2006 News Archive
December, 2006
Christine McCormack presented on Assessing Water Systems and Developing a Renewal Plan Using the InfraGuide Best Practices at the Municipal Engineering Division and MMCD Annual Seminar on November 24th, 2006 in Burnaby, BC. This presentation was based on a Water Distribution System Renewal Plan developed for the City of Port Moody using InfraGuide Best Practices.
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November, 2006
Nancy Hill presented at Infra 2006 Conference in Quebec City, QC on November 20th-22nd, 2006.
June 27 , 2006
Christine McCormack to present at Water in the City Conference: A 21st Century Approach to Water Issues in our Communities in Victoria, BC, September 17-20, 2006.
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Vicki Campbell to present at Western Canada Water and Wastewater Annual Conference in Winnipeg, September 24-27, 2006.
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For more, see National Benchmarking Initiatives abstract
Open to member/non-member public utilities: Stormwater Management and Drainage Process Benchmarking Conference October 13-14th 2006 in Town of Richmond Hill, ON.
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June 12 , 2006
Andy North to present at IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition September 10-14, 2006 in Beijing, China. For more information.
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Abstract Earth Tech has been successfully benchmarking Canadian municipal water, wastewater and stormwater utility operations since 1997. While the fundamental purpose of this project was metric benchmarking for the purpose of making performance comparisons to guide continuous improvement, the project is now serving as a dynamic platform to consider, examine, and implement a broad range of utility best practices that have resulted in superior performance where they have been implemented. The keys to success however were based more on a process that emphasizes communication, teamwork and collaboration rather than the trend to push computerized data management systems to their fullest potential, and most importantly in recognizing the importance of “hard work”. With these success factors now well understood and documented, it is feasible to benchmark almost any public infrastructure amongst agencies that are willing, regardless of their level of technological development. Finally by sharing this methodology, the performance measure descriptions and detailed definitions, it is also feasible to make international comparisons in a simple and cost effective manner, thus opening the door to the broad exchange of international best practices.
May 8, 2006
Ric Robertshaw (Regional Municipality of Peel) to present at Ingenium Conference 2006 in Auckland, New Zealand on June 8-10th, 2006. For more information.
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