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Canwell 2006

Alan Robison, chairperson for CanWell 2006, writes to invite readers to Canada’s largest forum on groundwater: “As chairperson for CanWell 2006, I would like to extend an invitation for you to attend Canada’s national ground water symposium, May 17 to 20, 2006 in beautiful Prince Edward Island. Canada’s smallest province is delighted to be the host for this national conference and we hope there will be a large turnout of delegates.

CanWell 2004 was such a great success, and my hat goes off to Bruce Ingimundson and his organizing committee. It will be a very hard act to follow, but I feel we are up for the task ahead of us.

The theme we will be building on for the convention is, ‘Bridging our Industry’ Professionals* Contractors* Suppliers. It is important that all arms of this industry be working in unison to help protect this valuable natural resource, our ground water (our drinking water), not only for our own safety but for the safety of our children and the safety of their children. Continuing to educate the people involved in this industry, by way of technical sessions and demonstrations, is very important and this national symposium is an avenue that can be used to achieve that goal.

I must admit when I first received the phone call from Wayne MacRae, back in December of 2003, to inform me that Charlottetown had been chosen as the location for CanWell 2006, I was both elated and terrified all with the span of 30 seconds. Happy we were going to host this event, which I felt was long overdue, but terrified that this event may very well be resting on my shoulders since I was the most likely candidate to spearhead this event. Well, I was right and here I am, as the chairperson, inviting you to come visit Prince Edward Island and see for yourself first-hand how beautiful this island province is and at the same time attend a very informative convention and trade show. May of 2006 seemed so far away at the time of the initial phone call, but now here it is only 13 months away. Where has the time gone?

Our committee has been working very hard to make this a very memorable convention and trade show and we hope you enjoy Prince Edward Island enough that you would consider returning again and again.

The CanWell committee would like to hear from you if you have any suggestions for technical session presentations. You can email Alan Robison at amrobison@gov.pe.ca.

CanWell 2004 was a big event, it was a very informative event and financially it was a very successful event, as you would expect from one of Canada’s largest provinces. What do we expect from the next CanWell which is being held in Canada’s smallest province? ‘THE SAME’.

Taken from
Ground Water Canada