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VISION

WEAO will be the preeminent organization of technical and professional individuals dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of Ontario's water environment.

MISSION

Deliver high quality service to our members
Promote and advance the water environment industry
Provide a forum for our members to interact for educational, business, social and professional advancement
Benefit society by enhancing public understanding and promoting sound public policy

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES OF THE WEAO

Strengthen Membership Benefits:

• Ensure and enhance communications to all members

• Foster member involvement province-wide in WEAO activities

• Provide professional and technical development opportunities

• Improve services to benefit members

Increase the Membership:

• Improve member retention

• Expand membership in targeted sectors and geographical areas

Enhance Operations through Sound Business and Management Practices:

• Ensure that the governance structure supports the vision

• Assure that the business plan implements the strategic plan and is dynamic

• Review the strategic initiatives yearly

• Update and expand the business plan yearly

• Promote strong volunteer and staff leadership

• Promote strong committees

• Improve internal communications

• Enhance, expand and implement standardized operating procedures/succession plan

Increase the Profile of the WEAO:

• Establish and enhance the credibility of the WEAO to targeted audiences

• Provide scientific resources and sound technical information

• Participate in environmental policy discussions

Educate the Public:

• Educate targeted audiences

• Promote careers in the water environment industry

• Develop outreach programs

Develop and Maintain Strategic Alliances with Other Organizations:

• Strengthen relationship with OPCEA

• Review the opportunity to develop closer ties with other related organizations

• Work in alliances and partnership on common problems

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WEAO Board of Directors - 2010-2011

Board Roster 2010-2011 (PDF)

President Don Kemp WWT & T Committee AECOM 5600 Cancross Court, Suite A Mississauga, ON L5R 3E9 Phone: 905/501-6989 Fax: 905/501-0181 don.kemp@aecom.com Vice President Rosanna DiLabio Govt. Affairs Committee Pinchin Environmental Ltd. 2470 Milltower Court Mississauga, ON L5N 7W5 Tel: 905/363-1319 rdilabio@pinchin.com Executive Administrator Julie A. Vincent WEAO PO Box 176 295 Alliance Road, Suite 1H MILTON, ON L9T 4N9 Phone: 416-410-6933 xt1 Fax: 416-410-1626	Past President Mark Rupke Govt. Affairs, Pub. Ed. and R&B Committee Veolia Water 150 Pony Drive, Ste.#2 Newmarket, ON L3Y 7B6 Phone: 905-868-9683 x24 mark.rupke@veoliawaterna.com Executive Director Catherine Jefferson WEAO PO Box 176 295 Alliance Road, Suite 1H MILTON, ON L9T 4N9 Phone: 416-410-6933 xt2 Fax: 416-651-7006 catherine.jefferson@weao.org Treasurer Larry Madden C&M Environmental Technology Inc. 274 Burton Avenue, Ste 3206 Barrie, L4N 5W4 Phone: 705-725-9377 x229 lmadden@cmeti.com
WEF Delegates 2009-2012 Tim Constantine WWT&T Committee CH2M HILL 72 Victoria Street South, Suite 300 Kitchener, ON N2G 4Y9 Phone: 519/579-3501 x3268 Cell: 416/457-9837 tim.constantine@ch2m.com	. 2008-2011 Vincent Nazareth R.V. Anderson Associates Limited 2001 Sheppard Ave. East, Suite 400 Toronto, ON M2J 4Z8 Phone: 416-497-8600 Fax: 416-497-0342 vnazareth@rvanderson.com
Directors  2008-2011 Gary Burrows Operations Challenge Committee City of London c/o Greenway PCP 300 Dufferin Avenue P.O. Box 5035, London, ON N6A 4L9 Phone: (519) 661-0350 Fax: (519) 661-0199 gburrows@london.ca 2009-2012 Christine Hill WWCS Committee XCG Consultants 2620 Bristol Circle, Suite 300 Oakville, ON L6H 6Z7 905-829-8880 X222 christineh@xcg.com 2010-2013 Jeremy Kraemer New Professionals CH2M HILL Canada Ltd. 255 Consumers Road Toronto, ON M2J 5B6 Phone : 416/499-0090 x73667 jeremy.kraemer@ch2m.com	2008-2011 Vanessa Chau, P.Eng CH2M Hill Canada Ltd. 255 Consumers Road, Suite 300 Toronto, Ontario M2J 5B6 Ph: (416) 499-0090 Cell: (416) 889-6730 Vanessa.chau@ch2m.com 2009-2012 Michael Payne Residuals & Biosolids Committee OMAFRA 581 Huron Street Stratford, ON N5A 5T8 Phone : 519-271-4496 michael.payne@ontario.ca 2010-2013 Graham Simpson SEW-Eurodrive Company of Canada Ltd. 21 Walker Drive Brampton, ON L6T 3W1 Phone : 905/791-1553 Cell: 519/651-9657 g.simpson@sew-eurodrive.ca
CWWA Representative 2010-2013 John Duong Asset Management Committee Region of Halton 1151 Bronte Road Oakville, ON L6M 3L1 Phone: 905-825-6000  Fax: 905-825-0267 john.duong@halton.ca	OWWA Representative 2010-2011 Ray Miller Clow Canada 1757 Burlington Street East Hamilton, ON L8N 3R5 Phone: 905-548-9604 rmiller@clowcanada.com
PWO Representative Rick Niesink Environmental Health, Safety & Security Committee Region of Niagara Niagara Falls WWTP 3450 Stanley Ave. P.O.Box 957 Niagara Falls, ON L2E 6V8 Phone: 905-354-1545 Fax: 905-374-7188 rick.niesink@niagararegion.ca	OPCEA Representative Frank Farkas SPD Sales Limited 6467 Northam Drive Mississauga, ON L4V 1J2 Phone : 905/678-2882 x257 Cell : 416/706-5527 farkas.f@spdsales.com
New Professionals Representative Erin Longworth New Professionals Committee AECOM 105 Commerce Valley Drive W., Markham, ON L3T 7W3 Phone: 905/886-7022 x7508 Fax: 905/886-9494 erin.longworth@aecom.com

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Committees

WEAO's Committee Structure 2010-2011 (PDF)
Committee Descriptions and Chairs (PDF)
Committee Chairs 2010-2011 (PDF) (to be updated)

Chair: George Lai
Ministry of the Environment
40 St. Clair Avenue West, 7th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M4V 1M2
Phone: 416-327-3528
Fax: 416-327-9091
George.Lai@ontario.ca

Asset Management Chair: Vanessa Chau, P.Eng CH2M Hill 255 Consumers Road, Suite 300 Toronto, Ontario M2J 5B6 Ph: (416) 499-9000 xt 75758 Cell: (416) 889-6730 Vanessa.chau@ch2m.com	Communications Committee Chair: Pat Coleman, Ph.D. P.Eng. Chief Engineer - Wastewater Treatment AECOM 25600 Cancross Court, Suite A Mississauga, Ontario. L5R 3E9 Tel: 905-501-0641 Fax: 905-501-0181 Pat.F.Coleman@aecom.com
Conference Committee (2009 Conference) Chair: Neil Awde AECOM Tel: 519/673-0510 neil.awde@aecom.com	Environmental Health, Safety & Security Chair: Duane Forth Veolia Water Tel: 905/768-5252 duane.forth@veoliawaterna.com
Government Affairs Committee Catherine Jefferson Executive Director, WEAO PO Box 176 295 Alliance Road, Suite 1H MILTON, ON L9T 4N9 Phone: 416-410-6933 xt2 Fax: 416-651-7006 catherine.jefferson@weao.org	Operations Challenge Committee Chair: John Rammler Region of Durham Tel: 905-576-9844 john.rammler@region.durham.on.ca
New Professional Committee Erin Longworth AECOM 105 Commerce Valley Drive W., Markham, ON L3T 7W3 Phone: 905/886-7022 x7508 Fax: 905/886-9494 erin.longworth@aecom.com	Professional Development Committee Chair: Robert (Bob) W Crane N-VIRO Systems Canada LP 8 Sea Breeze Drive Port Dover, Ontario N0A 1N7 Office: (519) 583-0011 Fax: (519) 583-0022 Cell: (519) 718-3100 n-virosystems@bellnet.ca
Past Presidents Committee Chair: Robert (Bob) W Crane N-VIRO Systems Canada LP 8 Sea Breeze Drive Port Dover, Ontario N0A 1N7 Office: (519) 583-0011 Fax: (519) 583-0022 Cell: (519) 718-3100 n-virosystems@bellnet.ca	PWO Chair: Rick Niesink Region of Niagara rick.niesink@niagararegion.ca
Public Education Committee Chair: Ian McIlwham Region of Durham ian.mcilwham@region.durham.on.ca	Special Events Committee Chair: Michael Albanese H2FLOW EQUIPMENT INC. 470 North Rivermede Road, Unit #7, CONCORD, ON L4K 3R8 Phone: 905-660-9775  Fax: 905-660-9744  michael@h2flow.com
Residuals & Biosolids Committee Chair: Patty Quackenbush AECOM Tel: 519/650-8691 patty.quackenbush@aecom.com	Wastewater Collections Systems Committee Chair: John Himanen GENIVAR john.himanen@genivar.com
Wastewater Treatment and Technologies Committee Chair: Antony Aruldoss AECOM antony.aruldoss@aecom.com	Water for People Canada Chair: Don Hoekstra/David Kirkland dhoekstra6@msn.com dkirkland@kenaidan.com

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Association's History

In 1932, Dr. Albert E. Berry called a meeting which resulted in the formation of the Canadian Institute on Sewage and Sanitation in 1933. The Institute later became affiliated with the US based Federation of Sewage Works Associations (later known as the Water Pollution Control Federation).

In 1961 the name of the Canadian Institute on Sewage and Sanitation was changed to the Canadian Institute on Pollution Control. Although quite separate entities, the Canadian Section AWWA and the Canadian Institute on Pollution Control shared both office space and secretarial staff in Toronto through what was known as the Water and Sanitation Secretariat. It was guided by Dr. Berry and ably administered for many years by Mae Grove.

In 1969, the Canadian Institute on Pollution Control briefly formed an Ontario Branch and later dissolved. Its assets were distributed on a per capita basis across Canada. The Pollution Control Association of Ontario was born from the Ontario Branch in 1971, under the presidency of Fred Woods, later City Administrator of Guelph, Ontario.

In 1993, the association's name was officially changed to the Water Environment Association of Ontario. The Water Pollution Control Federation is now known as the Water Environment Federation.

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Contact us

WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO (WEAO)
PO Box 176
MILTON, ON L9T 4N9
Phone: 416-410-6933
Fax: 416-410-1626