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Power in numbers
Kevin Constable of Fred Constable and Son weighs in on safety, unity and three generations of drilling
12 climate connection
Diana Allen shares insights gained from her wide-ranging research
16 aFter tHe FlooD
We need to understand why and by how much levels rise during a flood
18 JumPing tHrougH HooPs
Ontario’s geothermal industry is still grappling with regulation 98/12
ON THE WEB:
Direct-use geothermal exploration coming Geoscience BC will be gathering existing geothermal data on areas of B.C. to help identify sites with potential for geothermal direct use and potentially start a consortium to drill test holes.
Express entry requirements revealed New regulations put the onus on employers who want to offer permanent jobs to high-skilled temporary foreign workers already working in Canada to prove they’ve made effort to hire Canadian first.
Cover photo by Andrew Macklin
Creative recruiting
Closing the skills gap may require a creative approach, but the ground water industry is up to the challenge
by Colleen Cross
it takes a special kind of person to be a water well driller: someone who enjoys working outdoors, someone with mechanical aptitude and, most of all, someone who can think on their feet.
The ground water industry needs problem solvers. With so much of it literally underground, day-to-day problems are sometimes concealed and solving them often takes creativity.
The industry itself has a pressing problem to solve: a lack of skilled, qualified, long-term help. I have heard from drillers at the Canwell conference last June and from others since that finding good employees is their biggest headache.
According to a 2014 business survey by the Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling, 72 per cent of executives and business owners perceive a gap between the skills they are looking for and the skills most jobseekers have.
Closing the gap may require a creative approach.
The most creative ideas are coming from partnerships between industry and education.
Being more visible is one way to attract young prospects and one way to do that is to get involved in Skills Canada’s highprofile skills competitions.
The organization’s CEO, Shaun Thorson, encourages businesses to get involved in running a competition. As long as there is interest, Skills Canada will consider adding new events, he told me.
While it is widely acknowledged that training is important, employer spending on training and development has fallen significantly from $1,207 per employee in 1993, to $705 per employee in 2013, according to the Learning and Development Outlook, published in March 2014 by The Conference Board of Canada.
The ground water industry is better than some at providing training solutions. The most creative ideas are coming from partnerships between industry and education. Duane Parnham, a past Fleming College graduate, donated $1 million to the Resources Drilling and Blasting program in 2011, which the college put into three pieces of equipment that
desperately needed replacement. Some of the funds have gone toward upgrades and enhancements to a training centre and $200,000 was used to create an endowment fund for students.
“Equipment manufacturers do and should step up and be partners,” said Jim Smith, a professor and program instructor at Fleming. There is an important side benefit to doing what’s right, Smith said when I spoke with him last year. Experience breeds familiarity, and if students are accustomed to using a certain piece of equipment or tool they will gravitate toward it.
Another promising avenue involves partnering with universities that already teach geology and environmental science. “We can partner with universities that are wanting that applied piece,” Smith said. “They are wanting to show students how to apply their knowledge, and we can contract-train.”
On the geothermal front, Red Deer College started an exciting Earth Loop Technician Program curriculum last September that will feed the geothermal sector in Alberta and run in conjunction with the Water Well Driller course.
Henry Goldbeck of Golbeck Recruiting offers other creative ways to motivate recruits in his column about competing with Alberta’s oil industry for jobs on page 38, among them employee referral bonuses and investment in apprenticeships and co-ops.
Using fly-in, fly-out programs to draw workers from remote locations is just one idea that surfaced at Canwell. I have no doubt other good ideas are out there and that the get-the-job-done attitude of people in this industry will yield practical strategies to solving a problem with no easy answers.
We at Ground Water Canada welcome your ideas for finding the right people to draw out this precious natural resource. We wish you success in that search and a productive and prosperous 2015.
INDUSTRY NEWS
DaNIEl F. Muzyka NEW NSERC VP aND ChaIR
Daniel F. Muzyka has been appointed vice-president and chair of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, effective Nov. 27.
Muzyka, who is currently the president and CEO of the Conference Board of Canada and the RBC Financial Group Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business, has been a council member of NSERC since 2008.
Muzyka holds a doctorate of business administration from Harvard University, an MBA with concentration in strategic planning from the University of Pennsylvania, and a bachelor of arts with honours in physics and astronomy from Williams College. He was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre national du Merite (National Order of Merit) by the Government of France.
“I would like to welcome Dr. Muzyka in his new role as vice-president and chair of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. His considerable experience in academics, finance and business will benefit the Council,” said James Moore, minister of industry, in a news release.
“Dr. Muzyka brings a wealth of insight and experience to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. As we launch Canada’s updated science, technology and innovation strategy, his particular focus on entrepreneurship, commercialization and innovation will prove to be of tremendous value to the Council and its work in moving postsecondary research and business innovation forward,” said Ed Holder, minister of state (science and technology).
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada supports almost 30,000 post-secondary students and post-doctoral fellows in their advanced studies.
The agency promotes discovery by funding approximately 12,000 professors every year and fosters innovation by encouraging over 3,000 Canadian companies to participate and invest in post-secondary research projects.
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USGS releaSeS droUGht viSUalization webSite
An interactive California drought visualization website aims to provide wide coverage of the drought and a timeline of its impacts on water resources, said the U.S. Geological Survey in a news release.
The developed the interactive website as part of the federal government’s Open Water Data Initiative. The drought visualization page features high-tech graphics that illustrate the effect of drought on regional reservoir storage from 2011 to 2014.
For the visualization, drought data are integrated through space and time with maps and plots of reservoir storage. Reservoir levels can be seen to respond to seasonal drivers in each year.
However, available water decreases overall as the drought persists. The connection between snowpack and reservoir levels is also displayed interactively. Current streamflow collected at USGS gauging stations is graphed relative to historic averages. Additionally, California’s water-use profile is summarized.
WIth California experiencing one of its most severe droughts in over a century, the governor called a state of emergency to help officials manage the drought.
“USGS is determined to provide managers and residents with timely and meaningful data to help decision making and planning for the state’s water resources,” said Nate Booth, chief of USGS Water Information, in the release.
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DTH Hammers aim for reliabiliTy
Rockmore International recently launched the T Series down-the-hole hammer line featuring the first model in this class, the ROK 600T.
This addition to Rockmore’s line of DTH hammers represents a breakthrough for DTH drilling technology for mining, construction and water-well applications, said the company in a press release. The new T Series design hammers use drill bits with standard shank connections that no longer require blow tubes (foot valves).
“We recognized a trending demand in the DTH drilling sector for a high-performance DTH tool that could use industry standard drill bits without plastic components in order to increase reliability yet not compromise drilling efficiency,” said Pejman Eghdami, executive vice-president of Rockmore International, in the release.
The series, which is “tubeless,” achieves the goal of using industry bit-shank connections, but without the plastic component embedded in the bit.
Although the tubeless DTH hammer has been offered before, drilling performance was often compromised when operating with an industrystandard bit shank, said the company. Rockmore says other manufacturers have introduced DTH hammers that use bits without a plastic component, but such DTH bits are proprietary in design and limited in availability.
“With our emerging T
Series DTH hammers, we are offering the drilling community a balanced solution of improved reliability without compromising any drilling performance,” said Eghdami.
The T Series hammers are designed to alleviate costly down time by eliminating the plastic bit component that is susceptible to breakage.
The ROK 600T is a sixinch-class model with highperformance drilling characteristics rated for drilling 6.1 to seven-inch diameter holes for blast hole applications in mining and construction. It is also suitable for water-well drilling because it exhibits good in-hole flushing which is necessary to evacuate rock chips in deep applications.
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fmi sTreams viDeo on valveless pumping
Fluid Metering Inc. has released a video to demonstrate the CeramPump’s precision valveless piston pumping technology through a series of 3D animations and graphic illustrations. The high-definition streaming video contains supporting technical descriptions.
The technology relies on only one moving part – a rotating and reciprocating ceramic piston – to accomplish all fluid control functions within the pump, without valves.
Using sapphire-hard ceramic internals and eliminating valves helps pumps maintain a precision of 0.5 per cent for millions of cycles without maintenance or recalibration.
Customers can stream the video through FMI’s home page and have a live web chat with an application specialist to solve metering, dispensing and dosing challenges.
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NEW P RODU c TS
QDos 60 perisTalTic meTering pump aims To lower cosTs
The new Qdos 60 peristaltic metering pump from WatsonMarlow Pumps Group is designed to reduce chemical metering costs compared to conventional solenoid or stepper-driven diaphragm metering pumps.
The new model follows the launch of the Qdos 30 pump, which expanded the Qdos range to incorporate flow rates from 0.001 to 15 gph at 100 psi. The company says the Qdos range of pumps eliminates the need for ancillaries, boosts productivity and cuts chemical wastage due to its highly accurate, linear and repeatable metering.
Watson-Marlow’s patented ReNu pumphead technology provides a single component to help speed up maintenance and eliminate the need for tools. Qdos pumps are suited for disinfection, pH adjustment and flocculation of drinking water, wastewater and industrial process water, as well as reagent dosing and metering in mineral processing tasks. The Qdos 60 is aimed particularly at chemical metering applications found in larger water treatment plants where flow demand is greater than that provided by the existing Qdos 30 model.
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subDrive line Has wi-fi capabiliTy
Franklin Electric has released an enhanced SubDrive family of constant pressure drives designed to be easily set up, configured and monitored through Wi-Fi connectivity.
The constant pressure drive features a NEMA 3R (Type 3) enclosure. It is rated for both indoor and outdoor use, providing a degree of protection against falling rain or sleet. Its most innovative feature is Wi-Fi capability through the FE Connect mobile app.
The app helps users set up and configure the drive in fewer steps.
Once configured, it allows real-time monitoring of key system data, adjustment of advanced features and settings to optimize the system to your specific application, and access to your fault history of up to 500 detailed entries that can be emailed for enhanced troubleshooting capability.
The new SubDrive retrofits to most pumping systems use a Franklin motor, making the transition smooth and simple for current systems. Basic setup is designed to allow users to be ready to pump water with the flip of two switches.
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c OVER STORY
Power in numbers
Kevin constable of Fred constable and son weighs in on safety, unity and three generations of drilling
we’re in the well-drilling business. w e’re all nuts,” jokes Kevin c onstable about Fred c onstable and s on, the business his grandfather – that’s Fred – started in m aple, o nt., back in the mid-1940s.
by CAROLYN CAMILLERI
“Mr. Jackson [a neighbour] retired and no longer wanted to fix our well. He gave the tools to my grandfather and said, ‘Here, fix it yourself,’ ” and everything kind of spun from there,” says Constable.
Fred’s son Ken started working in the family business in 1962, the year before his son – that’s Kevin – was born. Twenty or so years later, Kevin graduated from the Resources Drilling Program at Sir Sandford Fleming College in Peterborough, and by May 1983 he was drilling full time. In 2001, the business moved to its current location in Bradford, where Constable now has six employees plus himself and his wife, Nicole, who runs the office.
In addition to more advanced equipment, something that has improved over the years is the knowledge behind the drilling. Constable says 40 or 50 years ago, drillers didn’t all understand aquifers and well hydraulics.
“Now we understand the aquifers better. We understand what we’re doing better. We’ve drilled a lot of wells in places that my grandfather drilled wells and had a heck of a time getting water,” he says. “We get lots because we just have more knowledge of how the aquifers work, along with much more modern equipment.”
Constable says the majority of the people in the industry are much better educated about aquifers and why they need to be protected.
“It’s important that that education is in place – however that education is provided, and there’s a thousand ways,” he says, referring
to college programs, training, licensing and regulations. “By osmosis, the new people are educating the older people.”
Another change that’s occurred since his grandfather’s time is the introduction of Regulation 903, Ontario’s construction requirement for water-well drilling.
“Am I 100 per cent happy? Think it’s a perfect regulation? Of course not,” says Constable.
“Overall, I think it is a pretty good regulation for ground water protection…. The only real reason that we even have a regulation is for ground water protection. At the end of the day, the Ministry of Environment really doesn’t care whether you know how to drill a well. That’s your business problem. Their concern is that you do it properly and that you’re not going to screw up that little piece of the aquifer.”
With regard to regulation compliance, Constable believes that most well drillers in the province are good at what they do, describing it as a fairly professional industry that does its best.
“The only downfall of the regulation in Ontario is the complete lack of inspection – inspection of construction practices,” says Constable, explaining that the low cost of contractor licences means that not a lot of money is available to pay water well inspectors.
“The way they used to do it, they used to have half a dozen well inspectors who would stop into a drill rig and just ask questions and see how you were doing things,” he says. “Now, they do it more on a call-in complaint
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basis. If there was more inspection, I think, in some cases, we’d have some better jobs done out there.”
When it comes to safety, that’s the Ministry of Labour and the Construction Safety Act. In recent years, there’s been more emphasis on safety.
“The safety requirements are probably the one thing that’s going to put people out of business,” says Kevin, explaining that while he agrees 100 per cent with safe work practices, the paperwork is a problem.
His wife Nicole – whom he affectionately refers to as the “safety Nazi” – spends about five hours a week on nothing but compliance paperwork for the Ministry of Labour.
“Our safety handbook, that’s in every
one of my trucks, is a foot thick,“ he says. “The requirement for a two- or three-person company isn’t near what the requirements are when you have eight or nine employees. Still, it has to be done. It is a monumental task and it’s expensive.”
Constable says the Ontario Ground Water Association does a fantastic job of promoting safety across the industry.
“The association has a member and that’s what she does. She’s a safety consultant and she’s a member of the OGWA,” says Constable, referring to Ellaline Davies of Safety Works Consulting.
A criticism Constable has is how new safety regulations are created, describing them as “knee-jerk reactions.” By way of example, he says the OGWA had been chasing the MOE for years – long
before they revamped the regulation – to add geothermal drilling. Because they weren’t drilling wells, the addition was rejected – until a natural pocket of methane gas was drilled into at depth, creating a gas risk.
“Inside of two weeks, they had a regulation that would just curl your hair,” says Constable.
Pushing for safety and regulatory changes is just one of the functions of the OGWA. And while the work it does benefits everyone in the industry, membership is not required.
“The association spent two years and countless hours of volunteer time to help the Ministry rewrite the regulation into something we could all live with and everybody gets the same regulation,”
Kevin Constable says the majority of the people in the industry are much better educated about aquifers and why they need to be protected.
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says Constable, who has been both an OGWA board member and president.
“When the [OGWA] puts on a regional meeting, training time across the province every spring – which gets everybody CEC hours, the whole deal – well, it has to be offered to all the non-members as well. They get to come, do all the work
that the association has put together.”
Moreover, the OGWA provides a common place for people to get information on everything to do with the industry, as well as assistance with regulatory problems and referrals when people call needing drill service.
And there’s power in numbers.
“If the OGWA could walk into the Ministry of Environment office and say, ‘Look, 99 per cent of the licensed well drillers in Ontario are members of this association. What are you going to do for us?’” says Constable about the stronger position the OGWA would have with the MOE if membership were to increase.
Yet attracting membership is always a challenge – something Constable would like to see remedied. “Because there’s no regulatory requirement to be a member, all of the people that refuse to pay that not very expensive membership fee every year get all the benefits of everything that the association does.”
“The association has been around for 63 years. A lot of good things have been done over those 63 years and a lot of good people have put a lot of effort into it for 63 years, but some things just never change,” says Constable.
Something that has changed is Constable’s business. While they still do plenty of domestic jobs, Constable says about half their drilling is commercial work in the city of Toronto.
“We saw the writing on the wall quite a few years ago that the domestic well drilling business in the southern part of the province was becoming a smaller market,” he says. “Between pipelines and the government, which basically said that the majority of development should, whenever possible, be attached to municipal services. They made it awfully difficult – not impossible but difficult – for developers to develop subdivisions where they require wells and septics.”
LEFT: Kevin Constable eyes the company’s V50GTRX rubber track all-terrain carrier. RIGHT: Inside the shop, which moved to Bradford, Ont., in 2001.
Where Constable’s grandfather and father drilled is all city water now. Drillers have to go farther out into farm country and cottage country to find work.
“Ontario’s a big place. It’s hard to really put a finger on the state of the whole industry in Ontario. There are areas of the province where well drilling is in top shape,” he says. “But Southwestern Ontario is a horrible place to be a well driller.”
While Constable admits he doesn’t know what the fix is, he does believe that drillers need to be looking at diversification of some kind, adding that, the real challenges to the industry are to stay current and flexible.
“There’s still a lot of work out there. There’s still good work, particularly, for the smaller companies – the mom-and-pop companies.”
‘There’s still a lot of work out there. There’s still good work, particularly, for the smaller companies – the mom-and-pop companies.’
Asked what he would like see change, Constable mentions the now-defunct Canadian Ground Water Association. While the demise of the CGWA is well known within the industry, the concept of a national association is something Constable supports.
“There’s no federal body that worries about ground water across the country, which is something that the Canadian Ground Water Association was trying to work towards, trying to work with the federal government.”
Constable’s vision was a training and certification body, where all the provincial associations would have access to material.
“It’s really difficult for the provincial associations to keep coming up with stuff that satisfies the continuing education criteria. If you had a national clearing house putting this stuff together – getting together, discussing it, making sure it was the way it needs to be, and then making that available to the whole country – it would be advantageous to everybody.”
Before that can happen, the provincial associations have to sit down and decide they want another Canadian association.
“I hope they do,” says Constable. “I firmly believe that the Canadian group is important.”
As far as the future of the industry, Constable says well drilling is an industry that supplies something people can’t do without.
“As long as we do our part and make an effort to make sure that a) we protect the ground-water sources, and that b) we continue to push to governments that development and new wells outside of town are a good thing, the future of the industry is bright. There’s still a lot of Ontario out there that needs wells drilled in it.”
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The ClimaTe ConneCTion
Diana allen shares insights gained from her research and weighs in on ground water issues in canada
Diana allen is one of canada’s leading ground water experts. as a professor in the earth sciences department at simon Fraser university specializing in hydrogeology, she is a prominent advocate of protecting canada’s ground water resources.
Allen was appointed to British Columbia’s Ground Water Advisory Board, where she played a key role in developing regulations and shaping public policy. In 2013, she was presented the C.J. Westerman Memorial Award by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (APEGBC) in recognition of her research, teaching and service to the community. Ground Water Canada caught up with Allen this summer to learn about her research and get her insights about the ground water industry in Canada.
grounD waTer canaDa: Would you please share with us a bit about the important work you are doing with the British Columbia’s Ground Water Advisory Board?
Diana allen: Well, that all started in 2003 when I was asked by the province to sit on a six-member panel called the Ground water Advisory Board appointed by the minister [of the environment]. I was the only academic in the room, but academic in the sense that I am a very practical academic. The research and training I do is very practical. There were a driller, a pump installer, two people from consulting, and a representative from the ministry [of the environment]. So we had this board that represented quite a broad range of viewpoints on how British Columbia should be shaping its ground water regulation. The Drinking Water Protection Act had recently been modified. There was a provision in the Water Act, at the time, to introduce some
ground water protection regulation and that regulation was intended to come out in three phases. Phase 1 was passed in November 2004. So it was very rapid, from September 2003 to November 2004, drafting recommendations to government. It was crafting the regulations themselves, although the lawyers made some modifications to our wording, but those regulations speak to driller and pump installer qualifications and construction standards. Right on the heels of that coming out, we started to work on phase 2, which looked at reporting and a variety of topics. It was a very comprehensive set of recommendations for regulation. That regulation never came out. The provincial government decided to go back and modify the Water Act because it was insufficient to deal with the complexity of problems that were beginning to emerge. So the Ministry of Environment took it and started the modernization of the Water Act. This past spring, the Water Sustainability Act was passed. So a large component of the regulations we developed will migrate right over, at least that’s my understanding. There will be some modifications because the act is worded differently now. Phase 2 essentially will be the well reporting.
gwc: What did you discover from your research into the Grand Forks Aquifer?
Da: That project, funnily enough, didn’t start out at all in how it ended. At the time the ministry had an interest in looking at well-capture
Diana Allen says low flows in streams are a serious concern that have motivated her to focus on climate change impacts on ground water systems.
zones for the Grand Forks Aquifer. There are a number of large-scale production wells in that small valley and the way that they had delineated the well-capture zones was based on a fixed-radius method. My colleague at the ministry said it would be interesting to see if there are other ways these capture zones can be delineated. I thought: we can build a ground water model of the area. It was just me building this very simplistic model of the Grand Forks Aquifer. And, I thought, what could I do with this thing apart from reporting on these capture zones? I started thinking about climate change and what that could possibly do to ground water recharge and very early work that I did was simply looking at global climate change projections for that area. For example, if it got wetter by this amount, what would that do to recharge? The very first paper that I wrote launched this area of research for me that I’ve been doing and continue to do. Once I had that first thought, it raised more questions than it did answers. I recruited a master’s student and he really lifted the research to a totally different level, linking global climate models, looking at recharge in a distributed way and building in a river connection to the whole system. From there we had a template. We duplicated the process in Abbotsford and another study was done in the Oliver area of the Okanagan with modifications. There is a collection of studies that stemmed from that early work in Grand Forks at a local scale leading to recent work in Fort Collins in Colorado where a group of us are trying to summarize what could happen to recharge across the Western United States in the face of climate change.
gwc: Do your students get in touch with you, are they in the field?
Da: Oh yeah, yeah. The ones that have come up to me and said I really got inspired by hydrogeology and what other courses can I take and how can I best prepare myself for this type of career. I don’t stay in touch as much with the undergraduates as I do with the graduate students but definitely the ones I know where they are and most of them,
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I know they’ve gone off and are working for various consulting companies.
gwc: What are the major ways ground water is impacted by climate change?
Da: We’ve learned a lot in terms of synthesizing our understanding of climate change processes, not just climate change processes, but climate processes in a wide variety of terrain. Mountains and coastal systems are the two areas I tend to focus on. In the context of mountains, most of the mountain regions have snow melt, or have snow pack on them in the winter, and the amount of snow pack is expected to decrease in the future. Likewise, our glacier cover is expected to decrease. So the amount of water that’s generated from mountains could become lower than it is right now just due to that loss of water. But [many people] really don’t understand that if you don’t have the snow then that means you’re going to end up with more rain. How does that change the dynamic of everything? We really don’t know the answer to that. There haven’t been a lot of studies that have looked at what’s going to happen if we move from a snow melt type of system to one that’s more rainfall-dominated, or rain on snow events. In the future, we have to pay a lot more attention to how surface water and ground water are connected. The people who look at surface water, they do know that ground water provides base flow to streams – it’s a common principle – but their models and the work they do tend to focus on what’s happening to the surface water system. Low flows in streams are a very serious concern for the future, and that’s why I’ve been focusing on climate change impacts on ground water systems. What do they mean to things like low flows in the summer or availability of water during the summer when irrigation demand is really high?
We have a chronic problem in Canada with respect to hydrology in general. We lack long-term ground water data. There are some provinces that have some old records that go back to the 1950s, maybe a bit before, that but not a lot of information. We have a little bit of spotty coverage on how ground water systems have changed historically over time, as evidenced by their ground water levels. But I don’t think we really have enough information and a long-enough time period of observation to be able to truly understand the response of a ground water system to climate variability.
The other big problem is that we don’t know how much ground water is used in Canada. Domestic well users don’t record how much they use. Large users have to report; but with the cumulative effect of ground water extraction, I don’t think we have the faintest idea what that is in this country. And for that matter, probably not even surface water either. And given that ground water and surface water are connected, do we really know how much water we are using?
gwc: Any ideas for going about rectifying that or finding a way to measure?
Da: Well, there’d be a lot of kickback if we said to domestic well users you need to put a water meter on your well. But I would think there could be a community out there that’s concerned enough that they might want to participate in a pilot study by putting water meters on.
I’ve pitched that idea to the Islands Trust, which is the body that oversees water on B.C.’s Gulf Islands. Let’s see how much we really do use. If it starts with the small user, a grassroots
type of action, maybe there could be an impact.
gwc: How can we advance the public recognition of the importance of ground water and protecting it?
Da: The six-member Ground Water Advisory Board was very innovative on the part of the ministry. From a driller’s perspective it’s a business, and from an academic or a government perspective it’s a sustainability issue. Working together had its challenges but ultimately I think we’re all in the same business, right? So, if we can find more opportunities to work together, then I think that’s the way to go.
The other thing I’d say is that the drillers are really the ones that are talking to the residents and they have that opportunity when somebody says “I need a well” to maybe talk a little bit more about what’s so precious about this resource.
Just raising that awareness could go a long way. The driller could also point to, for example, a handout that maybe the Ministry of Environment creates, with a list of web pages that have information on how to disinfect a well, or what to be worried about.
A well owner’s first contact is with the driller and I wonder if they don’t know where to go after that. Providing that link could be valuable.
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FLOODING
aFTer The FlooD
tracking the response of ground water to flooding rivers yields helpful data
u nderstanding why – and by how much – ground water levels rise during a flood can help us determine losses and prevent future damages. Knowledge of this effect is required when rebuilding and future building occurs, so that the risk of rising ground water may be taken into account.
BY KEN HUGO
After Calgary’s major flood of 2013, many homeowners near the river were surprised to see their basements filled with water given that the flood waters did not reach their lots.
Over 500 homes in Calgary were affected in this manner. Many people thought they were victims of a sewer backup. Perhaps one reason for claiming sewer backup is that damage caused by sewer backup is covered by the homeowners’ insurance, but damage caused by flooding is not.
Unfortunately, in most cases (over 90 per cent of the time, by one insurance adjuster’s estimate), the damage was not caused by sewer backup, but by rising ground water levels. Why do ground water levels rise during a flood and how much can they rise? These are important questions – necessary for both determination of previous losses and prevention of future damages.
Calgary, like many cities in Canada, is a river city. The earliest development, along with the downtown and relatively expensive residential development, has taken place near the Bow and Elbow rivers. These rivers are in ancient riverbed channels and are underlain by gravels, sometimes up to 30 metres thick. (See map showing surface materials of the city’s urban area.)
Does it matter whether your home is underlain by bedrock, clays or gravels? Yes, it does, and here is the reason: in gravels, the high permeability of the sediment means that the water level rise is almost as high, and almost as quick
as the rise in water in the river. So if your lot is four metres above the normal river level – with the water table normally one metre below your basement – and the river rises two metres, your street might be dry but your basement might be surrounded by gravels that are saturated one metre above the basement floor. Basements are not usually “tanked,” so the water will enter.
Less permeable sediments show a time lag in ground water level rise after the river levels have risen, with the result that the flood water may start to recede before the ground water levels have matched their height.
Ground water levels will rise in floods, but we did not appear to have any continuous recordings of ground water levels in the gravels in Calgary. The Alberta provincial government has a network of observation wells in Alberta that read water levels on a continuous basis; none of these had been placed in the shallow gravels in Calgary. The City of Calgary does not measure water levels in the ground water either.
As an alternative, the author undertook measurement of ground water levels in a monitoring well in the gravels near the Bow River in June and July 2014. Flooding of the Bow River in 2014 did not occur, but the usual increase in water levels in the river was observed due to spring rains and snowmelt from the nearby Rocky Mountains. Data is available on river
levels from federal government river-gauging stations.
The water levels in the monitoring well rise as much, or almost as much, as the rise in the river levels. A time lag of about one day is observed between a rise in river levels and a rise in ground water levels almost 290 metres away. The rise and time lag would be expected to vary depending on the distance away from the river and the type of sediments in the area.
If river levels rise by two to three metres, the ground water will likely rise nearly as much in areas underlain by gravels near the Bow River. The water levels in this monitoring well rose approximately 0.5 metres when the river level rose the same. If the river was to rise by one to two metres during a flood, ground water levels would likely rise by the same amount, bringing ground water levels above basement levels.
Can anything be done to prevent this? Basements can be tanked to prevent seepage, but this is probably easier to do at the construction stage than it is after the basement has been developed. One problem with sealing a basement is that unless a basement is designed to take the water pressure, the walls or the footings may collapse or heave, causing significant damage to the home. Personnel from the City of Calgary recommended installation of one-way valves on the sewer lines and installation of sump pumps. Installation of sump pumps is unlikely to
be effective during a flood in areas underlain by gravels. The sump pumps are supposed to be tied to the storm water sewer system, a system that automatically shuts in during a flood, and there would be no place to drain the water. As every water well driller knows, the drawdown in water levels in a gravel at the slow pumping rates that a sump pump can do (less than 10 gallons per minute) will result in only negligible lowering of the water table along the perimeter of a house. Using reasonable values of aquifer parameters, pumping rates on the order of 100 gallons per minute are required. In addition, the water has to be disposed of – not an easy accomplishment when the storm sewers are closed. Pumping water onto the street next to your neighbour’s house may not be a welcome plan.
Knowledge of this effect is required when rebuilding and future building occurs, so that the risk of rising ground water may be taken into account.
Ken Hugo is a technical director and hydrogeologist with Groundwater Information Technologies (GRIT).
This map, taken from the report entitled “Surface Materials of the Calgary Urban Area” (Fenton, Alberta Research Council, 1986), shows downtown Calgary and the extent of gravels (in orange).
GEOTHERMAL
JumPing Through hooPs
the ontario geothermal industry is still grappling with regulation 98/12
it’s been over two years since o ntario regulation 98/12 came into effect, changing the province’s geothermal industry forever. t he hastily prepared regulation was in response to an o akville contractor striking a significant amount of pressurized natural gas while drilling a borehole for a vertical geothermal heating system back in a pril 2012.
by J ULIE FITz-G ERALD
The industry came to a standstill as the government quickly drew up new rules for geothermal drilling. Within the new regulation was the requirement for a 45-day minimum posting in order to obtain an environmental compliance approval (ECA), further immobilizing the industry. Today, two and a half years since the regulation came into effect, Ontario’s geothermal drillers are still struggling to adjust to the new rules.
Stanley Reitsma, CEO and co-owner of GeoSource Energy Inc. and board member of the Ontario Geothermal Association (OGA), says some companies are finding it tough to stay within the guidelines and their frustration is evident. “We were at the OGA conference last week and clearly there is still some anger and aggravation within the industry about the regulation. It’s clear that various contractors are having a lot of trouble with it. I do know there have been some fines levied and some suspensions pending relating to the reg, so there’s no doubt it’s causing some problems within the competition. Our experience has been a little different than that. We’ve been able to comply and we’ve learned to work within the regulation and the expectations, but it’s not easy. It’s a bit of a challenge,” Reitsma explains.
According to Denis Tanguay, president and CEO of the Canadian GeoExchange Coalition, the landscape of Ontario’s geothermal industry
has been drastically altered. “My estimate is that before the regulation there were about 50 drillers doing geothermal work in Ontario. I looked at the registry this week and I saw 19 companies, officially. I say ‘officially’ because the regulation is only as good as the government has the capacity and willingness to enforce the regulation, and in this case there are some very prominent drillers well known to the MOE (Ministry of the Environment) who have been drilling for at least a year without a permit. So what’s the point of shutting down an industry if a large driller, well known to a lot of people, is drilling without an ECA?”
Ontario regulation 98/12 requires all geothermal drillers to obtain an ECA, which involves hiring a licensed engineer or geoscientist to prepare a work plan, among other things. Fortunately, the Ontario MOE has made a provision for a multi-site ECA, allowing the holder to submit one application for projects in various locations. However, the cost of hiring a geoscientist or engineer to draw up a work plan can be steep; too steep for many small geothermal companies.
“Some small companies don’t want to invest that money for five to 10 jobs a year, so some have decided not to do geo. We’re trying to promote the geo industry and this doesn’t send a good signal. The companies that are left are much bigger and sometimes they don’t
want to do small residential jobs. The ones that used to do small residential jobs are the ones that we see not doing work anymore because it’s probably too expensive for them. They’re probably focusing on water well drilling or geotechnical now,” explains Tanguay.
While many companies dabbled in both geothermal and water well drilling before the new rules were put in place, the regulation has effectively forced them to choose which industry they want to work in. According to Tanguay, it has been the one silver lining of the regulation. “It’s made a business case for geothermal drilling as an industry for itself, rather than being a secondary activity for water well drillers, for example. What we heard for many years was that geo drilling should be done by water well drillers, but now they are geothermal drillers. It’s clarified the situation of who’s allowed to drill a borehole. When you look at the situation, for the most part they are not water well drillers, so I think it sends a positive message to the geo industry and this may have an impact as well for outside of Ontario.”
Reitsma agrees the new rules have highlighted the differences between the geothermal and water well industries. “If you’re not a geothermal driller full time, maybe you shouldn’t be in it. So, [fewer companies] may not be a bad thing. The two are different; they’re different enough that you can’t be an expert at both things. Those who have gone through the ECA have made the investment [in geothermal],” Reitsma notes.
However, reg 98/12 has left the geothermal industry feeling unfairly targeted by the government and many still question why other industries that drill, such as water well or construction, are not held to the same standards.
“Why would the geo industry get this regulation when other drilling types in the province are exempt from this type of compliance? For example, there are about 50,000 water well drills in Ontario and when you look at regulation 903 for water well drilling, the only obligation for drillers is to inform the authorities after the fact and only if they hit gas pockets. For geo, they have to apply before the act of drilling just in case they hit gas, but it’s the same equipment, sometimes doing boreholes at the same depth. So why reg 98, if water well drilling does not have to respect the same rules? It’s contributing to imbalances in the industry. It sends the wrong message,” Tanguay explains.
Reitsma agrees, but he believes other drilling industries will have to follow similar rules in the years to come. “It’s frustrating that we feel we’re being targeted and it’s not a fair regulation in that regard, but what we’re seeing and what we’re quite sure will happen is that the water well industry, for example, and construction drilling may also have to be under similar regulations in the future. That’s what we understand from the MOE,” says Reitsma.
Regardless of what the future holds, Ontario’s geothermal industry must work within the parameters of reg 98/12. According to Reitsma, GeoSource Energy was the first company to obtain its ECA in August 2012. This year alone, MOE inspectors have visited three to four different GeoSource Energy job sites to ensure protocols are being met. “They’re taking it very seriously from my point of view. We very carefully follow it to the ‘T’ as much as we can. It’s hard to be 100 per cent, but we follow the rules as much as we can. To be
honest, if you’re doing everything you’re supposed to be doing in your work plan, the following of it is not terrible. I think the regulation itself and most of the safety precautions are good things. They can be met and they are reasonably workable.”
However, Reitsma concedes that if some geothermal drillers are not notifying the province of upcoming projects, it’s possible to fly under the MOE’s radar, albeit operating illegally outside of reg 98/12. According to Tanguay, some companies are skirting the regulation by claiming to be drilling for water well. “We know there are companies drilling without authorization and I’m pretty sure the government knows that as well. It was almost deemed at some point that the government was afraid of shutting down the operation of one driller because he was well known and politically it was not a good thing to do,” says Tanguay. “What I do hope is that the serious companies will have an environment into which they can keep working in a professional manner and that companies that are bending the rules will go out of business for good. But I don’t see that happening right now; quite the contrary. I still think we have an unhealthy industry at this point and I don’t see things improving.”
Reitsma believes that any geothermal companies operating outside of the regulation will have a steep price to pay if they are discovered by the MOE. “If they get caught doing that, the repercussions are serious enough,” he says.
For better enforcement of the regulation, Tanguay offers Quebec’s new water intake regulation that covers geothermal drilling as an example. In this case, he says, drillers must notify the municipality, bringing accountability one step closer to the drilling company. “It’s softer, but it increases the requirement to file reports and municipalities are at the obligation to enforce the regulation, so the enforcer is closer to the driller. We don’t see that in Ontario. When it’s the provincial government enforcing, they’re not as close.”
Another big issue identified by Reitsma is the MOE’s response to small shows of gas, which he says has often been over the top. “At what stage do we report and when don’t we? There are certain cases where gas is common; it’s not that risky unless we can’t control it. The MOE may come in and halt work, force you to abandon immediately, or even suggest that you didn’t make notification quick enough and therefore you’re in violation…. Then suddenly drillers are being threatened with fines, brought into court and may even have their ECA revoked or suspended. We’re scared to call because of their reaction. It feels a little draconian sometimes.”
As in any healthy relationship, two-way communication is key and that’s exactly what’s needed to smooth relations between the province’s MOE and its geothermal drillers. For Reitsma, working with the MOE to find common ground is crucial.
“We have a good relationship with them. I don’t think that all drillers do and I don’t think we have a consensus among the drilling industry of whether [reg 98/12] is a good or bad thing. Those who are getting suspensions and fines aren’t happy, but for us, we have the choice and we’re going to meet the regulation. Some are fighting it and some are living with it. It’s here to stay and we’re working with them to meet the requirements. I can’t imagine it will be rescinded. Never say never, but I do think it will be amended to cover other drilling industries.”
Boshart Industries is a leader in service and quality for the plumbing and waterwell markets. Also a manufacturer, Boshart produces Flexible Couplings, Sump Pump Check Valves, Plastic Insert Fittings, etc.
C & C hOSE & FITTINGS SuPPly 14-1950 Ellesmere Rd., Toronto, ON M1H 2V8
Central Mine Equipment Company designs and manufactures a complete line of drilling equipment including drill rigs, augers, sampling systems and all-terrain and rough-terrain carriers. CME is also a leading provider of drilling tools, equipment, and supplies.
COTEy ChEMICal CORPORaTION PO Box 2039, Lubbock, TX 79408
Tel: 806-747-2096, Fax: 806-747-7138
Toll Free: 1-800-457-2096
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Kevin McGinnis
Founded in 1949 CCC produces a family of safe, easy-to-use products designed to bring wells to their maximum flow capacity. Our full line of well-cleaning chemicals and brushes clean all types of wells.
COyOTE MaNuFaCTuRING INC.
7120 W. 117th Ave., Unit B-4, Broomfield, CO 80020
Doosan manufactures high pressure portable compressors up to 350psig available to meet your drilling needs. We also have high pressure compressor modules, light towers and generators in the product line.
Franklin Electric is a global leader in the production of systems and components for the movement of water – offering a full line of motors, pumps, drives and controls.
GEFCO, INC.
2215 S. Van Buren, Enid, OK 73703
Tel: 580-234-4141, Fax: 580-233-6807
e-mail: domsales@gefco.com website: www.gefco.com
Heidi Gore
GEFCO, Inc. is a world leader in the design and manufacture of portable drilling rigs and related equipment for the water well, environmental, groundwater monitoring, construction, mining and shallow oil and gas exploration and production industries.
GEO-lOOP INC
316 E 9th St., Aurelia, IA 51005-7714
Tel: 712-434-2125, Fax: 712-434-2115
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Jeff Bowen
GEOENERGy SOluTIONS INC.
3250 Lloydtown Aurora Rd., Ste. 201, King, ON L7B 0G3
Industry-leading drills for rotary, geotechnical, environmental, sonic/resonant, geothermal, water well, CPT, mining and construction. Featuring the MARL MSeries, Fraste and Ripamonti. Exceeding drilling expectations, daily.
Merrill Manufacturing - #1 In The Industry for yard hydrants, pitless adapters, tank tees, splice kits and insert fittings. Several thousand other water well products to be your one source supplier.
Manufacturer of conventional and reverse circulation down hole hammers and bits for drilling hole diameters 3-1/2” to 42” (89mm - 1067mm). Additionally, they manufacture a full range of Super Jaws overburden drilling systems capable of setting casing from 5-1/2” to 34” (140mm - 864mm).
Pentair is a leading global provider of solutions that bring clean water into the home. Includes well water pumps, tanks and pressureboosting systems in the Berkeley, Starite and Pentek brands.
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Jeanne Wilbert
PVC PluS DRIllING PRODuCTS INC. 1011 Autoroute 13, Laval, QC H7W 4V3
Xylem’s well-known applied water system global brands have served the water market for many decades with products sold in more than 150 countries through a market-leading force and expansive network of independent channel partners. Offering a complete range of energy efficient pumps, boosters, drives, valves, controllers, water systems, and other solutions for numerous applications in the Agricultural & Landscaping, Building Systems, Light Industry and Municipal Water markets.
user-frienDly piTless uniTs DesigneD for versaTiliTy
Boshart Industries has launched a line of Industrial Pitless Units that are designed to be user-friendly, corrosion resistant and versatile. Available in sizes five through 12 inches in both ductile iron and stainless steel, the units have several features:
• No lengthy lead times: Products are available from stock.
• Corrosion resistance: The NSF-certified, baked epoxy finish is designed to have excellent corrosion resistance.
• Flanged connections: All units eight inches and larger are supplied with raised-face flanges for positive sealing on all three connections, a feature intended to simplify the
NEW P RODU c TS
installation process and eliminate corrosion due to galvanic action between dissimilar metals.
• Versatility: The five through passages for pump cable, airlines, controls and chlorination equipment allow access to the well for testing and measurement equipment. FPT threads in the spools’ top plate allow for installation of cable seals for use in artesian well applications.
• Customer-centred design: The globe style design of the housing unit eliminates the need to change damaged O-rings during installation and helps improve flow characteristics. www.boshart.com
e-mail: ogwa@ogwa.ca OR executivedirector@ ogwa.ca website: www.ogwa.ca
Craig Stainton
Diverse groundwater professionals. Volunteer board passionate about protecting Ontario’s most precious resource. Providing guidance to members, government, and public for sound scientific, economic, development, protection, and management of groundwater resources.
PRINCE EDWaRD ISlaND GROuND WaTER aSSOCIaTION
PO Box 857, RR 2 Cornwall, PE C0A 1H0
Tel: 902-675-2360 Fax: 902-675-2360
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Watson MacDonald
SaSkaTChEWaN GROuND WaTER aSSOCIaTION INC.
PO Box 9434
Saskatoon, SK S7K 7E9
Tel: 306-244-7551 Fax: 306-343-0001
cOMING EVENTS
Jan. 28, 2015
ontario Ground water association/Fleming College regional training Meeting Springfield, Ont. www.flemingcollege.ca/ welltechtraining
March 4-7, 2015
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Resort, Kelowna, B.C. www.bcgwa.org
March 8-14, 2015
national Groundwater awareness week
april 23-25, 2015
alberta water well drilling association convention and trade show
Sheraton Red Deer Hotel, Red Deer, Alta. http://gravel.awwda.com
26 grounD water canaDa | WINTER 2015
May 27-30, 2015
british Columbia water and waste association conference and trade show Kelowna, B.C. www.bcwwa.org
June 5-7, 2015
ontario Ground water association convention and trade show
Canadian water Summit Vancouver, B.C. www.watersummit.ca
Dec. 15-17, 2015
national Ground water association expo Las Vegas www.ngwa.org
For more industry events, visit www.groundwatercanada.com
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MuD PRESSuRE GauGES
Beauregard Equipements
Rideau Pipe
MuD PuMPS
Beauregard Equipements
Central Mine Eqpt.
Foremost Industries
Mud Technology
Rideau Pipe
Vermeer Canada
MuD SEPaRaTORS
Beauregard Equipements
Mud Technology
Rideau Pipe
NIPPlES
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Beauregard Equipements
C & C Hose
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
ML Air
PVC Plus Drilling
Rideau Pipe
PaCkERS
Aardvark Packers
Baski
Beauregard Equipements
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Central Mine Eqpt.
ML Air
Oak Environmental
QSP Packers
Rideau Pipe
Solinst Canada
PEllETS, BENTONITE
Beauregard Equipements
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Central Mine Eqpt.
CETCO
ML Air
Oak Environmental
PVC Plus Drilling
Rideau Pipe
Welpro Supply
PERFORaTORS
Beauregard Equipements
Rideau Pipe
PIPE COaTINGS
Beauregard Equipements
PITlESS aDaPTORS & uNITS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Baski
Beauregard Equipements
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Central Mine Eqpt.
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Welpro Supply
POlyPhOSPhaTES
Beauregard Equipements
Rideau Pipe
PuMP PullING EQuIPMENT
Ability Pump & Equipment
Beauregard Equipements
Pul-A-Pump
Rideau Pipe
PuMPS, BOOSTER
Ability Pump & Equipment
Beauregard Equipements
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Grundfos
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
PuMPS, GROuT
Beauregard Equipements
Central Mine Eqpt.
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Rideau Pipe
Vermeer Canada
Welpro Supply
REFERENCE MaTERIal
Baker Mfg.
Beauregard Equipements
REGulaTORS, aIR
Baker Mfg.
Beauregard Equipements
C & C Hose
Rideau Pipe
REGulaTORS, PRESSuRE
Baker Mfg.
Baski
Beauregard Equipements
C & C Hose
QSP Packers
Rideau Pipe
RIGhT aNGlE DRIVES
Diedrich Drill
Sego Industries
ROPE, aDaPTORS
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
Diedrich Drill
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Rideau Pipe
ROTaRy DRIll BITS
Beauregard Equipements
Central Mine Eqpt.
Foremost Industries
Hyduke Machining
ML Air
Rideau Pipe
Welpro Supply
ROTaRy DRIll COllaRS
Beauregard Equipements
Rideau Pipe
ROTaRy haMMERS
Beauregard Equipements
Foremost Industries
ML Air
Rideau Pipe
ROTaRy kEllyS
Beauregard Equipements
Rideau Pipe
Welpro Supply
ROTaRy SuBS
Beauregard Equipements
Central Mine Eqpt.
Foremost Industries
ML Air
Rideau Pipe
Welpro Supply
ROTaRy TaBlES
Beauregard Equipements
Foremost Industries
PRODUCTS › DRILLING
SCREENS, FIBREGlaSS
Central Mine Eqpt.
GP Fiberglass
Rideau Pipe
SCREENS, FluSh
ThREaDED
Baker Mfg.
Beauregard Equipements
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Central Mine Eqpt.
Diedrich Drill
Maass Midwest
Oak Environmental
PVC Plus Drilling
QSP Packers
Rideau Pipe
Welpro Supply
SCREENS, PlaSTIC
Baker Mfg.
Beauregard Equipements
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Central Mine Eqpt.
Diedrich Drill
Oak Environmental
QSP Packers
Rideau Pipe
SERVICE & REPaIR CaSINGS
Beauregard Equipements
Hyduke Machining
SERVICE & REPaIR RIGS/ PuMP hOISTS
Beauregard Equipements
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Diedrich Drill
Foremost Industries
Pul-A-Pump
SPIDERS, BRaSS
Sego Industries
STaBIlIzERS
Beauregard Equipements
Foremost Industries
MARL Technologies
ML Air
Rideau Pipe
Welpro Supply
STEaM ClEaNERS
Beauregard Equipements
STRaINERS, CONE & BaSkET
Beauregard Equipements
C & C Hose
Maass Midwest
Sego Industries
Errors and omissions
STRaINERS, SuCTION
Baker Mfg.
Beauregard Equipements
C & C Hose
Central Mine Eqpt.
Maass Midwest
Sego Industries
SWIVElS
Beauregard Equipements
C & C Hose
Diedrich Drill
Foremost Industries
King Oil Tools
ML Air
Rideau Pipe
Welpro Supply
TOOl WRENChES & TONGS
Beauregard Equipements
Central Mine Eqpt.
Foremost Industries
ML Air
Rideau Pipe
Welpro Supply
TORQuE aRRESTORS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Beauregard Equipements
Boshart Industries
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
ML Air
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
uNDERREaMERS
Beauregard Equipements
Hyduke Machining
NUMA
Welpro Supply
WaTER TRuCkS
Beauregard Equipements
WEll INSPECTION
CaMERaS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Beauregard Equipements
ML Air
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
WEll PluGS
Baker Mfg.
Beauregard Equipements
Canadian Pipe & Pump
PVC Plus Drilling
Rideau Pipe
WEll SCREENS & POINTS, METal
Baker Mfg.
Beauregard Equipements
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Central Mine Eqpt.
Maass Midwest
Oak Environmental
PVC Plus Drilling
Rideau Pipe
Trident Pump
Variperm Canada
Welpro Supply
WEll SCREENS & POINTS, NON-METal
Atlantic Screen
Baker Mfg.
Beauregard Equipements
Boshart Industries
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Central Mine Eqpt.
GroundTech Solutions
Oak Environmental
PVC Plus Drilling
QSP Packers
Rideau Pipe
WEll SEalS & CaPS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Beauregard Equipements
Boshart Industries
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Central Mine Eqpt.
CETCO
FauxRocks Canada
GP Fiberglass
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Pompco
PVC Plus Drilling
Rideau Pipe
Royer Quality Castings
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
WINChES
Beauregard Equipements
Foremost Industries
Rideau Pipe
If you notice any errors in this directory, please let us know by sending an e-mail to editor Laura Aiken at laiken@annexweb.com or associate editor Colleen Cross at ccross@annexweb.com. To be included in the directory, send an e-mail to sales manager Ed Cosman at ecosman@annexweb.com.
EDuCaTION & TRaINING
CETCO
OGWA
FuRNaCE, FORCED aIR
Rideau Pipe
FuRNaCE, hyDRONIC
Rideau Pipe
GlyCOl, FluIDS
Rideau Pipe
PRODUCTS › GEOTHERMAL
GROuND SOuRCE hEaT
PuMPS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Grundfos
Rideau Pipe
GROuTING & MIXING
EQIuPMENT
Beauregard Equipements
Central Mine Eqpt.
Cronin Consulting Services
Geo-Loop
ML Air
QSP Packers
Rideau Pipe
Vermeer Canada
GROuTING, ThERMal CONDuCTIVE
Baroid Industrial
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
CETCO
Cronin Consulting Services
ML Air
PVC Plus Drilling
Rideau Pipe
Vermeer Canada
lOOP SySTEMS
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Maass Midwest
Rideau Pipe
PIPE, hIGh DENSITy
POlyEThylENE
C & C Hose
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
PVC Plus Drilling
QSP Packers
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
PRODUCTS › PUMPS AND ACCESSORIES
BRaSS FITTINGS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
C & C Hose
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Oak Environmental
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
CaBlE, SuBMERSIBlE
MOTOR
Ability Pump & Equipment
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
ClaMPS, PlaSTIC PIPE
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
C & C Hose
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
CONTROlS, CONSTaNT
PRESSuRE
Ability Pump & Equipment
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Franklin Electric
Grundfos
Maass Midwest
Pentair Canada
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
SJE Rhombus
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
Xylem Inc.
CONTROlS, lOW FlOW
Ability Pump & Equipment
Boshart Industries
C & C Hose
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
SJE Rhombus
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
CONTROlS, PuMPS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Flint and Walling
Franklin Electric
Grundfos
Maass Midwest
Pentair Canada
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
SJE Rhombus
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Xylem Inc.
zoeller Co.
DISTRIBuTORS, TaNk uSE
Ability Pump & Equipment
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
DRaIN ValVES
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
C & C Hose
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
zoeller Co.
DRIVES, VaRIaBlE
FREQuENCy
Ability Pump & Equipment
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Franklin Electric
Grundfos
Maass Midwest
Pentair Canada
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
SJE Rhombus
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
DROP COuPlINGS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
C & C Hose
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
EDuCaTION & TRaINING
Ability Pump & Equipment
Franklin Electric
Grundfos
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
FIlTER SOCkS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Beauregard Equipements
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Central Mine Eqpt.
Davies Supply
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
zodiac Fabrics
FlOaTS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Boshart Industries
C & C Hose
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Central Mine Eqpt.
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
SJE Rhombus
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
GauGES
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Beauregard Equipements
Boshart Industries
C & C Hose
PRODUCTS › PUMPS AND ACCESSORIES
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
haND PuMPS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Beauregard Equipements
Boshart Industries
C & C Hose
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Pompco
QSP Packers
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Welpro Supply
hOSE ClaMPS/FITTINGS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
C & C Hose
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
National Hose
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
hyDRaNTS & FauCETS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
C & C Hose
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
Woodford Mfg.
hyDRaNTS, yaRD
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
C & C Hose
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Pentair Canada
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
Woodford Mfg.
INSERT FITTINGS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
C & C Hose
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
National Hose
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
JET aDaPTORS & PaCkERS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Beauregard Equipements
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
Xylem Inc.
lIGhTNING aRRESTORS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
lIQuID lEVEl CONTROlS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Flomatic
Pentair Canada
Rideau Pipe
RST Instruments
Sego Industries
SJE Rhombus
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
lIVESTOCk WaTERING
Ability Pump & Equipment
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
MOTORS, ElECTRIC
Ability Pump & Equipment
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Franklin Electric
Grundfos
Nidec Motor
Pentair Canada
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
Xylem Inc.
MOTORS, JET PuMP
Ability Pump & Equipment
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Franklin Electric
Grundfos
Nidec Motor
Pentair Canada
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
Xylem Inc.
MOTORS, SuBMERSIBlE PuMP
Ability Pump & Equipment
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Franklin Electric
Grundfos
Pentair Canada
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
Xylem Inc.
MOTORS, VERTICal TuRBINE
Ability Pump & Equipment
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Franklin Electric
Nidec Motor
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
Xylem Inc.
NSF61 POTaBlE WaTER hOSE
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
C & C Hose
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
PIPE, FIBREGlaSS
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
PIPE, POlyEThylENE
Ability Pump & Equipment
Beauregard Equipements
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Pompco
PVC Plus Drilling
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
PIPE, STaINlESS STEEl
Beauregard Equipements
C & C Hose
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
PRESSuRE TRaNSMITTERS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Davies Supply
Grundfos
Oak Environmental
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
PuMP PRIMER
Ability Pump & Equipment
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
PuMP SEalS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Grundfos
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
PuMP ValVES
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
C & C Hose
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
PuMPhOuSES, ShElTERS
Sego Industries
PRODUCTS › PUMPS AND ACCESSORIES
PuMPS, CENTRIFuGal
Ability Pump & Equipment
Beauregard Equipements
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Flint and Walling
Franklin Electric
Grundfos
Mud Technology
Pentair Canada
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Welpro Supply
Xylem Inc.
zoeller Co.
PuMPS, DIaPhRaGM
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Grundfos
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
PuMPS, hIGh PRESSuRE
Ability Pump & Equipment
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Franklin Electric
Grundfos
Pentair Canada
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
PuMPS, hyDROSTaTIC
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
PuMPS, INDuSTRIal
Ability Pump & Equipment
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Flint and Walling
Franklin Electric
Grundfos
Pentair Canada
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
PuMPS, JET
Ability Pump & Equipment
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Flint and Walling
Franklin Electric
Grundfos
Novo Water Conditioning
Products
Pentair Canada
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Welpro Supply
Xylem Inc.
PuMPS, PISTON
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
PuMPS, RECIPROCaTING
Ability Pump & Equipment
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Pentair Canada
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
PuMPS, ROTaRy GEaR
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
PuMPS, SaMPlING
Ability Pump & Equipment
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Grundfos
Oak Environmental
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Solinst Canada
PuMPS, SOlaR
Ability Pump & Equipment
Franklin Electric
Grundfos
Oak Environmental
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
PuMPS, SuBMERSIBlE
Ability Pump & Equipment
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Flint and Walling
Franklin Electric
Grundfos
Novo Water Conditioning
Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Oak Environmental
Pentair Canada
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
Welpro Supply
Xylem Inc.
zoeller Co.
PuMPS, SuMP
Ability Pump & Equipment
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Flint and Walling
Franklin Electric
Grundfos
Novo Water Conditioning
Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Oak Environmental
Pentair Canada
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
Welpro Supply
Xylem Inc.
zoeller Co.
PuMPS, VERTICal TuRBINE
Ability Pump & Equipment
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Flint and Walling
Franklin Electric
Grundfos
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Xylem Inc.
zoeller Co.
PuMPS, WIND-DRIVEN
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Grundfos
Maass Midwest
Sego Industries
RIGhT aNGlE PuMP DRIVES
Davies Supply
Flint and Walling
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
Xylem Inc.
SaND PuMPS
Davies Supply
Sego Industries
SEPaRaTORS, aBOVE GROuND
Ability Pump & Equipment
Davies Supply
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
SEPaRaTORS, SuBMERSIBlE
Ability Pump & Equipment
Davies Supply
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
SuBMERSIBlE PuMP CaBlE
Ability Pump & Equipment
Boshart Industries
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Oak Environmental
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
SuRGE BlOCkS
Baker Mfg.
Beauregard Equipements
Central Mine Eqpt.
Davies Supply
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
SWITChES, FlOaT
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
C & C Hose
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Grundfos
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Oak Environmental
Pentair Canada
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
SJE Rhombus
Stanley Pump
Welpro Supply
Xylem Inc.
SWITChES, lIQuID lEVEl
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
SJE Rhombus
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
SWITChES, PRESSuRE
Ability Pump & Equipment
Boshart Industries
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Grundfos
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
PRODUCTS › PUMPS AND ACCESSORIES
TaNk ClOSuRES
Ability Pump & Equipment
Davies Supply
Sego Industries
TaNk COMPONENTS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Davies Supply
Maass Midwest
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
SJE Rhombus
Welpro Supply
TaNk CONNECTORS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
Davies Supply
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
TaNk COVERS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Davies Supply
FauxRocks Canada
Flexcon Industries
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
TaNk FIlTERS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Davies Supply
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
TaNk FITTINGS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
C & C Hose
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Welpro Supply
TaNk TEES
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
TaNkS, FIBREGlaSS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Flexcon Industries
Flexcon Industries
Pentair Canada
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
zoeller Co.
TaNkS, GalVaNIzED STEEl
Boshart Industries
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Davies Supply
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
TaNkS, lINED
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Davies Supply
Pompco
Sego Industries
TaNkS, NON-PRESSuRIzED
Ability Pump & Equipment
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Flexcon Industries
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
TaNkS, PlaSTIC
Ability Pump & Equipment
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
zoeller Co.
TaNkS, PRE-PRESSuRIzED
DIaPhRaGM
Ability Pump & Equipment
Davies Supply
Flexcon Industries
Flexcon Industries
Grundfos
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Xylem Inc.
TaNkS, PRESSuRE
GalVaNIzED
Ability Pump & Equipment
Davies Supply
Pentair Canada
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
TaNkS, PRESSuRIzED
BlaDDER
Ability Pump & Equipment
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Flexcon Industries
Grundfos
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Welpro Supply
TaNkS, SEPTIC
Ability Pump & Equipment
Can-Mech Agencies Ltd.
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
TaNkS, STaINlESS STEEl
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Davies Supply
Flexcon Industries
Grundfos
Sego Industries
TaNkS, STEEl
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Davies Supply
Flexcon Industries
Pentair Canada
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
ValVES, aIR RElEaSE
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
C & C Hose
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Flomatic
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
ValVES, BaCkWaSh
Ability Pump & Equipment
Davies Supply
Flomatic
Maass Midwest
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
ValVES, Ball
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
C & C Hose
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Flomatic
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Pompco
PVC Plus Drilling
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
ValVES, BuTTERFly
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
C & C Hose
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Davies Supply
Flomatic
PVC Plus Drilling
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
ValVES, ChECk & FOOT
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
C & C Hose
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Flomatic
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Pompco
PVC Plus Drilling
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
zoeller Co.
ValVES, DOWN hOlE
CONTROl
Ability Pump & Equipment
C & C Hose
Davies Supply
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
ValVES, DRaIN
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
C & C Hose
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Flomatic
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Welpro Supply
ValVES, FREEzE
PROTECTION
Ability Pump & Equipment
C & C Hose
Davies Supply
FauxRocks Canada
Flomatic
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Woodford Mfg.
ValVES, GaTE
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
C & C Hose
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Davies Supply
Flomatic
PRODUCTS › PUMPS AND ACCESSORIES
Maass Midwest
National Hose
PVC Plus Drilling
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
ValVES, PlaSTIC
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
C & C Hose
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Davies Supply
Flomatic
Merrill Mfg.
Oak Environmental
Pompco
PVC Plus Drilling
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
ValVES, PRESSuRE REGulaTORS
Ability Pump & Equipment
C & C Hose
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Flomatic
Maass Midwest
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
ValVES, RElIEF
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
C & C Hose
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Flomatic
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
Pompco
PVC Plus Drilling
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Welpro Supply
ValVES, WaSh DOWN
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
C & C Hose
Davies Supply
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
WaTER hEaTERS
Oak Environmental
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
WaTER lEVEl INDICaTORS/ CONTROlS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
Beauregard Equipements
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Central Mine Eqpt.
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Heron Instruments
Oak Environmental
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Solinst Canada
Stanley Pump
Waterline Envirotech
Welpro Supply
WaTER PIPE
Ability Pump & Equipment
C & C Hose
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
WaTER PIPE FITTINGS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Baker Mfg.
C & C Hose
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Maass Midwest
Merrill Mfg.
National Hose
North Bay Plastic Molders
Oak Environmental
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
WINDMIllS & PaRTS
Oak Environmental
PRODUCTS › MONITORING AND CONSULTING
aNalyTICal EQuIPMENT
Avensys Solutions Inc.
Hoskin Scientific
Hoskin Scientifique
aSSOCIaTION/
ORGaNIzaTION
Ab. Water Well Drilling Assoc.
Avensys Solutions Inc.
B.C. Ground Water Assoc.
B.C. Water & Waste Assoc.
Cdn. Assoc. of Pump
Manufacturers
Cdn. GeoExchange Coalition
Diedrich Drill
Manitoba Water Well Assoc.
Natl. Ground Water Assoc.
N.B. Ground Water Assoc.
N.S. Ground Water Assoc.
OGWA
P.E.I. Ground Water Assoc.
Saskatchewan Ground Water Assoc.
BaIlERS, DISPOSaBlE
Baker Mfg.
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Central Mine Eqpt.
CETCO
Diedrich Drill
GroundTech Solutions
PVC Plus Drilling
Rideau Pipe
Solinst Canada
BuSINESS SERVICES
MTE Consultants
WellMagic
COMPuTER SOFTWaRE
Avensys Solutions Inc.
WellMagic
DaTalOGGERS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Avensys Solutions Inc.
Heron Instruments
Hoskin Scientific
Hoskin Scientifique
MTE Consultants
Rideau Pipe
RST Instruments
SJE Rhombus
Solinst Canada
DRINkING WaTER aNalySIS
Avensys Solutions Inc.
Davies Supply
Hoskin Scientific
MTE Consultants
Rideau Pipe
FlOW MEaSuREMENT
EQuIPMENT
Avensys Solutions Inc.
C & C Hose
Davies Supply
Hoskin Scientific
Hoskin Scientifique
Rideau Pipe
RST Instruments
GROuND WaTER CONSulTaNTS
Avensys Solutions Inc.
Morrison Environmental
MTE Consultants
GROuND WaTER MONITORING SySTEMS
Avensys Solutions Inc.
Baski
Heron Instruments
Hoskin Scientific
Hoskin Scientifique
MTE Consultants
QSP Packers
Rideau Pipe
RST Instruments
Solinst Canada
GROuND WaTER TREaTMENT
Avensys Solutions Inc.
MTE Consultants
Rideau Pipe
INSuRaNCE, FlEET/ PROPERTy
Lackner McLennan
METERS, CONDuCTIVITy
Avensys Solutions Inc.
Heron Instruments
Hoskin Scientific
Hoskin Scientifique
MTE Consultants
Rideau Pipe
METERS, FlOW
Avensys Solutions Inc.
C & C Hose
Davies Supply
Hoskin Scientific
Hoskin Scientifique
MTE Consultants
QSP Packers
Rideau Pipe
RST Instruments
Sego Industries
METERS, GENERal MEaSuREMENT
Avensys Solutions Inc.
Davies Supply
Hoskin Scientific
Hoskin Scientifique
Rideau Pipe
METERS, Ph
Avensys Solutions Inc.
Davies Supply
Hoskin Scientific
Hoskin Scientifique
MTE Consultants
PVC Plus Drilling
Rideau Pipe
METERS, PROPEllER
Avensys Solutions Inc.
Hoskin Scientific
Hoskin Scientifique
METERS, WaTER
Aardvark Packers
Avensys Solutions Inc.
PRODUCTS › MONITORING AND CONSULTING
Hoskin Scientific
Hoskin Scientifique
MTE Consultants
PVC Plus Drilling
Rideau Pipe
RST Instruments
Waterline Envirotech
Welpro Supply
MODEllING
Avensys Solutions Inc.
Morrison Environmental
MTE Consultants
MONITORING EQuIPMENT
Aardvark Packers
Avensys Solutions Inc.
Baker Mfg.
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Diedrich Drill
Franklin Electric
Hoskin Scientific
Hoskin Scientifique
MTE Consultants
PVC Plus Drilling
QSP Packers
Rideau Pipe
RST Instruments
SJE Rhombus
Solinst Canada
Sonic Soil Sampling
Waterline Envirotech
PIEzOMETERS
Baker Mfg.
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Central Mine Eqpt.
MTE Consultants
PVC Plus Drilling
Rideau Pipe
RST Instruments
Solinst Canada
Waterline Envirotech
POlluTION CONTROl
PRODuCTS & SERVICES
Avensys Solutions Inc.
Lackner McLennan
PROBES
Avensys Solutions Inc.
Hoskin Scientific
Hoskin Scientifique
PVC Plus Drilling
Rideau Pipe
SaMPlING DEVICES, GROuND WaTER
Ability Pump & Equipment
Avensys Solutions Inc.
Baker Mfg.
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Diedrich Drill
GroundTech Solutions
Hoskin Scientific
Hoskin Scientifique
MTE Consultants
Rideau Pipe
Solinst Canada
SITE REMEDIaTION
Morrison Environmental
MTE Consultants
SOIl SaMPlING TOOlS
Avensys Solutions Inc.
Beauregard Equipements
Central Mine Eqpt.
Diedrich Drill
GroundTech Solutions
Hoskin Scientific
Hoskin Scientifique
TESTING EQuIPMENT/kITS
Avensys Solutions Inc.
Hoskin Scientific
Hoskin Scientifique
Rideau Pipe
TESTING SERVICES
Avensys Solutions Inc.
Davies Supply
OGWA
TIMERS
Davies Supply
Rideau Pipe
WEll lOGGING
EQuIPMENT/RECORDERS
Ability Pump & Equipment
Avensys Solutions Inc.
Heron Instruments
MTE Consultants
Rideau Pipe
RST Instruments
Solinst Canada
PRODUCTS › WATER TREATMENT
aCTIVaTED CaRBONS
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
MTE Consultants
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Oak Environmental
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Target Products Ltd.
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
aERaTION EQuIPMENT
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Oak Environmental
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
aERaTORS, FIBREGlaSS
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump WaterGroup Companies Inc.
aERaTORS, STEEl
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
BaCTERIal REMOVal
ChEMICalS/EQuIPMENT
Davies Supply
MTE Consultants
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
SanEcoTec
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
Welpro Supply
ChEMICal WEll
TREaTMENT EQuIPMENT
Davies Supply
Rideau Pipe
SanEcoTec
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
ChlORINaTORS, DRy
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Rideau Pipe
ChlORINaTORS, hyPO
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
ChlORINE REMOVal SySTEMS
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
SanEcoTec
Sego Industries
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
COMPONENT PaRTS FOR WaTER CONDITION EQuIPMENT
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
SanEcoTec
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
CONDITIONING EQuIPMENT, COMMERCIal/INDuSTRIal
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
SanEcoTec
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
DEaERaTION EQuIPMENT
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
DEGaSIFICaTION EQuIPMENT
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
DEMINERalIzING EQuIPMENT
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
SanEcoTec
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
DESalINaTION SySTEMS
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
DESaNDERS/DESIlTERS
Beauregard Equipements
Davies Supply
Mud Technology
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
DISTIllaTION EQuIPMENT
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
PRODUCTS › WATER TREATMENT
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
Trident Pump WaterGroup Companies Inc.
FIlTER MEDIa
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
SanEcoTec
Stanley Pump
Target Products Ltd.
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
zodiac Fabrics
FIlTERS, aCID NEuTRalIzING
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
Trident Pump WaterGroup Companies Inc.
FIlTERS, auTOMaTIC
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump WaterGroup Companies Inc.
FIlTERS, BaCTERIal REMOVal
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
SanEcoTec
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
FIlTERS, CaRTRIDGE
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Merrill Mfg.
MTE Consultants
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Pompco
Rideau Pipe
SanEcoTec
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump WaterGroup Companies Inc.
FIlTERS, COlOuR & TuRBIDITy
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
MTE Consultants
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
SanEcoTec
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
FIlTERS, DISPOSaBlE/ PORTaBlE
Baker Mfg.
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
SanEcoTec
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
Wyckomar
FIlTERS, hyDROGREN
SulPhIDE
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
SanEcoTec
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
FIlTERS, IRON REMOVal
Boshart Industries
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
SanEcoTec
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
Wyckomar
FIlTERS, REPlaCEMENT COMPONENTS
Boshart Industries
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
FIlTERS, TaSTE & ODOuR
Baker Mfg.
Boshart Industries
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
SanEcoTec
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
Wyckomar
IRON BaCTERIa CONTROl
SySTEM
Beauregard Equipements
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
SanEcoTec
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
IRON REMOVal EQuIPMENT
Beauregard Equipements
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
SanEcoTec
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
laBORaTORy SERVICES
Cotey Chemical
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
SanEcoTec
Sego Industries
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
MINERal ClEaNERS
Beauregard Equipements
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
MINERal TaNkS
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
OzONaTOR
Davies Supply
Rideau Pipe
Trident Pump
PhOSPhaTE FEEDERS
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
PuMPS, ChEMICal FEED
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Grundfos
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
SanEcoTec
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Stenner Pump
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
PuMPS, REVERSE OSMOSIS
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Grundfos
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
REVERSE OSMOSIS EQuIPMENT
Baker Mfg.
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
SaND FIlTER MEDIa
Central Mine Eqpt.
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Target Products Ltd.
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
SaNITIzERS
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
SCalE REMOVal
ChEMICalS/EQuIPMENT
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Cotey Chemical
Davies Supply
Rideau Pipe
SanEcoTec
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
SOFTENER CaBINETS
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
SanEcoTec
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
SOFTENER CONVERSION kITS
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
SanEcoTec
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
PRODUCTS › WATER TREATMENT
SOluTION TaNkS
Davies Supply
Flexcon Industries
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
SanEcoTec
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
ulTRaFIlTRaTION SySTEMS
Baker Mfg.
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
ulTRaVIOlET SySTEMS
Baker Mfg.
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Luminor Environmental
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
Welpro Supply
Wyckomar
WaSTE TREaTMENT
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
FauxRocks Canada
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
WaTER CONDITIONING
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
FauxRocks Canada
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe SanEcoTec
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
WaTER SOFTENERS, auTOMaTIC
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
WaTER SOFTENING COMPOuNDS
Chinook Pumps Ltd.
Davies Supply
Novo Water Conditioning Products
Novo Water Conditioning
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Stanley Pump
Trident Pump
WaterGroup Companies Inc.
WaTER WEll ClEaNING
BRuShES
Ability Pump & Equipment
Beauregard Equipements
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
CETCO
Cotey Chemical
Davies Supply
Welpro Supply
WEll ChEMICalS & SuPPlIES
Ability Pump & Equipment
Beauregard Equipements
Canadian Pipe & Pump
Canadian Pipe & Pump
CETCO
Cotey Chemical
Davies Supply
Johnson Screens/Bilfinger
Rideau Pipe
Sego Industries
Trident Pump
Welpro Supply
e ight retention strategies
Losing workers to Alberta’s oil patch? Try one of these obvious, possibly wacky and workable retention strategies
by Henry Goldbeck
First — and of course you already know this — there isn’t going to be a costfree solution. When managers, engineers and skilled professionals can make double their salaries in Alberta’s oil patch or small towns in Saskatchewan [or whichever region you may be competing with for recruits].
To retain and recruit good people, we’re going to have to get really creative and outright invest in ways to keep them.
With that in mind, here are eight strategies:
1. Apply for pre-approved Labour Market Opinions (LMO) and recruit internationals:
a. Problem: Usually the process for hiring an international candidate is to recruit a person and then get an LMO. Once you have an LMO, then you can apply for the relevant work permits, but the length of time from recruiting to LMO to work permits can lower the chances of successfully closing your hire.
b. Solution: However, a new process has emerged in the last couple of years. Now, you can get an LMO pre-approved and then go find your candidates. That gives you a six- to nine-month window before the LMO expires in which to find candidates, and you can get an LMO approved that allows you to hire several candidates at once. (You’ll need an individual LMO for each trade, however.)
2. Retention bonuses: Many companies in high-competition places like Fort McMurray offer a retention bonus every 18 months, usually for something like $15,000. You could do that for your employees here. Put an 18- or 24- or 36-month retention bonus in place and employees will have an additional incentive to stay. No one likes to leave a potential bonus on the table.
3. Employee referral bonuses: Consider an employee referral bonus program for employees and even former employees who refer new employees to your company. (Something like a
$1K bonus when a referred new employee begins and another $2K if they are still there after a year might work.)
4. Shifts / job-sharing of absences: Institute a company policy that allows workers to leave in shifts for temporary placements in places like Fort McMurray. Something like this: from January to June, Joe can leave. When he gets back in June, Mary can leave your company until December. That way your employees can take lucrative short-term opportunities but you’ve always got coverage and you don’t lose your people permanently.
5. Sabbaticals / job guarantees: Every two or three years, an employee earns the right to leave for one year and come back to his or her same job, guaranteed. Alternately, if someone quits, tell them you’ll hold their job for 18 months or even indefinitely.
6. Invest in apprenticeships and co-ops: If the candidate pipeline is too narrow, make it bigger. Recruit three or four apprentices for every one tradesperson you anticipate losing and several co-op students in key professions.
7. Recruit in the other regions, but market the move as “make B.C./Ontario/Nova Scotia your home.” Highlight your region’s lifestyle.
8. Build a national network of recruiters: Find recruiters and recruiting agencies who specialize in trades. Make sure they know about you even if you haven’t placed a job with them: if they do find a candidate you might be interested in, they will give you the option to create an opening and recruit their candidate.
I hope at least one of these strategies helps you out.
Henry E. Goldbeck, president and founder of Goldbeck Recruiting Inc., is a Certified Personnel Consultant with over 24 years’ recruiting experience across various industries. He may be reached through www.goldbeck.com
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Woodford
WATERING NORTH AMERICA SINCE 1929.
The Woodford Y34 IOWA hydrant™ has been a North American icon for over eight decades. Every day, from the suburbs to the most remote farms, from the searing heat of a Texas summer to brutal Alberta winters, Y34s are delivering precious water reliably and efficiently. They won’t freeze. Repairs—not that they’re often needed—can be made without removing the hydrant. Parts are always available. And, this North American icon is made in America. Just like it has been since 1929.
