WHO ARE WE?

Welcome to the home of the Manitoba Water Well Association (MWWA-Canada).

The MWWA is vital for anyone associated with the ground water industry. The core purpose of the association is to provide guidance to its groundwater members, government representatives and the public. By doing so, we hope that they can make sound decisions regarding scientific, economic and beneficial development, protection and management of Manitoba's ground water resources.

The association also magnifies the skills and strives to enhance the credibility of its members through workshops, seminars, knowledge networking and information sessions.

Membership in the MWWA demonstrates a commitment to high industry standards and a desire to provide quality water resources to consumers now and in the future.

In this our 50th year we hope to have an even stronger voice to lobby for beneficial change to regulation and licensing of the groundwater industry.

The future of ground water is now!

RECENT NEWS

The Manitoba Water Well Association's Annual General Meeting will be held on October 2, 2010 at 9:00AM. The AGM will take place in Portage la Prairie at the Canad Inns. More information about this meeting will be available soon.

CANWELL 2010 was held from May 26 - 29, 2010, at the Winnipeg Convention Centre. This event was co-hosted by the Manitoba Water Well Association and the Manitoba Geothermal Energy Alliance.

There was a golf tournament held on Wednesday, May 26^th, at the St. Boniface Golf Club. We saw 35 golfers participate in this event. The winning team was Thom Hanna, Remi Allard, Pina Allard, and Bruce Ingimundsen with a score of 59.

A wine & cheese reception was held Wednesday evening at the Forks Marketplace. Les Connor was the Master of Ceremonies for the evening. The crowd was entertained by the Evolution Dance Company from Selkirk, Manitoba, and by the Ena Highland Dancers from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The official kick off to the CANWELL 2010 conference occurred Thursday morning. The Master of Ceremonies for this event was Les Connor. Keynote speakers were the Honourable Christine Melnick, the Minister of Water Stewardship, and Patrick Moore.

Technical sessions were held on both Thursday and Friday. Some of the topics of these technical sessions were: Advances in Groundwater Industry, Geological/Hydrological Engineering Considerations in Geothermal, Drilling Economics and Geothermal Quality Assurance Program just to name a few.

The trade show was a two day event. Mudpuppy, Boshart Industries, Foremost Industries and Vermeer Canada were just a few of the 89 companies that participated in the trade show.

The former Swift's Foods of Canada Limited site was the location for the drilling demonstration that was held on the last day of the conference. Some of the equipment that was demonstrated that day were: The New Vermeer D20x22FX Series II Navigator, Foremost Industries MAC25, the Sonic Drill SDC450-15, Boart Longyear D895GT, and the Comacchio MC 900GT to just name a few.

The organizers of CANWELL 2010 would like to thank all our sponsors, and volunteers who helped make this event a huge success.

For pictures and more information about CANWELL 2010, please click here.