Water Balance Model – On Tour!

April 16, 2017 - Posted in 2006, Water Balance Model for BC

 

Capture Rain Where It Falls

There is awareness and growing interest across North America and elsewhere in the potential for applying the Water Balance Model to evaluate the effectiveness of rainwater runoff source controls under different combinations of land use, soil conditions and rainfall distribution.

“Have a look at some of the Water Balance Model slideshow presentations that have been made to industry and government groups starting in 2001. This includes some of the early presentations on the water balance methodology that helped pave the way for the paradigm-shift from ‘peak flow thinking’ to ‘volume-based thinking’,” states Ted van der Gulik, Chair of the Water Balance Model initiative and former Senior Engineer in the BC Ministry of Agriculture.

 

NOVA SCOTIA

Presentation to the Centre for Water Resources Studies at Dalhousie University: “Water Sustainability & the Water Balance Model – Advancing Inter-Provincial Partnerships” — Halifax, March 2006 (3 MB PDF)

QUEBEC

Panel Presentation at the Fresh Water for the Future Conference organized by the Policy Research Initiative of the Federal Government: Convening for Action in British Columbia: Moving Towards a Water Balance Way-of-Thinking and Acting — Gatineau, May 2006 (0.7 MB PDF)

ONTARIO

Presentation by Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation at Workshop on Credit River Water Management Strategy — Mississauga, June 2006 (4 MB PDF)

Federation of Canadian Municipalities – June 2004 Meeting — Ottawa (3 MB PDF)

ALBERTA

Water Sustainability and “Green” Subdivision Design: Land Development and Watershed Protection can be Compatible —a Workshop on the Water Balance Model at a conference on Innovations in Urban Development at Cochrane, October 2006 (13 MB PDF)

International Water Association – 10th International Conference on Watershed and River Basin Management — Calgary, September 2005 (2 MB PDF)

City of Calgary – Rainwater Management Workshop — March 2005 (10 MB PDF)

City of Calgary – Watershed Management Workshop — October 2004 (5 MB PDF)

Alberta Lake Management Society — September 2004 Workshop (12 MB PDF)

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver Island

Design with Nature: Rainwater Management is at the Heart of Green Infrastructure – Presentation by the Water Balance Model Vancouver Island Coordinating Team to the Cowichan Valley Regional District and its member municipalities – December 2006 (2.4 MB PDF)

Convening for Action on Vancouver Island: Rainwater Management & “Green” Subdivision Design — Third in the series of Rainwater Management Technical Session organized by the EMCO Corporation — June 2006 (2.6 MB PDF)

District of Saanich – Stormwater Management Seminar Series — October 2004 (4 MB PDF)

Courtenay Water Balance Model Workshop — June 2004 (19 MB PDF)

Cumberland Saving Small Towns Conference — June 2003 Presentation (13 MB PDF)

Association of Professional Engineers & Geophysicists of BC – Annual Conference Held at Victoria – Session Organized by Municipal Engineers Division — October 2002 (11 MB PDF)

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Greater Vancouver & Howe Sound Regions

New Directions in Urban Watershed Health — Presentation at Innovative Stormwater Management Conference — University of British Columbia, June 2007 (3 MB PPS)

Beyond the Guidebook: from Stormwater Management to Rainwater Management — Pre-Conference Workshop for the Canadian Water Network at Innovative Stormwater Management Conference — University of British Columbia, June 2007 (13 MB PDF)

The ACTION in Convening for Action: Partners in Water Stewardship and Sustainability in the South Okanagan — Presentation at BC Water & Waste Association Annual Conference — Whistler, May 2006 (1.0 MB PDF)

Green Infrastructure & The Water Balance Model – A Tool for Designing with Nature — Shared Waters Roundtable organized by the Transboundary Watershed Alliance, Surrey — February 2006 Presentation (2.4 MB PDF)

Water, Water, Everywhere…Is it really so? – Seminar organized by Master Gardeners Association of BC – April 2005 Presentation (2.7 MB PDF)

Let It Rain Conference Organized by Douglas College and Wesbild – March 2005 Presentation (2 MB PowerPoint)

Sustainable Buildings Seminar Organized by APEGBC Sustainability Committee and the Greater Vancouver Regional District — May 2004 Presentation (15 MB PDF)

Surrey Water Balance Model Forum — May 2004 (15 MB PDF)

Plan Talk Seminar-From the Georgia Basin to Georgia Street — May 2004 Presentation (5 MB PDF)

British Columbia Land Summit — May 2004 Workshop (16 MB PDF)

BC Water & Waste Association Annual Conference Held at Whistler – Session on Water Sustainability — May 2004 Presentation (5 MB PDF)

Urban Development Institute Growing Smarter Series — Feb 2004 Seminar (14 MB PDF)

City of Coquitlam Environment Committee — October 2003 Presentation (7 MB PDF)

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Fraser Valley

South Coast Conservation Program – Workshop on Species At Risk Management in the Fraser Valley —November 2005 (7 MB PowerPoint)

City of Abbotsford – Land Development that Considers the Natural Environment: A Workshop for McKee Peak Landowners, Council and Staff — August 2005 (6 MB PDF)

City of Chilliwack – Council Presentation on Creating a Legacy — September 2004 (3 MB PDF)

Chilliwack Water Balance Model Forum — Feb 2004 (13 MB PDF)

British Columbia Municipal Environmental Managers Committee – Quarterly Meeting Held in Langley — July 2003 Presentation (11 MB PDF)

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Okanagan Valley

Beyopnd the Guidebook: Making the Connection between Rainwater Management and Stream Health — Presentation at 2007 Annual Conference of the British Columbia Water & Waste Association — Penticton, BC, April 2007 (2 MB PDF)

Convening for Action: Moving Towards a Water Balance Way-of-Thinking and Acting in the Okanagan — Keynote Address at the University of British Columbia Okanagan as part of the celebration of World Water Day — March 2006 (1.3 MB PDF)

Water Sustainability & “Green” Subdivision Design: A Seminar on the Water Balance Model for British Columbia — organized by the Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of British Columbia and sponsored by the City of Kelowna — November 2005 Seminar (3.4 MB PDF)

Rainwater Management Technical Session organized by the EMCO Corporation and held in the City of Kelowna — “Rainfall Capture & Green Subdivision Design: Applying the Water Balance Model” — October 2005 (3 MB PDF)

BC Water & Waste Association Annual Conference Held at Penticton – Session on an Integrated Approach to Water Management — May 2003 Presentation (10 MB PDF)

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Kamloops Region

Rainwater Management Technical Session organized by the EMCO Corporation in collaboration with the Kamloops chapter of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC — “Rainfall Capture & Green Subdivision Design: Applying the Water Balance Model — November 2005 (3 MB PDF)

Ministry of Water, Land & Air Protection in collaboration with the BC Water & Waste Association – Workshop on Liquid Waste Management Planning held at Kamloops — October 2004 Presentation (3 MB PDF)

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Central Interior

Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation – Sustainable Planning Workshop Hosted by City of Quesnel — October 2004 Presentation (5 MB PDF)

BC Water & Waste Association – Prince George Stormwater Management Seminar — May 2003 Presentation (12 MB PDF)

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Peace River Region

Presentatiion at Dawson Creek Workshop on Sustainable Planning and Development for Small Communities: Water – Choosing Sustainability for Life and Livelihoods: An Introduction to the Water Sustainability Action Plan for BC    – December 2006 (5 MB PDF)

CANADA – MAJOR CONFERENCES

Panel Presentation at the Fresh Water for the Future Conference organized by the Policy Research Initiative of the Federal Government: Convening for Action in British Columbia: Moving Towards a Water Balance Way-of-Thinking and Acting — Gatineau, May 2006 (0.7 MB PDF)

International Water Association – 10th International Conference on Watershed and River Basin Management — September 2005 (2 MB PDF)

British Columbia Land Summit — May 2004 Workshop (16 MB PDF)

Canadian Water Resources Association – National Conference On Water Stewardship Held in Vancouver — June 2003 Presentation (6 MB PDF)

National Green Roofs Conference Held in Vancouver — March 2002 Presentation (3 MB PDF)

UNITED STATES

Presentation at 2005 Puget Sound Georgia Basin Research Conference – Science for the Salish Sea: A Sense of Place, A Sense of Change – Hosted by the Puget Sound Action Team and the Georgia Basin Action Plan, and held in Seattle, Washington (1.0 MB PDF)

Oregon Association of Clean Water Agencies – Annual Conference Held at Bend – Pre-Conference Workshop on Stormwater Management Effectiveness  — July 2003 Expert Panel Presentation (10 MB PDF)

Environmental Protection Agency & Chicago Botanical Garden – National Conference on “Urban Stormwater: Enhancing Programs at the Local Level” Held at Chicago — Feb 2003 Keynote Address (8 MB PDF)

Washington State Public Works Association – Stormwater Managers Committee — August 2002 Presentation at Tacoma Meeting (6 MB PDF)

US Environmental Protection Agency – Cincinnatti Research Laboratory — June 2002 Seminar on the British Columbia Experience (13 MB PDF)

Oregon Association of Clean Water Agencies — Annual Stormwater Summit – May 2002 Keynote Presentation (3 MB PDF)

Water Environment Federation – Watersheds 2002 Conference at Fort Lauderdale, Florida — February 2002 Presentation (1.4 MB PDF)

Washington State Public Works Association – Stormwater Managers Committee — November 2001 Presentation at Federal Way Meeting (5 MB PDF)

AUSTRALIA

Lower Hunter Valley & Central Coast Environmental Management Strategy – Workshop on Water Sensitive Urban Design – March 2001 Keynote Presentation (2.6MB PDF)