Dr. Monica B Emelko – Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Mesquita MMF, Anderson WB, Emelko MB, 2017. Laboratory Preparation Affects Bacillus spp. Endospore Surface Characteristics: Proposing a Standardized Approach for High Yield Propagation and Purification to Investigate Environmental Fate and Transport. Submitted to Water Research.

Jin C, Zhao W, Normani S, Zhao P, Emelko MB, 2017. Synergies of Media Surface Roughness and Ionic Strength on Particle Deposition during Filtration. Water Research, 114:286-295.

Jin C, Mesquita M, Emelko MB, Wong A, 2016. Computerized Enumeration and Bio-volume Estimation of the Cyanobacteria Anabaena flos-aquae. Journal of Computational Vision and Imaging Systems, 2:(1).

Jin C, Mesquita M, Emelko MB, Wong A, 2016. Automated Enumeration and Size Distribution Analysis of Microcystis aeruginosa via Fluorescence Imaging. Journal of Computational Vision and Imaging Systems, 2:(1).

Jin C, Ren CL, Emelko MB, 2016. Concurrent Modeling of Hydrodynamics and Interaction Forces Improves Particle Deposition Predictions. Environmental Science and Technology, 50(8):4401-4412.

Price JI, Renzetti S, Dupont D, Adamowicz W, Emelko MB, 2016. Production Costs, Inefficiency, and Source Water Quality: A Stochastic Cost Frontier Analysis of Canadian Water Utilities. Land Economics, 93(1):1-11.

Robinne FN, Miller C, Parisien MA, Emelko MB, Bladon KD, Silins U, Flannigan M, 2016. Global Index for Mapping Water Resources Exposure to Wildfire Activity. Forests, 7(22):1-16.

Silins U, Bladon KD, Emelko MB, Stone M, Spencer SA, Williams CHS, Anderson A, 2016. Southern Rockies Watershed Project. Forestry Chronicle, 92(1):39-42.

Jin C, Glawdel T, Ren CL, Emelko MB, 2016. Non-linear, Non-monotonic Effect of Nano-scale Roughness on Particle Deposition in Absence of an Energy Barrier: Experiments and Modeling. (Nature Publishing Group) Scientific Reports, 5(17747):1-14.

Emelko MB, Stone M, Silins U, Allin D, Collins AL, Williams CHS, Martens AM, Bladon KD, 2016. Sediment-phosphorus Dynamics Can Shift Aquatic Ecology and Cause Downstream Legacy Effects after Wildfire in Large River Systems. Global Change Biology, 22:1168-1184 Cover article.

Kazemzadeh F, Jin C, Molladavoodi S, Mei Y, Emelko MB, Gorbet MB, Wong A, 2015. Lensfree Spectral Light-field Fusion Microscopy for Contrast- and Resolution-enhanced Imaging of Biological Specimens. Optics Letters, 40(16):3862-3865.

Jin C, Normani S, Emelko MB, 2015. Nano-scale roughness impacts on granular media filtration at favorable conditions. Environmental Science and Technology, 49:13:7879-7888.

Bladon KD, Emelko MB, Silins U, Stone M, 2014. Wildfire and the Future of Water Supply. Environmental Science and Technology, 48:8936-8943 Feature and Cover article.

Wagner MJ, Silins U, Bladon KD, Williams CHS, Boon S, MacDonald RJ, Stone M, Emelko MB, Martens AM, Anderson A, 2014. Catchment-scale Stream Temperature Response to Land Disturbance by Wildfire Governed by Surface-Subsurface Energy Exchange and Atmospheric Controls. Journal of Hydrology, 517:328-338.

Schmidt PJ, Emelko MB, Thompson ME, 2014. Variance Decomposition: A Tool Enabling Strategic Improvement of the Precision of Analytical Recovery and Concentration Estimates Associated with Microorganism Enumeration Methods. Water Research, 55(5):203-214.

Silins U, Bladon KD, Kelly E, Esch E, Spence J, Stone M, Emelko MB, Boon S, Wagner MJ, Williams CHS, Tichkowsky I, 2014. Five-year Legacy of Wildfire and Salvage Logging Impacts on Nutrient Runoff and Aquatic Plant, Invertebrate, and Fish Productivity. Ecohydrology, 7(6):1508-1523.

Stone M, Collins A, Silins U, Emelko MB, Zhang Y, 2014. The Use of Composite Fingerprints to Quantify Sediment Sources in a Wildfire Impacted Landscape, Alberta, Canada. Science of the Total Environment, 473-474:642-650.

Schmidt PJ, Emelko MB, Thompson ME, 2013. Analytical Recovery of Protozoan Enumeration Methods: Have Drinking Water QMRA Models Corrected or Created Bias? Water Research, 47(7):2399-2408.

Stone M, Emelko MB, Droppo IG, Silins U, 2011. Biostabilization and Erodibility of Cohesive Sediment Deposits in Wildfire-affected Streams. Water Research, 45(2):521-534.

Emelko MB, Silins U, Bladon KD, Stone M, 2011. Implications of Land Disturbance on Drinking Water Treatability in a Changing Climate: Demonstrating the Need for “Source Water Supply and Protection” Strategies. Water Research, 45(2):461-472. One of the first cited works by the International Panel on Climate Change (2015) when describing climate change threats to drinking water.

Schmidt PJ, Emelko MB, 2011. QMRA and Decision-making: Are We Handling Measurement Errors Associated with Pathogen Concentration Data Correctly? Water Research, 45(2):427-438.

Emelko MB, Schmidt PJ, Reilly PM, 2010. Particle and Microorganism Enumeration Data: Enabling Quantitative Rigor and Judicious Interpretation. Environmental Science and Technology, 44(5):1720-1727.

Schmidt PJ, Reilly PM, Emelko MB, 2010. Quantification of Analytical Recovery in Particle and Microorganism Enumeration Methods. Environmental Science and Technology, 44(5):1705-1712.

Passmore JM, Rudolph DL, Mesquita MM, Cey EE, Emelko MB, 2010. The Utility of Microspheres as Surrogates for the Transport of E. coli RS2g in Agricultural Soil. Water Research, 44(4):1235-1245.

Mesquita MMF, Stimson J, Chae G-T, Tufenkji N, Ptacek CJ, Blowes DW, Emelko MB, 2010. Optimal Preparation and Purification of PRD1-like Bacteriophages for Use in Environmental Fate and Transport Studies. Water Research, 44(4):1114-1125.

Stimson J, Chae G, Ptacek CJ, Emelko MB, Mesquita MM, Hirata R, Blowes DW, 2010. Basic Oxygen Furnace Slag as a Treatment Material for Pathogens: Contribution of Inactivation and Attachment in Virus Attenuation. Water Research, 44(4):1150-1157.

Silins U, Stone M, Emelko MB, Bladon KD, 2009. Sediment Production Following Severe Wildfire and Post-Fire Salvage Logging in the Rocky Mountain Headwaters of the Oldman River Basin, Alberta. Catena, 79(3):189-197.

Silins U, Bladon KD, Anderson A, Diiwu J, Emelko MB, Stone M, Boon S, 2009. Alberta’s Southern Rockies Watershed Project – How Wildfire and Salvage Logging Affect Water Quality and Aquatic Ecology. Streamline, 12(2):1-7.

Brown TJ, Emelko MB, 2009. Chitosan and Metal Salt Coagulant Impacts on Cryptosporidium and Surrogate Removal by Filtration. Water Research, 43(2):331-338.

Knappett P, Emelko MB, Zhuang J, McKay L, 2008. Transport and Retention of MS-2 Bacteriophage and Microspheres in Saturated Porous Media: Impact of Ionic Strength and Grain Size. Water Research, 42(16):4368-4378.

Stone M, Krishnappan BG, Emelko MB, 2008. The Effect of Bed Age and Shear Stress on the Size Distribution and Particle Morphology of Eroded Cohesive Sediment Deposits in an Annular Flume. Water Research, 42(15):4179-4187.

Bladon KD, Silins U, Wagner MJ, Stone M, Emelko MB, Mendoza CA, Devito K, Boon S, 2008. Wildfire Impacts on Nitrogen Concentration and Production from Headwater Streams in Southern Alberta’s Rocky Mountains. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 38(9):2359-2371.

Lee LH, Arnold AJ, Santillan CA, Emelko MB, Dickson SE, Chang JS, 2008. Bench-Scale Disinfection of Bacteria and Viruses with Pulsed Arc Electrohydraulic Discharge. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, 43(1):77-84.

Emelko MB, Schmidt PJ, Roberson JA, 2008. Quantification of Uncertainty in Microbial Data:  Reporting and Regulatory Implications. Journal of the American Water Works Association, 100(3):94-104.

Chae G, Stimson J, Emelko MB, Blowes DW, Ptacek CJ, Mesquita MM, 2008. Statistical Assessment of the Accuracy and Precision of Bacteria- and Virus-sized Microsphere Enumerations by Epifluorescence Microscopy. Water Research, 42(6-7):1431-1440.

Chang JS, Dickson S, Guo YP, Urashima K, Emelko MB, 2008. Electrohydraulic Discharge Direct Plasma Water Treatment Processes. Advanced Plasma Technology. R. d’Agostino, P. Favia, Y. Kawai, H. Ikegami, N. Sato, and F. Arefi-Khonsari Eds. Wiley-VCH Publishing Inc.

Angeloni DM, Dickson SE, Emelko MB, Chang JS, 2006. Removal of Methyl-tert-butyl Ether from Water by a Pulsed Arc Electrohydraulic Discharge System. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 45(10B):8290-8293.

Yamatake A, Chang JS, Angeloni DM, Dickson S, Emelko MB, Yasuoka K, 2006. Pulsed Electrohydraulic Discharge Characteristics in an Ecentric-Electrode Cylindrical Reactor Using PBS Water.  Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 45(10B):8298-8301.

Emelko MB, Huck PM, Smith EF, 2006. Full-scale Optimization of Single-Stage Biological Filtration. Journal of the American Water Works Association, 98(12):61-73.

Emelko MB, Huck PM, Coffey BM, 2005. Cryptosporidium Removal by Filtration: A Review. Journal of the American Water Works Association, 97(12):101-115.

Emelko MB, Huck PM, 2004. Microspheres as Surrogates for Filtration of Cryptosporidium. Journal of the American Water Works Association, 96(3):94-105.

Emelko MB, Huck PM, Douglas IP, 2003. Cryptosporidium and Microsphere Removal During Late in Cycle Filtration. Journal of the American Water Works Association, 95(5):173-182.

Emelko MB, 2003. Removal of Viable and Inactivated Cryptosporidium Oocysts by Dual- and Tri-Media Filtration. Water Research, 37(12):2998-3008.

Huck PM, Coffey BM, Anderson WB, Emelko MB, Maurizio DD, Slawson RM, Douglas IP, Jasim SY, O’Melia CR, 2002. Using Turbidity and Particle Counts to Monitor Cryptosporidium Removals by Filters. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 2(3):65-71.

Huck PM, Coffey BM, Emelko MB, Maurizio DD, Slawson RM, Anderson WB, Van Den Oever J, Douglas IP, O’Melia CR, 2002. Effects of Filter Operation on Cryptosporidium Removal.  Journal of the American Water Works Association, 94(6):97-111.

Invited Talks/Seminars

Wong A, Jin C, Du W, Thompson J, Anderson WB, Emelko MB, 2018. Biofiltration during Drinking Water Treatment in Cold Climates: Rethinking the Assessment of Nutrients and their Relationship to Biological Activity. Accepted for presentation at the AWWA 2018 International Symposium – Potable Reuse and Biological Treatment, Austin, TX, USA, January 24, WED04-03.

Emelko MB, 2017. The Strategic Importance of Canada’s Forests in National Drinking Water Security. 78 th Forest Industry Lecture Series (FILS), University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, November 2.

Martens AM, Silins U, Proctor HC, Williams CHS, Wagner MJ, Luchkow E, Emelko MB, Stone M, 2017. Long Term Impact of Severe Wildfire on Macroinvertebrate Assemblage Structure in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains. Entomological Society of Canada Meeting, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, October.

Silins U, Emelko MB, 2017. Wildfire Impacts on Watersheds and Drinking Water Supply and Treatment. Wildfire and Water Quality, British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations, Kamloops, BC, Canada, September 12.

Emelko MB, 2017. Wildfire, Watersheds, and Drinking Water. British Columbia Ministry of Health, Health Protection Branch Webinar, June 21.

Emelko MB, 2017. Fires, Floods, and Other Natural Disasters: Climate Change Threats to Water Across Canada. Nature Unleashed Dialogs, The Museum, Kitchener, ON, Canada, February 5.

Silins U, Emelko MB, Adamowicz V, Anderson A, Boxall P, Collins A, Dupont D, Dyck M, Krishnappan B, Sear D, Stone M, 2016. Healthy Forests and Resilient Communities. Alberta Innovates Tech Talks, Calgary, AB, Canada, November 30.

Emelko MB, Ahmed A, 2016. Changing Ontario’s Proposed New Terms of Reference for GUDI: Making the Scientific Case and Emphasizing Key Differences from U.S. Policies. U.S. EPA Conference on Aerobic Spores & Other Microbial Indicators to Determine Ground Water under the Direct influence of Surface Water (GWUDI), Riverside, CA, USA, September 6-8.

Emelko MB, Mesquita MMF, 2016. Propagation and Purification of Bacillus sp. Endospores for Water Treatment Process Performance Evaluation: Implications to Subsurface Transport. U.S. EPA Conference on Aerobic Spores & Other Microbial Indicators to Determine Ground Water under the Direct influence of Surface Water (GWUDI), Riverside, CA, USA, September 6-8.

Emelko MB, Chik AHS, Stimson J, Mesquita MMF, McLellan N, 2016. Field Observations of Microbial Transport in the Presence and Absence of Bacillus subtilis Endospores. U.S. EPA Conference on Aerobic Spores & Other Microbial Indicators to Determine Ground Water under the Direct influence of Surface Water (GWUDI), Riverside, CA, USA, September 6-8.

Emelko MB, 2016. Changing Climate and Water Supply Resiliency: Finding Another New Normal. Canadian Water Network (CWN) Blue Cities 2016 – Water Resiliency for the New Normal, Toronto, ON, Canada, May 18.

Emelko MB, 2016. Threats to Global Drinking Water Security from Climate Change. Water Institute Research Symposium, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, April 28.

Emelko MB, 2016. How Partnerships Can Advance Sustainable Management and Use of Water. Sarnia-Lambton Water Symposium, Sarnia, ON, Canada, April 14.

Emelko MB, Silins U, Stone M, 2015. Implications of Forest Disturbance to Drinking Water Supply and Treatability. Sustaining Alberta’s Forested Headwaters: Science Symposium, Calgary, AB, Canada, November 26.

Silins U, Emelko MB, Stone M, 2015. Coupled Sediment, Nutrient, and Stream Ecological Responses to Disturbance in the Headwaters. Sustaining Alberta’s Forested Headwaters: Science Symposium, Calgary, AB, Canada, November 26.

Stone M, Silins U, Emelko MB, 2015. Linking Downstream River Condition to Disturbance in the Headwaters. Sustaining Alberta’s Forested Headwaters: Science Symposium, Calgary, AB, Canada, November 26.

Emelko MB, 2015. Understanding New Risks: Issues at the Source. Canadian Water Network Municipal Consortium Leadership Group Meeting, Montréal, QC, Canada, November 6.

Silins U, Emelko MB, Stone M, 2015. Extreme Events: Is this Really the New Normal? Canadian Water Network “Changing Climate, Watershed Disturbance, and Risks to Municipal Waterworks” Webinar, November 3.

Stone M, Silins U, Emelko MB, 2015. Does What Happens up on the Pile of Rocks Really Affect Me? Canadian Water Network “Changing Climate, Watershed Disturbance, and Risks to Municipal Waterworks” Webinar, November 3.

Emelko MB, Silins U, Stone M, 2015. Fires, Floods, and Other Disturbances: Are the Treatment Challenges the Same? Canadian Water Network “Changing Climate, Watershed Disturbance, and Risks to Municipal Waterworks” Webinar, November 3.

Silins U, Emelko MB, Flannigan M, Dupont D, Bladon KD, Wang X, Robinne FN, Parisien MA, Adamowicz W, Boxall P, Renzetti S, Tymstra C, Schroeder D, Thompson D, de Groot B, Kienzle S, Reid D, Wolford D, Stone M, Waddington M, Devito K, Wotton M, 2015. Mitigating the Impacts of Events: Source Water Protection through Watershed Management. Canadian Water Network “Changing Climate, Watershed Disturbance, and Risks to Municipal Waterworks” Webinar, November 3.

Emelko MB, Silins U, Stone M, 2015. Wildfire Examples: What We Wish We’d Known and What We’ve Done. CWWA National Water and Wastewater Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada, October 25-28.

Emelko MB, Silins U, Stone M, 2015. Fires and Floods – Expected and Unexpected Differences and Impacts on Treatability. CWWA National Water and Wastewater Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada, October 25-28.

Silins U, Emelko MB, Stone M, 2015. Extreme Events – Is this Really the “New Normal”? CWWA National Water and Wastewater Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada, October 25-28.

Silins U, Emelko MB, Stone M, 2015. Mitigating the Impacts of Events 1: Active Source Water Protection through Watershed Management. CWWA National Water and Wastewater Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada, October 25-28.

Stone M, Silins U, Emelko MB, 2015. Does What Happens Up in the Pile of Rocks Really Affect Me?  CWWA National Water and Wastewater Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada, October 25-28.

Emelko MB, Charlebois G, Mesquita MMF, 2015. Dissolved Organic Carbon and the Challenges of Microcystin Treatment. CWWA National Water and Wastewater Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada, October 25-28.

Emelko MB, Crumb J, Stone M, Mesquita MMF, 2015. Reservoir Management to Mitigate Algal Bloom Risks. CWWA National Water and Wastewater Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada, October 25-28.

Silins U, Emelko MB, Flannigan M, Dupont D, Bladon KD, Wang X, Robinne FN, Parisien MA, Adamowicz W, Boxall P, Renzetti S, Tymstra C, Schroeder D, Thompson D, de Groot B, Kienzle S, Reid D, Wolford D, Stone M, Waddington M, Devito K, Wotton M, 2015. Management of Wildfire Risk to Downstream Municipal Drinking Water Treatment in Alberta. Alberta Environment and Parks, Drinking Water Data Summit, September 3.

Silins U, Emelko MB, Flannigan M, Dupont D, Bladon KD, Wang X, Robinne FN, Parisien MA, Adamowicz W, Boxall P, Renzetti S, Tymstra C, Schroeder D, Thompson D, de Groot B, Kienzle S, Reid D, Wolford D, Stone M, Waddington M, Devito K, Wotton M, 2015. Management of Wildfire Risk to Downstream Municipal Drinking Water Treatment in Alberta. Canadian Water Network, Annual Board Meeting, July 19.

Silins U, Emelko MB, Flannigan M, Dupont D, Bladon KD, Wang X, Robinne FN, Parisien MA, Adamowicz W, Boxall P, Renzetti S, Tymstra C, Schroeder D, Thompson D, de Groot B, Kienzle S, Reid D, Wolford D, Stone M, Waddington M, Devito K, Wotton M, 2015. Management of Wildfire Risk to Downstream Municipal Drinking Water Treatment in Alberta. Global Water Research Coalition, Ottawa, ON, Canada, March 13.

Silins U, Emelko MB, Stone M, Bladon KD, Anderson A, 2015. Extreme Events: Is this Really the New Normal? Fires, Floods and Other Extreme Events: Is Your Utility Ready? 40th Annual Alberta Water and Wastewater Operators Association Conference, Banff, AB, Canada, March 9.

Stone M, Silins U, Emelko MB, 2015. Does What Happens up in the Pile of Rocks Really Affect Me? 40th Annual Alberta Water and Wastewater Operators Association Conference, Banff, AB, Canada, March 9.

Emelko MB, Silins U, Stone M, 2015. Fires and Floods – Expected and Unexpected Differences and Impacts on Treatability. 40th Annual Alberta Water and Wastewater Operators Association Conference, Banff, AB, Canada, March 9.

Silins U, Emelko MB, Stone M, Bladon KD, Anderson A, 2015. Active Source Water Protection through Watershed Management. 40th Annual Alberta Water and Wastewater Operators Association Conference, Banff, AB, Canada, March 9.

Emelko MB, 2015. The Colorado High Park Fire: What We Wish We’d Known and What We’ve Done. Fires, Floods and Other Extreme Events: Is Your Utility Ready? 40th Annual Alberta Water and Wastewater Operators Association Conference, Banff, AB, Canada, March 9.

Emelko MB, Silins U, 2014. Keynote address. Forests, Wildfire, and Drinking Water Security: A Mandate for Active Source Water Protection. International Wildland Fire Conference, Halifax, NS, Canada, October 7-9.

Emelko MB, 2014. Emerging Chemical Contaminants: State of the Science. Water Research Foundation Workshop on Emerging Contaminants, Toronto, ON, Canada, October 7.

Emelko MB, Silins U, Bladon KD, Stone M, 2014. Keynote address. Linking Upstream Watershed Activity to Downstream Treatment Performance (This Month’s DOC may not be Last Month’s DOC). Ontario Water Works Association (OWWA) Spring Treatment Seminar, Etobicoke, ON, Canada, March 27.

Stone M, Silins U, Emelko MB, Bladon KD, 2014. Large Scale Landscape Disturbance by Wildfire on Water Quality in the Oldman River Basin, Alberta. Water Institute, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, March 12.

Emelko MB, Silins U, Bladon KD, Stone M, 2013. Post-fire DOC, DBPs and Nutrients:
Justifying and Achieving Robust Treatment. American Water Works Association Water Quality and Technology Conference 2013, Long Beach, CA, USA, November 3-7.

Ahmed AS, Emelko MB, 2013. Updating of GUDI Terms of Reference Document to Determine Minimum Treatment Requirements for Well-based Municipal Residential Drinking Water Systems. WOMWA Meeting, Woodstock, ON, Canada, October 30.

Ahmed AS, Emelko MB, 2013. Updating of GUDI Terms of Reference Document to Determine Minimum Treatment Requirements for Well-based Municipal Residential Drinking Water Systems. Ontario Water Works Association (OWWA) Fall Groundwater Workshop, Vaughan, ON, Canada, October 9.

Ahmed AS, Emelko MB, Chik AHS, 2013. Updating of GUDI Terms of Reference Document to Determine Minimum Treatment Requirements for Well-based Municipal Residential Drinking Water Systems. OWWA/OMWA Joint Annual Conference, Ottawa, ON, Canada, May 5-8.

Emelko MB, Silins U, Bladon KD, Stone M, 2013. The Lost Creek Wildfire of Southern Alberta, Canada: 10 years, 7 Watersheds and Continued Impacts. Water Research Foundation (WRF) Workshop: Wildfire Readiness and Response Workshop – Is your utility prepared? Denver, CO, USA, April 4.

Emelko MB, 2013. Assessing Pathogen Transport and Risk in Natural and Engineered Systems. Sustainable Bedrock Supplies for Ontario Communities, Ontario Research Fund (ORF) Symposium, Guelph, ON, Canada, March 1.

Emelko MB, 2012. Groundwater under the Direct Influence of Surface Water (GUDI): Shifting the Paradigm. International Conference on Assessing Pathogen Fate, Transport and Risk in Natural and Engineered Water Treatment, Banff, AB, Canada, September 23.

Emelko MB, Silins U, Bladon KD, Stone M, 2012. Keynote address. Wildfires and Drinking Water Treatment: A Spectrum of Headwaters Issues and Their Critical Relevance to Municipal Waterworks. International Commission on Continental Erosion & International Association of Hydrological Science, Wildfire and Water Quality: Processes, Impacts and Challenges, Banff, AB, Canada, June 12.

Bladon KD, Silins U, Stone M, Emelko MB, Boon S, 2011. Watershed Disturbance by Wildfire and Salvage Logging: The Legacy of Effects on Hydrology, Heavy Metals, Nutrients, and Aquatic Ecology. Coldwater Indian Band Water Working Group, Merritt, BC, Canada, November 17.

Bladon KD, Silins U, Stone M, Emelko MB, Boon S, 2011. After the Fire’s Out: The Legacy of Wildfire Effects on Hydrology, Water Quality, and Aquatic Ecosystems. Environmental Sciences Seminar Series, Kamloops, BC, Canada, October 27.

Bladon KD, Silins U, Stone M, Emelko MB, Boon S, 2011. Ecohydrology: Sustainable Water Resource and Ecosystem Management. Eco-Health, Ecosystems, and Watersheds Workshop. Merritt, BC, Canada, October 18-19.

Emelko MB, Silins U, Bladon KD, Stone M, 2010. Water Quality, Treatability, and Mitigation: Implications of a 7-Year Post-Wildfire Case Study. American Water Works Association (AWWA) Water Quality and Technology Conference, Savannah, GA, USA, November 14.

Emelko MB, 2010. Cryptosporidium and Potential Surrogate Removal by Bank Filtration at the Woolner Wellfield, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. USEPA Symposium on Ground Water-borne Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Etiologic Agents and Indicators, Washington, DC, USA, January 26.

Emelko MB, 2009. Climate Change: Drinking Water Treatability Implications of Changes in Particle Loads and Characteristics. American Water Works Association (AWWA) Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, June 17.

Emelko MB, 2009. Wildfire Impacts on Drinking Water Treatability. Wildfire and Watershed Hydrology Workshop, Kelowna, BC, Canada, June 4.

Emelko MB, 2008. Quantitative Microbiological and Statistical Approaches for Reporting and Regulating Waterborne Parasites. 2^nd Annual International Southern Tropical Medicine Conference and 44^th Annual Conference of the Brazilian Tropical Medicine Society, Porto Alegre, RGS, Brazil, March 7.

Emelko MB, 2007. Improved Water Quality by RBF: Beyond Microbial Reductions. American Water Works Association (AWWA) Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 26.

Emelko MB, 2006. Rigorous Quantitative Demonstration of Pathogen Removal by Drinking Water Treatment Processes: A Series of Case Studies. Brace Lecture Series, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, November 17.

Emelko MB, Chang JS, Dickson SE, 2006. Treatment of Drinking Water with Pulsed Arc Electrohydraulic Discharge: Promising Outcomes and Future Challenges. Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Air and Water Treatment by Green Oxidation/Reduction Technologies (AP-AWTGORT), Dalian, Liao’ning China, September 7.

Emelko MB, 2006. Filter Operation Effects on Pathogen Passage: A Case Study Providing Guidance for Reporting and Regulating Pathogen Concentrations and Removals and Demonstrating Pathogen Removal by Drinking Water Treatment Processes. École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, May 23.

Emelko MB, 2005. Reporting and Regulating Cryptosporidium Removals and Concentrations. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA, February 28.

Emelko MB, 2005. Assessing Pathogen Removal during Drinking Water Treatment. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA, February 28.

Emelko MB, 2004. Cryptosporidium and Giardia Regulatory Development in North America. International Symposium on Emerging Waterborne Pathogens, Campinas, SP, Brazil, November 2.

Emelko MB, 2004. Quantifying the Reliability of Pathogen Data. International Symposium on Emerging Waterborne Pathogens, Campinas, SP, Brazil, November 2.

Emelko MB, 2004. Pathogen Removal during Water Treatment. International Symposium on Emerging Waterborne Pathogens, Campinas, SP, Brazil, November 2.

Emelko MB, 2004. Full-Scale Quantification of Particle Removal and Quantification of System Failure Risk. American Water Works Association (AWWA) Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, USA, June 15.

Emelko MB, 2003. Riverbank Filtration: Research Needs. U.S. National Water Research Institute (NWRI) Second International Conference on Riverbank Filtration, Cincinnati, OH, USA, September 18.

Emelko MB, 2002. Filter Operation Effects on Pathogen Removal. American Water Works Association (AWWA) Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA, June 20.

Emelko MB, 2001. Cryptosporidium and Microsphere Removal During Low Turbidity End-of-Run and Early Breakthrough Filtration. Chesapeake Section American Water Works Association (AWWA) Conference, Washington, DC, USA, November 16.

Emelko MB, 2001. Cryptosporidium Removal by Filtration. Brazilian Conference on Water Treatment, Campinas, SP, Brazil, August 13.

Books/Book Chapters/Reports

Emelko MB, Sham CH, 2014. Wildfire Impacts on Water Supplies and the Potential for Mitigation. Canadian Water Network and Water Research Foundation.

Mesquita MMF, Emelko MB, 2012. Bacteriophages as Surrogates for the Fate and Transport of Pathogens in Source Water and in Drinking Water Treatment Processes. In: Bacteriophages. I. Kurtboke, Ed., InTech, ISBN 978-953-51-0272-4, 256 p.

Tufenkji N, Emelko MB, 2011. Groundwater Pollution: Impacts on Human Health: Fate and Transport of Microbial Contaminants. Encyclopedia of Environmental Health. J. Nriagu, Ed., Elsevier Publishing Inc., pp. 715-726.

Emelko MB, Tufenkji N, Stone M, Rudolph DL, Marsalek J, 2010. RBF Treatment of Waters Impacted by Urban Stormwater and/or Polluted Rivers. Effects of Urbanization on Groundwater: An Engineering Case-based Approach for Sustainable Development. N.B. Chang, Ed., ASCE Publications, Reston, VA, USA, Chapter 7, pp. 165-198.

Huck PM, Emelko MB, Coffey BM, Maurizio DD, O’Melia CR, 2001. Filter Operation Effects on Pathogen Passage. American Water Works Association Research Foundation, Denver, CO, USA.

Conference Papers/Presentations

Emelko MB, Silins U, Stone M, Cooke C, Emmerton C, Kendel T, Skwaruk J, 2018. The 2016 Ft. McMurray Wildfire: Drinking Water Treatability Challenges in an Already-challenged System. Submitted for possible presentation at The Fire Continuum Conference: Forests to Flames to Faucets Session, Missoula, MT, USA, May 21-24.

Stone M, Emelko MB, Silins U, Allin D, Collins AL, Williams CHS, Martens AM, Bladon KD, 2018. The Effect of Wildfire on the Form and Mobility of Sediment Associated Phosphorus at the Catchment Scale. Submitted for possible presentation at The Fire Continuum Conference: Forests to Flames to Faucets Session, Missoula, MT, USA, May 21-24.

Silins U, Stone M, Herlein K, Emelko MB, Williams CHS, Martens AM, Wagner MJ, Hawthorn K, 2018. Long-suspended Suspended Sediment Yields in Wildfire Affected Mountain Streams in Southwestern Alberta. Submitted for possible presentation at The Fire Continuum Conference: Forests to Flames to Faucets Session, Missoula, MT, USA, May 21-24.

Martens AM, Silins U, Proctor H, Williams CHS, Wagner MJ, Luchkow E, Emelko MB, Stone M, 2018. 8 Years Later: Long-term Effects of Severe Wildfire Aquatic Ecology in Rocky Mountain Streams. Submitted for possible presentation at The Fire Continuum Conference: Forests to Flames to Faucets Session, Missoula, MT, USA, May 21-24.

Emmerton CA, Cooke C, Kruk M, Taube N, Zhu D, Silins U, Emelko MB. Assessing the Impacts of the 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire on the Water Quality of the Athabasca River and its Major Tributaries. Submitted for possible presentation at The Fire Continuum Conference: Forests to Flames to Faucets Session, Missoula, MT, USA, May 21-24.

Schmidt PJ, Arnold AJ, Ashbolt NJ, Cotruvo JA, Emelko MB, 2018. Findings and Practical Implications of an On-Site DPR Pilot Study in Ohio: 2013-2016 and Beyond. Accepted for presentation at the AWWA 2018 International Symposium – Potable Reuse and Biological Treatment, Austin TX, January 23, TUE02-03.

Emelko MB, 2017. Optimizing Biofiltration during Drinking Water Treatment: Evaluating Media Design and Nutrient Amendment. 2017 National Water and Wastewater Conference, St. John’s, NL, Canada, November 6.

Emelko MB, Ahmed A, 2016. Approach for Determining Minimum Treatment Requirements for Well-Based Municipal Systems: Complete Draft Update of the MOE’s GUDI ToR. 17^th Canadian National Conference on Drinking Water, Ottawa, ON, Canada, October 16-18.

Emelko MB, Ruecker N, Mayberry P, Schmidt PJ, 2016. Assessing Parasite Concentrations in Source Water for Decision Making and Risk Assessment. 17^th Canadian National Conference on Drinking Water, Ottawa, ON, Canada, October 16-18.

Emelko MB, Silins U, Ruecker N, Stone M, 2016. Assessing Wildfire Risk to Municipal Waterworks. Western Canada Water Annual Conference, Calgary, AB, Canada, October 4-7.

Emelko MB, Ruecker N, Mayberry P, Schmidt PJ, 2016. Evaluating Parasite Occurrence in Source Waters: Preventing Bias and Erroneous Interpretation. Western Canada Water Annual Conference, Calgary, AB, Canada, October 4-7.

Eykelbosh A, Emelko MB, Silins U, Stone M, 2016. Fires, Floods, and Bugs: How Climate Change Impacts Drinking Water Source Quality. Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors 2016 Annual Conference, Edmonton, AB, Canada, September 25-28.

Emelko MB, Eykelbosh A, Silins U, Stone M, 2016. Strategies to Prepare for and Mitigate Climate Change Impacts on Drinking Water Treatability: A Small Systems Approach. Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors 2016 Annual Conference, Edmonton, AB, Canada, September 25-28.

Shams S, Emelko MB, Stewart DM, Walton T, 2016. Roles of Different Drinking Water Treatment Processes on the Removal and Changes of NOM Fractions and DBP Precursors. OWWA/OMWA Joint Annual Conference, Windsor, ON, Canada, May 1-4. Awarded Michael R. Provart Runner Up Award for best paper/presentation.

Walker T, Mesquita MMF, Emelko MB, 2016. Propagation and Purification of Bacillus sp. Endospores for Water Treatment Process Performance Evaluation. OWWA/OMWA Joint Annual Conference, Windsor, ON, Canada, May 1-4.

Emelko MB, Ahmed A, 2016. Determining Minimum Treatment Requirements for Well-Based Municipal Systems: The Complete MOE Proposed GUDI Terms of Reference. OWWA/OMWA Joint Annual Conference, Windsor, ON, Canada, May 1-4.

Silins U, Emelko MB, Bladon KD, Stone M, Williams CHS, Martens AM, Wagner MJ, 2015. Longer-term Stream Nitrogen Dynamics after Wildfire and Salvage Harvesting: Implications for Management Concepts based on Trajectories of Post-disturbance Watershed Recovery, Abstract H31D-1439. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 13-16.

Charlebois G, Emelko MB, Mesquita MMF, Westrick J, 2015. The Relationship between Microcystis Sp. And Microcystin Destruction by Ozone in Water Treatment. AWWA Water Quality and Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, November 15-19.

Walton T, Mesquita MMF, Emelko MB, 2015. Impact of a New Approach for Groundwater under the Influence of Surface Water in Ontario: A Case Study. AWWA Water Quality and Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, November 15-19.

Wong AWT, Emelko MB, Walton T, 2015. Optimizing Biological Filtration Performance with Innovative Capping Material Designs and Nutrient Amendments. AWWA Water Quality and Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, November 15-19.

Walton T, Mesquita MMF, Emelko MB, 2015. Impact of a New Approach for Groundwater under the Influence of Surface Water in Ontario: A Case Study. CWWA National Water and Wastewater Conference. Whistler, BC, Canada, October 25-28.

Stone M, Silins U, Emelko MB, Bladon KD, Martens AM, Williams CHS, Collins A, 2015. Exploring the Linkage Between Fine Sediment, Phosphorus, and Stream Ecology in Wildfire Impacted Watersheds. 9^th International SedNet Conference “Solving Societal Challenges; Working with Sediments,” Krakow, Poland, September 23-26.

Emelko MB, Shams S, Silins U, Stone M, Williams CHS, Martens AM, 2015. Approaches for Characterizing Landscape Disturbance Impacts on NOM: A Wildfire Case Study. 6^th IWA Specialist Conference on Natural Organic Matter Research, Malmö, Sweden, September 7-10.

Shams S, Emelko MB, Stewart DM, Walton T, Kundert K, Scott D, 2015. Evaluation of NOM Characterization Techniques as Methods of Detecting THM Formation. 6^th IWA Specialist Conference on Natural Organic Matter Research, Malmö, Sweden, September 7-10.

Bladon KD, Wagner MJ, Silins U, Williams CHS, Martens AM, Emelko MB, Stone M, 2015. On the Complexity of Catchment Scale Temperature Response to Land Disturbance By Wildfire and PostFire Salvage Logging in the Rocky Mountains. 145^th Annual American Fisheries Society Conference, Portland, OR, USA, August 16-20.

Kazemzadeh F, Jin C, Khodadad I, Amelard R, Haider SA, Saini SS, Emelko MB, Wong A, 2015. Multispectral Digital Holographic Microscopy with Applications in Water Quality Assessment. SPIE – International Society for Optics and Photonics – Novel Optical Systems Design and Optimization XVIII Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, August 10-12.

Stone M, Silins U, Emelko MB, Martens AM, Williams CHS, Bladon KD, 2015. Long Term Impacts of Severe Wildfire and Post-Fire Salvage Logging on Sediment Production in the Oldman River Basin, Alberta. 26^th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Prague, Czech Republic, June 22–July 2.

Charlebois G, Emelko MB, Mesquita MMF, Westrick J, 2015. Destruction of Microcystin-LR and Anatoxin-a by Ozone in Drinking Water Treatment. OWWA/OMWA Joint Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada, April 26-28.

Mesquita MMF, Emelko MB, 2015. New Guidance for Groundwater under the Direct Influence of Surface Water: The How and Why of F-specific Coliphage. OWWA/OMWA Joint Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada, April 26-28.

Charlebois G, Emelko MB, Mesquita MMF, Westrick J, 2015. Destruction of Microcystin-LR and Anatoxin-a by Ozone in Drinking Water Treatment. 50^th Central Canadian Symposium on Water Quality Research, Burlington, ON, Canada, February 18.

Bladon KD, Silins U, Emelko MB, Flannigan MD, Dupont DP, Kienzle SW, Parisien M, Robinne F, Schroeder D, Stone M, Thompson DK, Tymstra C, Waddington MJ, Wang X, 2014. Assessing the Impact of Active Land Management in Mitigating Wildfire Threat to Source Water Supply Quality. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 15-19.

Williams CHS, Silins U, Wagner MJ, Bladon KD, Martens AM, Anderson A, Stone M, Emelko MB, 2014. Impacts of Wildfire on Interception Losses and Net Precipitation in a Sub-alpine Rocky Mountain Watershed in Alberta, Canada. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 15-19.

Emelko MB, Stone M, Silins U, Bladon KD, 2014. Wildfire Impacts on Sediment and Nutrient Storage and Downstream Delivery to Drinking Water Treatment Plants. ICCE/IAHS International Symposium – Sediment Dynamics: From the Summit to the Sea, New Orleans, LA, USA, December 11-14.

Silins U, Stone M, Hawthorn K, Allin D, Emelko MB, Bladon KD, Martens AM, Williams CHS, 2014. Channel Storage of Sediment-Phosphorus Governs Legacy Forest Disturbance Effects on Stream Benthos Decades after Wildfire and Forest Harvest. ICCE/IAHS International Symposium – Sediment Dynamics: From the Summit to the Sea, New Orleans, LA, USA, December 11-14.

Jin C, Glawdel T, Ren C, Emelko MB, 2014. Surface Roughness Impacts on Particle Removal by Granular Media Filtration. AWWA Water Quality and Technology Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA, November 16-20.

Charlebois G, Emelko MB, McDermott L, Walton T, 2014. Identifying Operational Constraints for Microcystin Destruction by Ozonation. AWWA Water Quality and Technology Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA, November 16-20.

Emelko MB, Ahmed A, 2014. Approach for Determining Minimum Treatment Requirements for Well-Based Municipal Systems: An Update of the MOE’s GUDI Terms of Reference. 16^th National Conference on Drinking Water, Gatineau, QC, Canada, October 26-29.

Snider RA, Walton T, Emelko MB, McDermott L, 2014. Improving the Efficiency and Sustainability of the Filtration Process through Extended Terminal Sub-fluidization Wash Implementation at a Municipal Drinking Water Treatment Plant. 16^th National Conference on Drinking Water, Gatineau, QC, Canada, October 26-29.

Campbell A, McLellan N, Banihashemi A, Douglas IP, Emelko MB, 2014. Evaluating Pathogen Removal Performance through Pilot Plant Challenge Studies. 16^th National Conference on Drinking Water, Gatineau, QC, Canada, October 26-29.

Kundert K, Emelko MB, Mielke L, Elford T, Ruecker N, 2014. Alberta Flood 2013 – City of Calgary Water Treatment System Resiliency. 16^th National Conference on Drinking Water, Gatineau, QC, Canada, October 26-29.

Emelko MB, Jin C, Glawdel T, Ren C, 2014. Non-linear Particle Removal by Granular Media Filtration Attributable to Media Surface Roughness. 9^th International Symposium on Subsurface Microbiology, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, October 5-10.

Silins U, Bladon KD, Wang X, Robinne F, Emelko MB, Flannigan M, Dupont D, Parisien MA, Renzetti S, Tymstra C, Schroeder D, Thompson D, de Groot B, Kienzle S, Wolford D, Stone M, Waddington M, Devito K, Wotton M, 2014. Management of Wildfire Risk to Downstream Municipal Drinking Water Treatment in Alberta. Wildland Fire Canada: 2014 Conference, Halifax, NS, Canada, October 7-9.

Silins U, Bladon KD, Wang X, Robinne F, Emelko MB, Flannigan MD, Dupont DP, Parisien M, Thompson DK, Tymstra C, Schroeder D, Kienzle SW, Reid D, Waddington JM, Woolford DG, Wotton BM, 2014. Management of Wildfire Risk in Forested Regions of Alberta to Downstream Municipal Drinking Water Treatment. Wildland Fire Canada Conference, Halifax, NS, Canada, October 7-9.

Shams S, Emelko MB, Silins U, Bladon KD, Stone M, Williams CHS, Martens AM, 2014. Long-term Wildfire Impacts on THM Formation Potential. 248^th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting – Occurrence, Formation, Health Effects, and Control of Disinfection By-Products Session, San Francisco, CA, USA, August 10-14.

Jin C, Glawdel T, Emelko MB, Ren C, 2014. Non-Linearity Impact of Nano-scale Surface Roughness on Particle Deposition in Parallel Plates. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 4^th Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting and 12^th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, Chicago, IL, USA, August 3-7.

Wong AWT, Emelko MB, Walton T, 2014. Enhancing Biologically Active Filtration Performance with Innovative Capping Material Designs. AWWA Annual Conference, Boston, MA, USA, June 8-12.

Chik AHS, Emelko MB, Stone M, Silins U, Dixon J, Mielke L, 2014. Extending the Phosphorus Transfer Continuum Concept: Linking Source Water Quality to Treatment Impacts: Evaluating Phosphorus as a Source Water and Treatment Vulnerability Indicator. AWWA Annual Conference, Boston, MA, USA, June 8-12.

Robinne FN, Flannigan MD, Parisien MA, Bladon KD, Wang X, Silins U, Emelko MB, 2014. Spatial Analysis of Wildfire Risk to Alberta’s Drinking-water Supply. Large Wildland Fires: Social, Political, & Ecological Effects, Missoula, MT, USA, May 19-23.

Ahmed A, Emelko MB, 2014. Updating the MOE’s GUDI Terms of Reference Document. OWWA/OMWA Joint Annual Conference, London, ON, Canada, May 4-7.

Charlebois G, Emelko MB, McDermott L, 2014. Optimization of Microcystin Removal by Ozone. OWWA/OMWA Joint Annual Conference, London, ON, Canada, May 4-7.

Wong AWT, Emelko MB, Walton T, 2014. Enhancing Biologically Active Filtration Performance with Innovative Capping Material Designs. OWWA/OMWA Joint Annual Conference, London, ON, Canada, May 4-7.

Banihashemi A, Emelko MB, Douglas IP, Campbell A, McLellan NL, 2014. Assessing Microbial Risk during Drinking Water Treatment: Linking Pilot Studies to Plant Performance. OWWA/OMWA Joint Annual Conference, London, ON, Canada, May 4-7.

Snider RA, Emelko MB, McDermott L, Walton T, 2014. Extended Terminal Subfluidization (ETSW) Costs and Benefits: A Case Study in Full-Scale Implementation and Optimization. OWWA/OMWA Joint Annual Conference, London, ON, Canada, May 4-7.

Chik AHS, Emelko MB, Stone M, Silins U, Dixon J, Mielke L, 2014. Extending the Phosphorus Transfer Continuum Concept: An Innovative Framework for Linking Source Water Quality and Drinking Water Treatability. 49^th Central Canadian Symposium on Water Quality Research, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, Canada, March 5-7.

Wong AWT, Emelko MB, Walton T, 2014. Enhancing Biologically Active Filtration Performance with Innovative Capping Material Designs. 49^th Central Canadian Symposium on Water Quality Research, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, Canada, March 5-7.

Charlebois G, Emelko MB, McDermott L, 2014. Optimization of Microcystin Removal by Ozone. 49^th Central Canadian Symposium on Water Quality Research, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, Canada, March 5-7.

Emelko MB, Silins U, Bladon KD, Stone M, 2013. Post-fire DOC, DBPs and Nutrients:
Justifying and Achieving Robust Treatment. AWWA Water Quality and Technology Conference, Long Beach, CA, USA, November 3-7.

Silins U, Emelko MB, Bladon KD, Stone, M, 2013. Assessing Wildfire Impacts on Water Quality and Treatability: Which Effects are Attributable to Wildfire? AWWA Water Quality and Technology Conference, Long Beach, CA, USA, November 3-7.

Stone M, Silins U, Emelko MB, Krishnappan BG, Collins AL, Bladon KD, Williams CHS, 2013. Assessing Downstream Propagation of Wildfire Impacts on Water Quality. AWWA Water Quality and Technology Conference, Long Beach, CA, USA, November 3-7.

Bladon KD, Silins U, Flannigan MD, Emelko MB, Dupont DP, de Groot B, Kienzle SW, Parisien MA, Robinne F, Schroeder D, Stone M, Thompson DK, Tymstra C, Wang X, Waddington JM, Woolford DG, Wotton BM, 2013. Minimizing Wildfire Risk to Municipal Water Works by Active Source Water Protection. AWWA Water Quality and Technology Conference, Long Beach, CA, USA, November 3-7.

Douglas I, Campbell A, Elliott J, Emelko MB, McLellan N, 2013. Methods for Evaluating Pathogen Log Removal Performance in a Water Treatment Plant. AWWA Water Quality and Technology Conference, Long Beach, CA, USA, November 3-7.

Emelko MB, Geng X^., Shams S, Bladon KD, Silins U, Stone M, Williams CHS, Wagner MJ, Martens AM, 2013. Forested Catchment Fire and Post-fire Management: Implications to NOM Character and Treatability. 5^th IWA Specialist Conference on Natural Organic Matter Research, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, October 1-4.

Shams S, Spanjers MG, Emelko MB, Walton T, 2013. Implications of NOM Removal by Various Biofiltration Media Configurations. 5^th IWA Specialist Conference on Natural Organic Matter Research, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, October 1-4.

Stone M, Silins U, Emelko MB, Bladon KD, Krishnappan BG, Collins AL, Droppo IG, 2013. Biological Modification of Sediment Transport Processes in Wildfire Impacted River Systems. Synthesizing Empirical Results to Improve Predictions of Post-wildfire Runoff and Erosion Response, American Geophysical Union: Chapman Conference, Estes Park, CO, USA, August 25-31.

Emelko MB, Silins U, Stone M, Bladon KD, Wagner MJ, Williams CSH, Martens A, 2013. Long Term Implications of Wildfire to Drinking Water Treatment. American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Summer Specialty Conference: Healthy Forests = Healthy Water, Hartford, CT, USA, June 27-28.

Bladon KD, Silins U, Flannigan MD, Emelko MB, Dupont DP, Kienzle SW, Parisien MA, Schroeder D, Thompson DK, Tymstra C, Waddington JM, Wang X, Woolford DG, Wotton M, 2013. Management of Wildfire Risk in Forested Regions of Alberta to Downstream Municipal Drinking Water Treatment. American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Summer Specialty Conference: Healthy Forests = Healthy Water, Hartford, CT, USA, June 27-28.

Silins U, Bladon KD, Wagner MJ, Williams CSH, Stone M, Emelko MB, Anderson A, Collins A, Krishnappan BG, 2013. Shifting Disturbance Regimes in Forested Source Water Landscapes in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains: Long-term Impacts of Wildfire on Water Quantity, Quality, and Stream Ecology. American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Summer Specialty Conference: Healthy Forests = Healthy Water, Hartford, CT, USA, June 27-28.

Stone M, Krishnappan BG, Silins U, Emelko MB, Collins A, Bladon KD, 2013. Modeling Flow and Sediment Transport in Three Rivers and a Reservoir in the Upper Basin of the Oldman River Watershed in Alberta, Canada. American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Summer Specialty Conference: Healthy Forests = Healthy Water, Hartford, CT, USA, June 27-28.

Ahmed AS, Emelko MB, Chik AHS, 2013. Updating of GUDI Terms of Reference Document to Determine Minimum Treatment Requirements for Well-based Municipal Residential Drinking Water Systems. OWWA/OMWA Joint Annual Conference, Ottawa, ON, Canada, May 5-8.

Chik AHS, Conant B, Emelko MB, Ahmed A, 2013. A Science-based Approach for Environmental Policy Development: Groundwater under Direct Influence (GUDI) of Surface Water Terms of Reference Review. 43^rd Annual Conference of the Urban Affairs Association, San Francisco, CA, USA, April 3-6.

Spanjers MG, Emelko MB, 2013. Implications of Media Selection and Design on Biofilter Performance. AWWA Biological Treatment Symposium, Denver, CO, USA, March 28-29.

Emelko MB, Douglas IP, Campbell A, McLellan NM, 2013. Pilot and Full-Scale Evaluations of Pathogen Removal: Informing QMRA for Plant Risk Management. Canadian Water Network Connecting Water Resources Conference, Ottawa, ON, Canada, March 18-21.

McLellan NL, Emelko MB, Douglas IP, Campbell A, 2013. Pilot-Scale Removal of Pathogen Surrogates: Informing QMRA for Water Treatment. Canadian Water Network Connecting Water Resources 2013: Changing the Water Paradigm Conference, Ottawa, ON, Canada, March 18-21.

Allin D, Stone M, Silins U, Emelko MB, Collins A, 2012. The Effects of Wildfire on Sediment-associated Phosphorus Speciation in the Crowsnest River Basin, Alberta. IAHS-ICCE International Conference on Wildfire and Water Quality: Processes, Impacts and Challenges, 354:1-8.

Allin D, Stone M, Silins M, Emelko MB, Collins AL, 2012. The Effects of Wildfire on Sediment-Associated Phosphorus Forms and Sorption Behavior in the Crowsnest River Basin, Alberta. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 3-7.

Silins U, Bladon KD, Stone M, Emelko MB, Collins A, Boon S, Williams CSH, Wagner MJ, Martens A, Anderson A, 2012. Differential Recovery of Water Quality Parameters Eight Years after Severe Wildfire and Salvage Logging in Alberta’s Southern Rocky Mountains. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 3-7.

McLellan NL, Emelko MB, Douglas IP, Campbell A, 2012. Pilot and Full-Scale Evaluations of Pathogen Removal: Enabling QMRA for Plant Risk Management. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada, November 4-8.

Spanjers MG, Emelko MB, 2012. Turbidity Dampening and Headloss Development in Biological Filters. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada, November 4-8.

Arnold AJ, Emelko MB, 2012. Predicting Full-Scale Chemical Pre-Treatment and Particle Removal Process Performance. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada, November 4-8.

Emelko MB, Geng X, Silins U, Stone M, 2012. Climate Change Effects in Canadian Source Watersheds: Implications to NOM Character and Treatability. 15^th National Conference on Drinking Water, Kelowna, BC, Canada, October 21-24.

Emelko MB, Schmidt PJ, 2012. How QMRA is Conducted Matters: Case Studies Demonstrating Pitfalls of Data Interpretation and How They Can Be Avoided. 15^th National Conference on Drinking Water, Kelowna, BC, Canada, October 21-24.

Schmidt PJ, Fazil AM, Pintar KDM, Emelko MB, Topp E, 2012. Enhancing our Knowledge about Microbial Risks in Drinking Water by Evaluating the Uncertainty in Dose-Response Model Parameters. 15^th National Conference on Drinking Water, Kelowna, BC, Canada, October 21-24.

McLellan NL, Emelko MB, 2012. Impacts of Bacterial Pathogen Extracellular Polymeric Substances on Transport: Implications for Landuse Management and Filter Operation. 2^nd International Conference on Assessing Pathogen Fate, Transport and Risk in Natural and Engineered Water Treatment. Banff, AB, Canada, September 23-26. Best student poster award.

Chik AHS, Stimson JR, Mesquita MMF, McLellan NL, Emelko MB, 2012. Assessing Pathogen Removal in the Subsurface: Impact of Bacillus subtilis Spores on (Bio)colloid Transport. 2^nd International Conference on Assessing Pathogen Fate, Transport and Risk in Natural and Engineered Water Treatment, Banff, AB, Canada, September 23-26.

Gray LS, Mesquita MMF, Emelko MB, 2012. Bacillus subtilis Strain Variability: Implications for Subsurface Transport Investigations. 2^nd International Conference on Assessing Pathogen Fate, Transport and Risk in Natural and Engineered Water Treatment, Banff, AB, Canada, September 23-26.

Ahmed A, Emelko MB, Chik AHS, 2012. Determination of Treatment Requirements for Well Water in Ontario. 2^nd International Conference on Assessing Pathogen Fate, Transport and Risk in Natural and Engineered Water Treatment, Banff, AB, Canada, September 23-26.

Emelko MB, Schmidt PJ, Thompson ME, 2012. Preventing Bias during QMRA. 2^nd International Conference on Assessing Pathogen Fate, Transport and Risk in Natural and Engineered Water Treatment, Banff, AB, Canada, September 23-26.

Schmidt PJ, Emelko MB, Thompson ME, 2012. Drinking Water QMRA: Necessary Considerations for Decision-Making. Society for Risk Analysis World Congress on Risk, Sydney, Australia, July 18-20.

Allin D, Stone M, Silins M, Emelko MB, Collins AL, 2012. The Effects of Wildfire on Phosphorus Transport and Speciation in the Crowsnest River, Alberta. International Commission on Continental Erosion & International Association of Hydrological Science, Wildfire and Water Quality: Processes, Impacts and Challenges, Banff, AB, Canada, June 11-14.

Bladon KD, Silins U, Stone M, Emelko MB, Boon S, Williams CSH, Wagner MJ, 2012. Limiting Nutrients, Algae, and Macroinvertebrates: A Cascading Series of Ecohydrological Effects after Wildfire in Canada’s Rocky Mountains. International Commission on Continental Erosion & International Association of Hydrological Science, Wildfire and Water Quality: Processes, Impacts and Challenges, Banff, AB, Canada, June 11-14.

Geng XK, Emelko MB, Silins U, 2012. Wildfire and Post-fire Salvage Logging: Long-term Effects on Organic Carbon and Implications for Drinking Water Treatment. International Commission on Continental Erosion & International Association of Hydrological Science, Wildfire and Water Quality: Processes, Impacts and Challenges, Banff, AB, Canada, June 11-14.

Krishnappan BG, Stone M, Silins U, Emelko MB, Wagner MJ, Williams CHS, 2012. Modeling of Flow and Sediment Transport in Three Rivers and a Reservoir in the Oldman River Basin in Alberta, Canada. International Commission on Continental Erosion & International Association of Hydrological Science, Wildfire and Water Quality: Processes, Impacts and Challenges, Banff, AB, Canada, June 11-14.

Stone M, Silins U, Emelko MB, Bladon KD, Wagner MJ, Williams CHS, Droppo I, Collins AL, 2012. Sediment Transport Processes in Wildfire Impacted Rivers. International Commission on Continental Erosion & International Association of Hydrological Science, Wildfire and Water Quality: Processes, Impacts and Challenges, Banff, AB, Canada, June 11-14.

Wagner MJ, Silins U, Williams CHS, Boon S, Bladon KD, Stone M, Emelko MB, 2012. Effects of Wildfire and Salvage Logging on Stream Temperature in Front Range Rocky Mountain Watersheds. International Commission on Continental Erosion & International Association of Hydrological Science, Wildfire and Water Quality: Processes, Impacts and Challenges, Banff, AB, Canada, June 11-14.

Spanjers MG, Emelko MB, 2012. Rough Engineered Ceramic Filtration Media for Biologically Active Filtration. AWWA Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, USA, June 10-14.

Silins U, Stone M, Emelko MB, Collins A, Krishnappan BG, Boon S, Bladon KD, Wagner MJ, Williams CHS, Anderson A, 2012. Long Term Watershed Research Sites as Platforms for Trans-disciplinary Insights for Regional Watershed Management: The Tale of One Study. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union, Banff, AB, Canada, June 5-8.

Bladon KD, Silins U, Stone M, Boon S, Emelko MB, Williams CHS, Wagner MJ, 2012. Incomplete Recovery of Water Quality after Wildfire in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains: Insights from Eight Years of Watershed Research. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union, Banff, AB, Canada, June 5-8.

Wagner MJ, Silins U, Williams CHS, Boon S, Bladon KD, Stone M, Emelko MB, 2012. Effects of Wildfire and Salvage Logging on Stream Temperature in Front Range Rocky Mountains: A Long Term Perspective. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union, Banff, AB, Canada, June 5-8.

Spanjers MG, Emelko MB, 2012. Comparison of 4 Media Types for Traditional and Biofiltration Treatment Goals: Assessment of Rough Engineered Media and Implications for Filter Media Choice. OWWA/OMWA Joint Annual Conference, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, May 6-9. Awarded Michael R. Provart Award for best paper/presentation.

Allin D, Stone M, Silins U, Emelko MB, Collins A, 2012. The Effects of Wildfire on Sediment-Associated Phosphorus Speciation in the Crowsnest River Basin, Alberta. Water Institute Water Research Conference, Waterloo, ON, Canada, March 22.

Spanjers MG, Emelko MB, 2012. Comparison of 4 Media Types for Traditional and Biofiltration Treatment Goals: Assessment of Rough Engineered Media and Implications for Filter Media Choice. 47^th Central Canadian Symposium on Water Quality Research, Burlington, ON, Canada, February 21-22. 2012 Philip Jones Award for best student presentation.

Jin C, Emelko MB, 2011. Improving Granular Media Filtration Performance by Media Roughness. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Phoenix, AZ, USA, November 13-17.

McLellan NL, Emelko MB, 2011. Extracellular Polymeric Substance Effects on Pathogen Transport: Implications for Landuse Management and Filter Operation. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Phoenix, AZ, USA, November 13-17.

McLellan NL, Emelko MB, 2011. “Wall Effects” During Filtration Investigations: Reconsideration of Column-Diameter to Collector-Diameter Ratio Recommendations when Conducting Colloid Transport Studies. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Phoenix, AZ, USA, November 13-17.

Emelko MB, Geng X, Silins U, Stone M, 2011. Fire Management in Source Watersheds: Implications to NOM Character and Treatability. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Phoenix, AZ, USA, November 13-17.

Silins U, Williams CHS, Wagner MJ, Bladon KD, Boon S, Stone M, Emelko MB, 2011. Changes in Streamflow Production and Timing after Wildfire in the Southern Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada. American Chemical Society (ACS), Fall National Meeting & Exposition, Chemistry of Air, Space, & Water, Denver, CO, USA, August 28–September 1.

Boon S, Burles K, Williams CHS, Wagner MJ, Silins U, Bladon KD, Stone M, Emelko MB, 2011. Changes in Snow Accumulation and Melt after Wildfire in the Southern Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada. American Chemical Society (ACS), Fall National Meeting and Exposition, Chemistry of Air, Space, & Water, Denver, CO, USA, August 28–September 1.

Bladon KD, Silins U, Williams CHS, Wagner MJ, Stone M, Emelko MB, Boon S, 2011. Phosphorus and Nitrogen Linkages to Changes in Aquatic Ecosystems after wildfire in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada. American Chemical Society (ACS), Fall National Meeting and Exposition, Chemistry of Air, Space, & Water, Denver, CO, USA, August 28–September 1.

Stone M, Silins U, Emelko MB, Bladon KD, Williams CHS, Wagner MJ, Boon S, 2011. Long Term Impacts of Wildfire and Post-fire Salvage Logging on Sediment Transfer in the Rocky Mountain Headwaters of Alberta, Canada. American Chemical Society (ACS), Fall National Meeting and Exposition, Chemistry of Air, Space, & Water, Denver, CO, USA, August 28–September 1.

Emelko MB, Silins U, Stone M, Bladon KD, Williams CHS, Wagner MJ, Boon S, 2011. Drinking Water Treatment Implications and Challenges: A Seven Year Post-wildfire Canadian Case Study. American Chemical Society (ACS), Fall National Meeting and Exposition, Chemistry of Air, Space, & Water, Denver, CO, USA, August 28–September 1.

Silins U, Stone M, Emelko MB, Boon S, Bladon KD, Collins A, Krishnappan B, Anderson A, 2011. Southern Rockies Watershed Project: Evaluating Long-term Effects of Severe Wildfire on Water and Ecosystem Services. International Association for Sediment Water Science (IASWS) Conference, Dartington, England, June 19-23.

Stone M, Collins AL, Emelko MB, Silins U, 2011. The Effect of Landscape Disturbance by Wildfire on the Physical, Geochemical and Contaminant Properties of Suspended Solids in the Oldman River Basin, Alberta, Canada. International Association for Sediment Water Science (IASWS) Conference, Dartington, England, June 19-23.

Jin C, Emelko MB, 2011. Utilizing Media Roughness to Improve Particle Removal and Process Robustness during Granular Media Filtration. AWWA Annual Conference, Washington, DC, USA, June 12-16.

Geng X, Silins U, Emelko MB, 2011. Wildfire Impacts on Natural Organic Matter in Drinking Water Sources: Implications to Treatability. AWWA Annual Conference, Washington, DC, USA, June 12-16.

Arnold AJ, Emelko MB, 2011. Evaluation and Quantification of Engineered Flocs and Drinking Water Treatability. AWWA Annual Conference, Washington, DC, USA, June 12-16.

Stone M, Collins AL, Emelko MB, Silins U, 2011. The Effect of Landscape Disturbance by Wildfire on the Physical, Geochemical and Contaminant Properties of Suspended Solids in the Oldman River Basin, Alberta, Canada. Joint Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union and the Canadian Society of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Banff, AB, Canada, May 15-18.

Schmidt PJ, Emelko MB, Thompson ME, 2011. Addressing Variability, Uncertainty, and Measurement Error in Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment. Proceedings Conference on Statistics, Science, and Public Policy, Herstmonceux Castle, Hailsham, UK, April 18-20.

Schmidt PJ, Emelko MB, 2010. Using Pathogen Occurrence Data for Risk Analysis and Treatment Decisions: Preventing Bias by Addressing Measurement Error. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Savannah, GA, USA, November 14-18.

Emelko MB, Silins U, Stone M, Bladon KD, 2010. Water Quality, Treatability, and Mitigation: Implications of a 7-Year Post-Wildfire Case Study. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Savannah, GA, USA, November 14-18.

Emelko MB, Silins U, Bladon KD, Stone M, 2010. Climate Change Effects on Canadian Landscapes: A Demonstrated Need for Changing the Source Water Protection Paradigm. 14^th National Conference on Drinking Water, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, October 30–November 2.

Emelko MB, Schmidt PJ, 2010. QMRA: Making Definite Steps toward Improved Decision-Making under Ever-Present Uncertainty. 14^th National Conference on Drinking Water, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, October 30–November 2.

Schmidt PJ, Emelko MB, 2010. Case Studies of the Analysis of Microbial Data: Are Random Measurement Errors Associated with Data Causing Us to Disregard Important Results? 14^th National Conference on Drinking Water, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, October 30–November 2.

Chik AHS, Stimson J, Mesquita MMF, McLellan NL, Emelko MB, 2010. Evaluating Pathogen Removal by Subsurface Filtration: Unintentional Impacts of Aerobic Endospores on Pathogen Transport. AWWA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, June 20-24.

McLellan NL, Stimson J, Mesquita MMF, Tufenkji N, Emelko MB, 2010. Physical and Chemical Factors Affecting Pathogen and Colloid Removal by Filtration: A Mechanistic Approach. AWWA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, June 20-24. Best University Research Poster Award.

Snider RA, Emelko MB, Smith EF, 2010. Design and Operational Impacts on Deep Bed, High Rate Biological Filter Performance. AWWA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, USA, June 20-24.

Bladon KD, Silins U, Stone M, Emelko MB, Boon S, Williams CHS, Wagner MJ, Esch E, Spence JD, 2010. Ecohydrological Linkages between Water Quality and Aquatic Ecology after Severe Wildfire in Rocky Mountain Catchments. 44^th Annual CMOS (Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society) Congress – 36^th Annual Scientific Meeting of CGU (Canadian Geophysical Union) – 3^rd Joint CMOS-CGU Congress, Ottawa, ON, Canada, May 31–June 4.

Silins U, Bladon KD, Boon S, Stone M, Emelko MB, Williams CHS, Wagner MJ, 2010. After the Flames Are Out: Catchment-scale Effects of Wildfire on Runoff and Flow Regime in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. 44^th Annual CMOS (Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society) Congress – 36^th Annual Scientific Meeting of CGU (Canadian Geophysical Union) – 3^rd Joint CMOS-CGU Congress, Ottawa, ON, Canada, May 31–June 4.

Emelko MB, 2010. GUDI Assessment and Demonstration of Effective In Situ Filtration: Laboratory and Field Considerations. OWWA/OMWA Joint Annual Conference, Windsor, ON, Canada, May 2-5.

Chik AHS, Stimson J, Mesquita MMF, McLellan NL, Emelko MB, 2010. Evaluating Pathogen Removal by Subsurface Filtration: Unintentional Impacts of Aerobic Endospores on Pathogen Transport. OWWA/OMWA Joint Annual Conference, Windsor, ON, Canada, May 2-5.

McLellan NL, Stimson J, Mesquita MMF, Tufenkji N, Emelko MB, 2010. Investigation of Concurrent Physical and Chemical Factors Affecting Pathogen and Colloid Removal by Filtration. OWWA/OMWA Joint Annual Conference, Windsor, ON, Canada, May 2-5.

Roberson JA, Schmidt PJ, Emelko MB, 2010. Using Statistical Models to Transform Microbial Monitoring Data into Information for Decision-Makers. AWWA International Symposium on Waterborne Pathogens, Manhattan Beach, CA, USA, May 2-4.

Stimson J, Chik AHS, Mesquita MMF, McLellan NL, Emelko MB, 2009. Field-scale Evaluation of the Co-transport Impacts of Bacillus subtilis Endospores on Other Pathogen Surrogates. 2009 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 14-18.

Silins U, Bladon KD, Boon S, Stone M, Emelko MB, Williams CHS, Wagner M, 2009. After the Fire’s Out: Catchment-scale Effects of Wildfire on Runoff and Flow Regime in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. 2009 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 14-18.

McLellan NL, Stimson J, Tufenkji N, Emelko MB, 2009. Concurrent Effects of Grain Characteristics, NOM and Ionic Strength on Pathogen and Surrogate Transport in Porous Media. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Seattle, WA, USA, November 15-19.

Emelko MB, Silins U, Stone M, Boon S, Bladon KD, 2009. Treatability Implications of Upstream Land Disturbance in a Changing Climate. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Seattle, WA, USA, November 15-19.

Emelko MB, Silins U, Stone M, Bladon KD, Boon S, Anderson A, Diiwu J, 2009. Climate Change Implications to Drinking Water Treatability and Public Health. 4^th National Stewardship and Conservation Conference, Calgary, AB, Canada, July 8-11.

Emelko MB, Silins U, Bladon KD, Stone M, 2009. Wildfire Impacts on Drinking Water Treatability. Wildfire and Watershed Hydrology Workshop, Kelowna, BC, Canada, June 3-4.

Stone M, Droppo I, Deignan S, Emelko MB, Silins U, 2009. The Effect of Wildfire on Biostabilization and Erodibility of Cohesive Sediment Deposits in Headwater Streams of the Oldman River, Alberta. Wildfire and Watershed Hydrology Workshop, Kelowna, BC, Canada, June 3-4.

Silins U, Bladon KD, Stone M, Boon S, Emelko MB, Williams CHS, Wagner M, 2009. Effects of Wildfire and Salvage Logging on Hydrologic and Sediment regimes in Alberta’s Southern Rocky Mountains. Wildfire and Watershed Hydrology Workshop, Kelowna, BC, Canada, June 3-4.

Bladon KD, Silins U, Emelko MB, Stone M, Esch E, Spence R, Williams CHS, 2009. Wildfire and Salvage Harvesting in the Rocky Mountains: Linked Effects on Water Quality and Aquatic Ecology. Wildfire and Watershed Hydrology Workshop, Kelowna, BC, Canada, June 3-4.

Emelko MB, 2009. Demonstrating Effective In Situ Filtration of Pathogens in Saturated Environments: Laboratory and Field Considerations. American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, Toronto, ON, Canada, May 24-27.

Emelko MB, Stimson J, McLellan N, Tufenkji N, 2009. Mechanisms of Pathogen and Surrogate Transport in Saturated Porous Media: Concurrent Effects of Grain Characteristics, Ionic Strength and NOM. American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, Toronto, ON, Canada, May 24-27.

McLellan NL, Stimson J, Mesquita MMF, Tufenkji N, Emelko MB, 2009. Breakthrough of Pathogens and Surrogates in Saturated Porous Media: Concurrent Effects of Selected Transport Parameters. 1^st International Conference on Microbial Transport and Survival in Porous Media, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, Canada, May 10-13.

Watling MT, Stimson J, Emelko MB, 2009. Colloid Transport in Granular Saturated Media: Impact of Flow Orientation. 1^st International Conference on Microbial Transport and Survival in Porous Media, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, Canada, May 10-13.

Chornewich C, Emelko MB, Tufenkji N, 2009. Investigating the Influence of Cell Concentration and Media Pre-coating on Bacterial Migration in Granular Porous Media. 1^st International Conference on Microbial Transport and Survival in Porous Media, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, Canada, May 10-13.

Mesquita MMF, Stimson J, Chae G-T, Emelko MB, Tufenkji N, Ptacek CJ, Blowes DW, 2009. Optimal Preparation and Purification of PRD1-like Bacteriophage Suspensions for Use in Environmental Fate and Transport Studies. 1^st International Conference on Microbial Transport and Survival in Porous Media, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, Canada, May 10-13.

Stimson J, Chae G-T, Blowes DW, Ptacek CJ, Emelko MB, 2009. Inverse Modeling of Two-site Kinetic Attachment/Detachment and Liquid/Solid Inactivation from Virus Surrogate Breakthrough Observed in Column Studies of Saturated Basic Oxygen Furnace Slag Media. 1^st International Conference on Microbial Transport and Survival in Porous Media, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, Canada, May 10-13.

McLellan NL, Emelko MB, Stimson J, Tufenkji N, 2009. Improved Understanding of Mechanisms Impacting Colloid and Pathogen Transport in Saturated GUDI Environments. 44^th Central Canadian Symposium on Water Quality Research, Burlington, ON, Canada, February 23-24.

Superina KM, Mesquita MMF, Emelko MB, 2009. Ultraviolet Disinfection of E. coli in Municipal Wastewater: Effects of Microbial Population Source. 44^th Central Canadian Symposium on Water Quality Research, Burlington, ON, Canada, February 23-24.

Silins U, Stone M, Emelko MB, Bladon KD, 2008. Impacts of Wildfire and Post-Fire Salvage Logging on Sediment Transfer in the Oldman Watershed, Alberta. IAHS-ICCE International Symposium on Sediment Dynamics in Changing Environments, 325:510-515.

Bladon KD, Silins U, Wagner MJ, Stone M, Emelko MB, Mendoza CA, Devito K, Boon S, 2008. Wildfire and Salvage Logging Impacts on Stream Water Nitrogen. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 15-19.

Mesquita MMF, Stimson J, Chae G-T, Emelko MB, Higgins KH, Tufenkji N, Ptacek CJ, Blowes DW, 2008. An Improved Method for PR772 Bacteriophage Propagation for Use in Studies of Pathogenic Virus Transport in the Subsurface. 7^th International Symposium for Subsurface Microbiology, Shizuoka, Japan, November 16-21.

Higgins KA, McLellan N, Mesquita MMF, Tufenkji N, Emelko MB, 2008. Pathogen Transport in Porous Media: Understanding the Role of Experimental Design, Ionic Strength and NOM. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Cincinnati, OH, USA, November 16-20.

Schmidt PJ, Emelko MB, Thompson ME, 2008. Getting Better Microbial Data: Strategies to Quantify and Reduce Uncertainty. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Cincinnati, OH, USA, November 16-20.

Mesquita MMF, Stimson J, Chae G-T, Emelko MB, Tufenkji N, Ptacek CJ, Blowes DW, 2008. Preparation of High Titer Bacteriophage Suspensions for use as Pathogenic Virus Surrogates in Environmental Experiments. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Cincinnati, OH, USA, November 16-20.

Emelko MB, Silins U, Bladon KD, Stone M, 2008. Drinking Water Treatability Implications of Severe Wildfire. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Cincinnati, OH, USA, November 16-20.

Bladon KD, Silins U, Stone M, Emelko MB, Boon S, 2008. Cascading Ecohydrological Effects of Wildfire and Post-Fire Salvage Logging in the Eastern Slopes, Alberta. 2008 North American Lakes Management Society Conference, Lake Louise, AB, Canada, November 11-14.

Arnold AJ, Emelko MB, 2008. A Low Cost Method for Protozoan Enumeration from Large Water Volumes for Performance Demonstrations. 43^rd Central Canadian Symposium on Water Quality Research, Burlington, ON, Canada, February 11-12.

Schmidt PJ, Emelko MB, 2008. Rigorous Quantitative Analysis of Microbial and Particulate Data. 43^rd Central Canadian Symposium on Water Quality Research, Burlington, ON, Canada, February 11-12.

Chae G-T, Stimson J, Emelko MB, Blowes DW, Ptacek CJ, Mesquita MM, 2007. Data Quality Assessment of Direct Counts of Virus-Sized Microsphere in Water Samples by Epifluorescence Microscopy. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 10-14.

Schmidt PJ, Emelko MB, 2007. Statistical Analysis of Microbial Data Obtained by Serial Dilution – Agar Plate Methods. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Charlotte, NC, USA, November 4-8.

Scott DJ, Emelko MB, Bolton J, 2007. Study of Conventional and Engineered Granular Media Filtration Performance. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Charlotte, NC, USA, November 4-8.

Knappett P, Emelko MB, Zhuang J, McKay L, 2007. Transport and Retention of MS-2 Bacteriophage and Bacteria-Sized Microspheres in Saturated Porous Media:  Impact of Ionic Strength and Grain Size. IAH-UNESCO International Symposium on Managed Artificial Recharge, Phoenix, AZ, USA, October 28–November 2.

Silins U, Stone M, Emelko MB, 2007. Impacts of Wildfire on Sediment and Water Quality in Headwater Regions of the Oldman River Basin, Alberta. IUGG XXIV IUGG General Assembly – IAHS, Perugia, Italy, July 2-13.

Stone M, Emelko MB, Silins U, Thomas K, 2007. Wildfire Effects on Particle Morphology and Size Distribution of Suspended Solids in Fire Impacted and Control Catchments in the Rocky Mountains, Southern Alberta, IUGG XXIV IUGG General Assembly – IAHS, Perugia, Italy, July 2-13.

Thomas K, Emelko MB, Stone M, Silins U, Arnold A, 2007. The Effects of Wildfire in the Oldman River Basin: Implications for Drinking Water Treatment. AWWA Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 24-28.

Scott DJ, Emelko MB, Bolton J, 2007. Investigating Operational Robustness of Conventional and Engineered Granular Media Filtration. AWWA Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 24-28.

Emelko MB, Scott DJ, Bolton J, 2007. Minimizing Chemical Dependency of Filtration by the Use of Engineered Filtration Media. Proceedings 12^th International Gothenburg Symposium on Chemical Treatment of Water and Wastewater, Ljubljana, Solvenia, May 20-23.

Arnold AJ, Emelko MB, 2006. Analytical Method Development for Minimizing Uncertainty in Cryptosporidium and Microsphere Enumeration from Large Water Volumes. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Denver, CO, USA, November 5-9.

Scott DJ, Emelko MB, Bolton J, 2006. Minimizing Chemical Dependency of Filtration by the Use of Engineered Filtration Media. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Denver, CO, USA, November 5-9.

Emelko MB, Arnold AJ, Santillan CA, Dickson SE, Chang JS, 2006. Treatment of Drinking Water with Pulsed Arc Electrohydraulic Discharge: Promising Outcomes and Future Challenges. Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Air and Water Treatment by Green Oxidation/Reduction Technologies (AP-AWTGORT), Dalian, Liao’ning China, September 6-8.

Chang J-S, Angeloni DM, Ukai H, Dickson SE, Emelko MB, Urashima K, Ono S, 2006. Mechanism of Methyl-tert butyl ether Treatment in Water by a Pulsed Arc Electrohydraulic Discharge. 5^th International Symposium on New Trends in Physics, France, June 22.

Emelko MB, Schmidt PJ, 2006. Guidance for Reporting and Regulating Microbial Concentrations and Removals. Proceedings, 12^th National Conference on Drinking Water, Saint John, NB, Canada, April 1-4.

Lagan SM, Emelko MB, Dixon D, Stone MF, 2006. An Investigation into the Effects of Polyelectrolyte Charge Density on Silica-Silica Interactions. Proceedings, 1^st Australian Young Water Professionals Conference, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, February 15-17.

Emelko MB, Hood ED, Cox EE, Edwards EA, 2006. Bioaugmentation for Chlorinated Solvent Remediation. Proceedings, 2006 IASTED International Conference on Advanced Technology in the Environmental Field, Lanzarote, Spain, February 6-10.

Yamatake A, Angeloni DM, Dickson S, Emelko MB, Yasuoka K, Chang JS, 2006. Pulsed Electrohydraulic Discharge Characteristics in an Ecentric-Electrode Cylindrical Reactor with PBS. 6^th International Conference on Reactive Plasmas, Matsushima/Sendai, Japan, January 24-27.

Angeloni DM, Dickson SE, Emelko MB, Chang JS, 2006. Removal of MTBE by a Pulsed Arc Electrohydraulic Discharge System. 6^th International Conference on Reactive Plasmas, Matsushima/Sendai, Japan, January 24-27.

Schmidt PJ, Emelko MB, Reilly PM, 2005. Design and Analysis of Recovery Studies for Discrete Particle Enumeration Methods. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Quebec City, QC, Canada, November 6-10.

Silins U, Wagner M, Devito K, Mendoza C, Gan T, Curry A, Culp J, Stone M, Emelko MB, 2005. Initial Hydrologic Effects of Fire in High Yielding Watersheds in Alberta’s Southern Rockies. 6th Fire and Forest Meteorology Symposium, American Meteorological Society, Canmore, AB, Canada, October 25-27.

Silins U, Wagner M, Devito K, Mendoza C, Gan T, Stone M, Emelko MB, 2005. Potential Hydro-ecological Feedbacks with Climate Change in Alberta’s Southern Rockies. “Hydrologic Impact of Climate Change, Climate Extremes, and Anthropogenic Disturbances, and Downscaling,” SFM/CWN Workshop, Edmonton, AB, Canada, August 19.

Silins U, Devito K, Mendoza C, Gan T, Rolston B, Schindler D, Petrone R, Curry A, Culp J, Stone M, Emelko MB, 2005. Wildfire Effects on Watershed Function in High-yielding Rocky Mountain Catchments in Southern Alberta. Sustainable Forest Management Network Workshop: “Towards a Systems Approach for Management in Terrestrial, Riparian, and Aquatic Ecosystems,” Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 14-15.

Yamatake A, Chang JS, Angeloni DM, Dickson S, Emelko MB, Yasuoka K, 2005. Pulsed Electrohydraulic Discharge Characteristics in an Ecentric-Electrode Cylindrical Reactor. 4^th Asia-Pacific International Symposium on the Basics and Applications of Plasma Technology.

Emelko MB, Lee L, Dickson SE, Chang JS, 2004. Pathogen Disinfection with Pulsed Arc Electrohydraulic Discharge. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, San Antonio, TX, USA, November 14-18.

Emelko MB, Brown TJ, 2004. Chitosan Coagulation at Low, Cost-Effective Dosages: Impacts on Filtration of Particles and Pathogens. 11^th International Gothenburg Symposium on Chemical Treatment, Orlando, FL, USA, November 8-10.

Chang J-S, Dickson SE, Guo YP, Urashima K, Emelko MB, 2004. Pulsed Arc Electrohydraulic Discharge: Direct Plasma Drinking and Waste Water Treatment Processes. 2^nd International School of Advanced Plasma Technology, ADTEC Plasma Technology Ltd., Asada Eiichi Research Foundation, Pearl Kogyo Co. Ltd., Varenna, Italy, September 27–October 1.

Brown TJ, Emelko MB, 2004. Full-Scale Quantification of Particle Removal and Quantification of System Failure Risk. AWWA Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, USA, June 13-17.

Lee L, Emelko MB, Dickson SE, Chang JS, 2004. Pulsed Arc Electrohydraulic Discharge (PAED) Disinfection of E. coli and B. subtilis. AWWA Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, USA, June 13-17.

Angeloni D, Dickson SE, Chang JS, Emelko MB, 2004. The Use of Pulsed Arc Electrohydraulic Discharge (PAED) for the treatment of methyl-tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in Drinking Water. OWWA/OMWA Joint Annual Conference, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, May 9-11.

Douglas IP, Emelko MB, Springthorpe SA, 2003. Day in the Life of a Cryptosporidium Cyst: Tracking Pathogen Removal through a Water Treatment Plant. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Anaheim, CA, USA, November 15-19.

Emelko MB, Dickson SE, Chang JS, 2003. Pulsed Arc Electrohydraulic Discharge (PAED) –
Potentially More Effective and Less Expensive than UV. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Anaheim, CA, USA, November 15-19.

Emelko MB, Watling MT, Côté MM, 2003. Laboratory and Field Strategies for Assessing Pathogen Removal by Riverbank Filtration. 2^nd International Conference on Riverbank Filtration, NWRI, Fountain Valley, CA, USA.

Brown TJ, Emelko MB, 2003. Developing a Model to Assess the Risk of Cryptosporidium Passage through Conventional Drinking Water Treatment Systems. OWWA/OMWA Joint Annual Conference, Hamilton, ON, Canada, May 4-6.

Côté MM, Emelko MB, Thomson NR, 2003. Pathogen Removal by Riverbank Filtration. International EGS/AGU/EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, April 7-11.

Brown TJ, Emelko MB, 2002. Operational Effects on Pathogen Passage: Assessing the Risk of Cryptosporidium Passage through Drinking Water Filters. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Seattle, WA, USA, November 10-14.

Côté MM, Emelko MB, Thomson NR, 2002. Factors Influencing Prediction of Cryptosporidium Removal in Riverbank Filtration Systems: Focus on Filtration. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Seattle, WA, USA, November 10-14.

Emelko MB, Reilly PM, 2002. Reporting and Regulating Cryptosporidium Concentrations and Removals. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Seattle, WA, USA, November 10-14.

Watling MT, Emelko MB, 2002. Laboratory Approaches for Assessing Microbial Contaminant Removal by Riverbank Filtration. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Seattle, WA, USA, November 10-14.

Emelko MB, 2002. Filter Operation Effects on Pathogen Removal. AWWA Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA, June 16-20.

Emelko MB, Brown T, 2002. Effects of Coagulant Type and Conditions on Cryptosporidium and Surrogate Removal by Filtration. 10^th International Gothenburg Symposium on Chemical Treatment, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 17-19.

Emelko MB, Douglas IP, Van Den Oever J, 2001. Assessing C. parvum Removal by Filtration Using Pilot- and Full-scale Microsphere Removal Data. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Nashville, TN, USA, November 11-15.

Emelko MB, Guembel KW, Douglas IP, Van Den Oever J, 2001. Assessing Cryptosporidium Removal by Filtration: Impacts of Seeded Concentration. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Nashville, TN, USA, November 11-15.

Emelko MB, Huck PM, Douglas IP, 2001. Polystyrene Microspheres as Surrogates for Cryptosporidium Removal during Optimal and Challenged Filtration. Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) International Conference on Advances in Rapid Granular Filtration in Water Treatment, CIWEM, London, UK.

Huck PM, Coffey BM, O’Melia CR, Emelko MB, 2001. Removal of Cryptosporidium by Filtration under Various Process Conditions. Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) International Conference on Advances in Rapid Granular Filtration in Water Treatment, CIWEM, London, UK.

Emelko MB, Huck PM, Douglas IP, Van Den Oever J, 2000. Cryptosporidium and Microsphere Removal during Low Turbidity End-of-Run and Early Breakthrough Filtration. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, November 5-9.

Huck PM, Coffey BM, O’Melia CR, Emelko MB, 2000. Removal of Cryptosporidium by Filtration under Conditions of Process Challenge. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, November 5-9.

Huck PM, Coffey BM, Emelko MB, O’Melia CR, 2000. The Importance of Coagulation for Removal of Cryptosporidium and Surrogates by Filtration. 9^th International Gothenburg Symposium on Chemical Treatment, Istanbul, Turkey, October 2-4.

Huck PM, Coffey BM, Emelko MB, O’Melia CR, 2000. Removal of Cryptosporidium by Granular Media Filtration: Impact of Coagulation. 4^th International Conference on Municipal and Rural Water Supply and Water Quality, Kraków, Poland.

Emelko MB, Huck PM, Slawson RM, 1999. Design and Operational Strategies for Optimizing Cryptosporidium Removal by Filters. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Tampa, FL, USA, October 31–November 3.

Coffey BM, Huck PM, Maurizio D, Emelko MB, Douglas IP, Van Den Oever J, 1999. The Effect of Coagulation on the Removal of Cryptosporidium parvum and Bacillus subtilis.  AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Tampa, FL, USA, October 31–November 3.

Emelko MB, Slawson RM, Huck PM, 1999. Optimizing Filter Removal of Viable and Inactivated Cryptosporidium during Challenge Periods. International Symposium on Emerging Waterborne Pathogens, Milwaukee, IW, USA, August 31–September 1.

Emelko MB, Huck PM, Smith EF, 1999. Full-Scale Evaluation of Backwashing Strategies for Biological Filtration. AWWA Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA, June 15-19.

Huck PM, Coffey BM, Emelko MB, Maurizio D, O’Melia CR, 1999. Assessing Removal of Cryptosporidium under Vulnerable Filtration Conditions. IWSA, IAWQ, and IOA International Conference on Minimizing the Risk from Cryptosporidium and Other Waterborne Diseases, Paris, France, April 19-22.

Huck PM, Coffey BM, Emelko MB, Maurizio D, Douglas IP, 1999. Using Spores and Particles to Assess the Robustness of Filters for Cryptosporidium Removal. AWWA Symposium on Particle Measurement and Characterization in Drinking Water, Nashville, TN, USA, March 28-30.

Emelko MB, Huck PM, 1999. Optimizing Cryptosporidium Removal by Filters. AMERICANA 1999 Conference, Montréal, QC, Canada.

Emelko MB, Huck PM, Slawson RM, 1998. Optimizing Cryptosporidium Removal during Drinking Water Filtration. Proceedings, 8^th National Conference on Drinking Water, Québec City, QC, Canada, October 28-30.

Emelko MB, Huck PM, Smith EF, 1998. Full-Scale Optimization of Single-Stage Biological Filtration. 3^rd International Conference on Municipal and Rural Water Supply and Water Quality, Poznan, Poland.

Emelko MB, Slawson RM, Huck PM, 1998. Optimizing Cryptosporidium parvum Removal during Drinking Water Filtration. OWWA/OMWA Joint Annual Conference, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, May 3-6.

Coffey BM, Huck PM, Emelko MB, Bouwer EJ, Hozalski RL, Smith EF, 1997. The Effect of BOM and Temperature on Biological Filtration: An Integrated Comparison at Two Treatment Plants. AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference, Denver, CO, USA, November 9-12.

Emelko MB, Huck PM, 1997. Optimization of Backwashing Strategies for Full-Scale Biological Filtration. OWWA/OMWA Joint Annual Conference, Hamilton, ON, Canada, May 4-7.