Alberta Environment is requiring that the City of Medicine Hat construct a $30 million facility to treat discharge from its water treatment plant.
Currently, the City of Medicine Hat`s water treatment process uses aluminum sulphate as a coagulant.
This means that an aluminum sludge is produced as a byproduct and discharged into the South Saskatchewan River,
Although it is a common practice that has been employed for many years by most water treatment plants in the province, however Alberta is now tightening its regulations.
City staff at one point believed that they would have to wait until 2018 or 2019 before a residuals treatment facility became a requirement, however when the province renewed the Medicine Hat water treatment plant`s license earlier this year, it made is conditional upon the construction of a discharge treatment facility by 2014 at the latest.
With a price tag of $30 million, this makes the new facility another example of the costs municipalities are having to incur as environmental and health standards surrounding water treatment become increasingly strict
This project will be entering its design phase as early as 2010. The facility is scheduled for completion in 2014, where there will be a cumulative utility rate increase of 11.8% to cover the costs.
Glen Chapman
Broker of Record with Club “100″ GMAC Real Estate
www.club100realestate.com
No related posts found
