About Us
Sonya Jenssen, MA is a respected water resource specialist located in the Comox Valley. Since 2004, Sonya has been specializing in the study and understanding of drinking water policy, protection, treatment, and distribution in North America and Europe.
Her user-friendly research has been used by non-profits, provincial ministries, labour unions, educational institutions, and engineering companies. She is the author of the Comox Valley's Drinking Water Guide published in 2007, which is available as a pdf-file under the drinking water guide page or at libraries in the north Island.
Born in Vancouver, Sonya spent her formative teen-age years on Vancouver Island in the Comox Valley. Sonya graduated from the University of Bergen in Norway with a Master's degree in Water Resource and Coastal Management. Her thesis was an evaluation of a rainwater collection project in the Middle East where themes studied included water-scarcity and development aid.
Currently, Sonya is working on obtaining her Water Treatment and Water Distribution certification and plans in the early fall of 2010 to enroll in Chlorine Handling and Cross Connection Control courses.
Some of Sonya's professional affiliations and awards include:
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- Pierre and Patricia Bikai fellowship, Amman Jordan, fall 2006
- Bergen Hydro grant award, Bergen Norway, fall 2005
- Attendee, Our Water, Our Future, Qualicum Canada, November 2006
- Presenter, Drinking Water Guide final conclusions, Courtenay Canada, June 2007
- Presenter, Norwegian Water Management, Coutenay Canada, June 2008
- Attendee, Norwegian Water and Wastewater under 40, August 2008 & April 2009
- Presenter, Oslo Water and Sewage District public relations, St.Petersburg, May 2009
- Attendee, Norwegian Water Association Christmas seminar, December 2009
- Attendee, Your Water, Your Future Nanaimo Canada, May 2010
Vancouver Island Waterwoman Resources
(250) 338.3507
Courtenay, B.C.
E-mail:
sonya@waterwoman.ca
