with sustainable access to water and sanitation.
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