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Municipalities Forum on Water | From tap to river : Wastewater management

Event held in French.

Quebec municipalities: Let's work together to improve water management in Quebec!

The latest report of the Auditor General of Quebec recently stated that water management in Quebec is deficient and that more links between the research community and research users need to be built. The Municipal Forum on Water Research Needs is used to survey municipalities on their concrete research needs in the field of water management. CentrEau, Quebec's strategic water management research cluster, invites municipalities to come together to explain their real research needs. See the previous meetings of the Forum »

What will you get out of these meetings? Ideas for collaborators relevant to your issues/research, a project description, an exchange on solutions found by other municipalities... and more!

Target Audience: This meeting is particularly aimed at municipal  wasterwater managers and university and college researchers. 

THEME 1 : FROM TAP TO RIVER: WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT

The meeting will be a panel with interventions from both panelists and participants.

9h00- 9h20

Introduction: "The State of Wastewater Treatment in Quebec and Applied Research Partnership"

  • Establishing a research partnership with a municipality is a significant challenge, but one that has considerable benefits.
  • This presentation will summarize the state of wastewater management in Quebec and some partnerships between research and municipalities
 
 
  • Yves Comeau, professeur titulaire à Polytechnique Montréal
  • Peter Vanrolleghem, professeur titulaire à l’Université Laval
  • Édith Laflamme, directrice du Centre des technologies de l’eau (Cteau) du Cégep de Saint-Laurent
 

9h20-9h45

Panel 1: "Bringing physico-chemical wastewater treatment plants up to standard by 31 December 2030"

  • Design, construction and financing issues

 
 
  • Tony Di Fruscia, ingénieur de procédé à la direction de l'épuration des eaux usées, Ville de Montréal 
  • Pierre Juteau, conseiller scientifique à la direction de l'épuration des eaux usées, Ville de Montréal 
  • Frédéric Cloutier, chef d’équipe - Ingénieur de procédé à la division de la qualité de l’eau et du soutien technique, Ville de Québec
  • Caroline Ky, chargée de projet en eaux usées à la direction du génie, Ville de Longueuil
 

9h45-10h10

Panel 2: "Compliance with standards reported by the Ministry of the Environment

 
  • Dominique Claveau-Mallet, professeure adjointe à Polytechnique Montréal
  • Caroline Ky, chargée de projet en eaux usées à la direction du génie de la ville de Longueuil
 

10h10-10h35

Panel 3: "Non-standard compounds issue: total nitrogen, contaminants of emerging interest"

  

10h35-10h50

Panel 4: "Good practices for the operation of facultative aerated ponds".

 
  • Yves Comeau, professeur titulaire à Polytechnique Montréal
  • Geneviève Aubry, spécialiste en assainissement des eaux, Proactivo
  • Christian Boulanger, chef de division - soutien aux opérations et aux projets, Ville de Repentigny
 

10h50-11h15

Panel 5: "How to limit overflows: wastewater regulations"

 
  • Édith Laflamme, directrice du Centre des technologies de l’eau (CTEAU) du Cégep de Saint-Laurent
  • Émilie Papillon, cheffe de section à la direction de l'épuration des eaux usées, Ville de Montréal