Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA)
Check out this (Greenland) video of THREATS (an open-source cumulative effects assessment tool to help direct environmental management (industrial or other)) and/or planning of future projects. It enables the compiling and juxtaposition of public environmental data (including, but not limited to, wildlife use areas and environmental quality data) with on-site or "targeted" environmental data. For security, the provision to include data protected behind a firewall exists to enable analysis and comparison of potentially sensitive data in the context of other datasets. The goal here is to allow for predictive capability and in turn mitigate potential effects. Equally, this provides a capacity to enable retroactive assessment (investigation of cause) of observed changes. The ability to spatially interpret stressor/pathway/receptor data, and conduct analyses within the tool, while retaining data in its original database (secure) is what is truly unique here. Excited to see what can be achieved with this powerful platform in areas where it has already begun to be used!
Neal Tanna
Advisor, Monitoring and Risk Assessment
Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA)
November 3, 2017
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry
Good Morning Trevor,
Thank you for providing the requested information. With the receipt of this information and the most recent changes to the code, SWMC (aka Surface Water Monitoring Centre) is pleased to confirm that the development of the New (Province-wide Flood Forecasting) Model to be complete as per the contract. We sincerely appreciate your continued dedication and professionalism throughout this project. It has certainly evolved in unexpected ways, and the commitment from both sides has been instrumental in achieving this successful completion.
Thank you!
Amber Langmuir
Project Manager
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry
September 9, 2024
Corporation of the Town of Collingwood (Canada)
On behalf of Council and the residents of Collingwood, I want to thank you for generously giving your time, expertise and experience to our community to assist Town staff in addressing the water capacity issues at the Raymond A. Barker Water Treatment Plant (WTP).
Since becoming aware of the capacity issues this spring and then implementing an Interim Control By-Law, this issue has been the top priority of Council. Your input and contribution on proactive measures to mitigate the summer/winter capacity differential and to increase the WTP capacity pending the completion of the expansion have been of great benefit to Council and to staff. As a result of your input, Council directed staff to include the option of UV Disinfection retrofit to the existing WTP as part of the expansion design RFP process and we are optimistic this will be done.
Thank you for your personal and professional commitment to our community, it is impactful and very much appreciated by myself and my Council colleagues.
Yours very truly,
Bruan Saunderson
Mayor
Corporation of the Town of Collingwood (Canada)
July 7, 2021
