Steve Holysh The Oak Ridges Moraine Groundwater Management Program

Steve graduated with an M.Sc. degree in hydrogeology from the University of Alberta. Upon graduation, consulting was the way to go and Steve spent 5 years with Gartner Lee Ltd. in their Markham, Ontario Office before moving to the Regional Municipality of Halton just outside of Toronto. At the Region, Steve developed the Region’s Aquifer Management Plan, a comprehensive regional plan to understand and manage the groundwater resource across Halton. In 2001 Steve moved to the Conservation Authorities Moraine Coalition consisting of nine CAs with jurisdiction on the Oak Ridges Moraine. In this position, Steve is primarily focused on the York Peel Durham Toronto groundwater program, a program to more fully understand and manage the groundwater resource across the Oak Ridges Moraine area.

Steve has also served:

• as the former president of the Canadian Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists;

• on the Technical Experts Committee to set up the direction for the Province’s source water protection program;

• on the Council of Canadian Academies’ panel to prepare the paper “The Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Canada” for the Federal Government.

Richard Gerber, Ph.D., P.Geo. The Oak Ridges Moraine Groundwater Management Program

Rick is currently a Senior Hydrogeologist (Oak Ridges Moraine Hydrogeology Program) and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto at Scarborough (renewal pending). He obtained his undergraduate degree in Earth Sciences at the University of Waterloo and graduate degrees in Hydrogeology at the University of Toronto. His expertise gained through research and consulting activities focuses on:

• groundwater flow and solute transport characteristics of relatively low-permeability porous media (aquitards);

• delineation and quantification of regional groundwater flow systems;

• groundwater recharge; and

• groundwater-surface water interaction.

Present projects involve understanding and quantifying the flow system for watersheds situated within south-central Ontario on behalf of various levels of government including conservation authorities, regional municipalities, the City of Toronto and the Province of Ontario.  This regional flow system understanding provides the foundation for water resources planning, particularly as related to the requirements of the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan and the Ontario Clean Water Act.