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Conference organized by the Groupe de recherche en eau de l'Université de Sherbrooke (GREAUS), local branch of the CentrEau strategic cluster, in collaboration with the facilitation committee of the Federating Theme Climate Change and Environment.

Speaker: Gilles Wendling, P.Eng., Ph.D. 

Where: C1-4008 (Faculty of Engineering; main campus, Université de Sherbrooke). This activity will also be offered in virtual format (Teams platform). Information on this subject will be sent at a later date. 

Audience: This conference may be of interest to all professionals interested in the technical challenges associated with the protection and use of the water resource.

Topics covered:

• Surface water and Groundwater interconnection: They are one water, even deep groundwater 
  • Liard Hot Spring “lesson” 
• Energy – LNG / fracking in Northeast British Columbia 
  • Fracking and the long-term risks (e.g., loss of well integrity) 
  • Example: Regional study in Northeast British Columbia
  • Blueberry River Firts Nations supreme court precedent 
• Large Tar Sands in Lower Athabasca / Alberta 
  • History and lack of monitoring 
• Data management and visualisation tools 
• Telling stories – The key role of communication (pond and fries in Enslighman River watershed)