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Key sustainable features include a constructed
cerns. Importantly, these projects were also recognized
wetland to support native wildlife species and further
for their high level of responsiveness to community
buffer treated effluent, a flexible design that makes
and stakeholder expectations—not only in terms of
the facility responsive to changing sewage flows, and
infrastructure performance, but also in the ways they
trails and interpretive signage to encourage community
could enhance quality of life. Each example demonvisitors. The project also reduced
construction and operational
costs through a focus on effi“Theprojectteamsontheseprojectsrecognizedthe
ciency; for example, the reuse of
multi-facednatureofsustainabilityandresilienceand
excavated soils on-site significantly reduced the need for imported
committedtoaddressingsocial,environmentaland
fill and associated costs.
In the area of climate and
economicaspects.”
resilience, the project’s design was
also commended for addressing
projected population and service area growth, while
strates the use of forward-looking planning and design
also accounting for the likelihood of more frequent and
that is aligned with evolving environmental conditions
severe extreme rainfall events in Southern Ontario.
and climate risks.
Together, these project examples show the growing
More broadly, the wider lens on sustainability
momentum to make water projects more sustainable,
reflected in these projects highlights the kind of
resilient and efficient. They illustrate some of the ways
project-level leadership—supported by tools like the
the sector is responding proactively to climate change,
Envision framework—that advances sustainable infraresilience challenges, and resource management constructure for current and future needs.
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