WC136 MayJune 2024 - Magazine - Page 17
WASTEWATER
Lloydminster Embraces
Forward View with Next-Generation
Wastewater Treatment Upgrade
Advanced treatment technology safeguards regional
water resources and boosts future resilience.
BY ROB HACKING
N RESPONSE to updated Canadian wastewater
environmental effluent water quality requirements, the City of Lloydminster faced a mandate
to expand and upgrade its existing wastewater
treatment plant (WWTP). An investment in an
improved new wastewater facility was needed to better protect the region’s water resources while accommodating the city’s expected growth projections for
the next 20 years.
The city embraced a vision and a contract delivery
model that promised greater value to the city, longterm environmental protection and opportunities
for the future. The city selected Integrated Project
Delivery (IPD) as its contract model and desired to
utilize advanced wastewater.
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Water resilience
Lloydminster straddles the provincial border between
Alberta and Saskatchewan and taps the North
Saskatchewan River for its drinking water, which
is transported to the city through a long pipeline.
A significant amount of the water the city draws is
allocated to large industries.
A significant amount of water is retained as
potable supply for the city’s residents. Following
treatment at the city’s WWTP, effluent is conveyed
Veolia
Robert Hacking
works for Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions as the large
projects director (municipal) on developing projects for
membrane-based technology solutions for municipal customers.
To mitigate these risks and maintain a high degree of ownership
over decisions, the city chose to utilize Integrated Project
Delivery (IPD) as its contract model—the first WWTP in Canada
An external view of the bioreactors’ membrane.
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