Meeting: Presentation by our co-chairs to the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Learnings from the Thames River Phosphorus Reduction Collaborative 

Meeting: Canada-U.S. Activity
Friday January 29, 2021

Online / Webinar

AGENDA

Time: 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Toronto EST (sign in at 10:45 a.m.)

10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Chicago CST (sign in at 9:45 a.m.)
 

11:00 Opening remarks: Mark Reusser, OFA Vice-President and Thames River PRC co-chair

11:05 Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative Update: Clare Latimer, Councillor, Ward 2, Chatham-Kent and Thames River PRC co-chair
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11:15 IJC/Great Lakes Water Quality Board Nutrient Management Report: Mark Wales, member, Great Lakes Water Quality Board

11:35 Crystal Creek Organics: Bill Jones, Rochester Institute of Technology
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11:55 Break

12:00 Comparing PRC projects for P removal: Ed Weinberg, President, ESSRE Consulting
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12:20 Scaling up technology for edge of field P removal: Chris Jowett, Head of Technology and Government Relations, Waterloo Biofilter
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12:40 Thames River Clear Water Revival Update: Chris Harrington, Member, Thames River Clear Water Revival and Manager,

Watershed Planning, Research and Monitoring, Upper Thames River Conservation Authority
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1:00 Discussion/Q&A

1:15 End of webinar

Steering Committee
Thursday November 26, 2020

Online / Webinar
 

This meeting discussed the following areas of focus:
 

• Report on PRC Activities 

• Status of Phosphorus/Hazardous Algae Blooms and Lessons from Canada

• PRC Chippewa Project Update

• PRC Waterloo Biofilter Project Update

Status of Phosphorus/Hazardous Algae Blooms & Lessons from Canada

PRC Waterloo Biofilter
Project Update

Report on PRC Activities

PRC Chippewa
Project Update

Phosphorus Reduction: Lessons learned in Canada and the U.S. Webinar
September 3, 2020

Online / Webinar

Introduction - Moderator - Clare Latimer

Using P removal structures to removed dissolved P
Chad Penn, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Introducing MagPi to recover phosphorus from liquid waste Dr. Rob Stephenson, Muddy River

Phosphorus removal technology: Roesch Farms

Ryan Carlow, Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority

Sorbing On-Farm Phosphorus Using a Removable Filter Catridge
Craig Merkley / Brad Glasman UTRCA

PRC Steering Committee Meeting and Conference
June 26-27, 2019

John D Bradley Centre, 565 Richmond Street, Chatham, Ontario

June 26th Presentations:

June 27th Presentations:

University Projects:

Feedback from conference participants:

"Very thought provoking and diverse proposals for tackling Phosphorus removal!"

"The number of different technologies and approaches being tested. WOW. The range of different materials is excellent."

"Encouraged by the large number of industry stakeholders that attended the tour and are a part of the collaborative."

"I find this type of meeting very useful and I would enjoy attending similar ones in the future."

A great crowd attended two days of learning and touring our demonstration sites!

Charles Lalonde, Project Manager of  the Thames River PRC, chats with Chatham-Kent Mayor Darrin Canniff on the first day of the two-day conference

Colin Little of the Upper Thames Valley Conservation Authority, explains the work being done at the Roesch Farm demonstration site.

Emma Young, Environmental Co-ordinator for Chippewa of the Thames, talks about the band’s work in the local watershed.

Presentation: 
 

Presentation to Western Ontario Warden's Caucus
January 18, 2019
 

PRC Steering Committee
December 7, 2018
Upper Thames River Conservation Authority, London, Ontario

Meeting Minutes:
 

Communications:
 

Lessons Learned:
 

PRC Steering Committee
June 27, 2018
John D. Bradley Convention Centre, Chatham, Ontario

Agenda:
 

Meeting Minutes:
 

PRC Steering Committee
February 23, 2018
Quality Inn, 580 Bruin Blvd, Woodstock, Ontario

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