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NOTE FROM THE CHAIR Andrew Garnett MPWWA Chairperson
s we begin another year, we must Adedicate ourselves to becoming the best water and wastewater operators we can be. The field in which we work de - mands a lot from us and we must be prepared to meet this challenge. It is im - portant to reflect upon how important our roles and responsibilities are to peo - ple we provide services for and to the en - vironment in which we live. We must not only grow as individu - Photo by CNS/Shirley Robb als, but as an association. Although we Jamie Muir, Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations, and Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, finalize the Canada- have shown an annual increase in mem - Nova Scotia Gas Tax Fund extension agreement. bership, it is necessary to grow within as well. We must continue to provide ample training for certification and gen - Federal government invests in local infrastructure erally be a “learning wall” for all mem - bers. The opportunity to learn from each other and share work experiences Nova Scotia and New Brunswick benefit from additional gas tax funding is invaluable. This year, our annual conference will Communities across Nova Scotia and New Nova Scotia communities prepare for future develop - water, wastewater and solid waste infrastructure im - be held in Prince Edward Island. From Brunswick can now plan for their long-term infra - ment and prosperity.” provements. April 26 to 29, Charlottetown will host structure needs thanks to additional funding from the The additional gas tax funding has been made pos - “Investing in infrastructure is key to improving the us in the fine fashion they usually do. I federal Gas Tax Fund. New Brunswick and Nova Sco - sible through an extension agreement announced in quality of life for residents,” says New Brunswick’s Min - invite everyone to come and experience tia will receive more than $178 million and $223 mil - mid-December by the governments of Canada, Nova ister of Local Government Bernard LeBlanc.“This an - this conference as it’s sure to be a mem - lion, respectively. Scotia and New Brunswick. This funding, to be pro - nouncement is an example of how we are committed orable one. Billy Ramsey and Delbert “This is a major investment to help build strong, vided over four years starting in 2010, will allow each to continuing to strengthen our partnership with our Reeves are organizing the 2009 event, healthy communities throughout Nova Scotia,” says level of government to stimulate the economy by con - federal colleagues to enable communities all across New themed “Operational Excellence”, and Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Rela - tinuing to flow infrastructure funding for projects re - Brunswick to improve and maintain safe and adequate deserve great thanks for all their hard tions Jamie Muir on behalf of his province.“It will help lating to: public transit, community energy, local roads, local infrastructure on the road to self-sufficiency.” work. Each year at our conference, we elect INDEX: the executive. If you are interested in be - E coming a zone representative or know of R
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Vancouver • Calgary • Edmonton • Saskatoon • Winnipeg • Toronto • Montreal • Halifax JANUARY 2009 Maritime Provinces Water & Wastewater Report NEWS PAGE 3 UNESCO introduces new world Valley survey: First step to establish a plan for sustainable groundwater use map of underground aquifers he United Nations Educational Scientific and gions, even if the aquifers are renewable (being fed on BY TRANSCONTINENTAL MEDIA Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has pub - a regular basis by rainfall), they are in some cases en - federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz.“The 2006 Tlished the first-ever world map of shared dangered by over-exploitation or pollution. In the study showed an estimated half-million cubic me - Farmers and other groundwater users in the aquifers. This coincided with its submission to the small islands and coastal zones of the Mediterranean, tres of groundwater per day is available to farmers General Assembly of the United Nations of a draft populations often use groundwater more rapidly than Annapolis Valley are being asked to take part in a and other water users. This new survey will help study that will help to improve water use plan - Convention on Transboundary Aquifers. it is replenished. farmers and other water users better manage this Almost 96 per cent of the planet’s freshwater re - The aquifers in Africa, however, which are some of ning. precious resource.” sources are to be found in underground aquifers, the biggest in the world, are still largely under-ex - The departments of Natural Resources, Envi - The aquifers underlying the Annapolis Valley most of which straddle national boundaries. Despite ploited. They have considerable potential, provided ronment and Agriculture, as well as Agriculture represent some of Nova Scotia’s most important its strategic importance, no global inventory of this that their resources are managed on a sustainable and Agri-Food Canada and the Nova Scotia Fed - water resources. They supply water to the agricul - resource had been compiled to date. basis. Since they generally extend across several state eration of Agriculture, are working together to en - ture industry, private wells, municipal water, and sure groundwater is used in a sustainable manner. Since 2000, UNESCO’s International Hydrological boundaries, their exploitation presupposes agreed commercial and industrial operations. Programme (IHP) has been participating in the es - The project has received $46,200 in funding “To ensure sustainable prosperity as we move management mechanisms in order, for example, to from the Canada-Nova Scotia Water Supply Ex - tablishment of a groundwater database. It is now pre - prevent pollution or over-exploitation by particular toward a greener future in Nova Scotia, we must senting a detailed map of transboundary aquifers — pansion Program and the provincial government states. manage our environment wisely,” says Environ - available online — showing the delineations of has matched the funding support. It will expand Mechanisms of this kind have begun to emerge in ment Minister Mark Parent. “This study is an ex - aquifers that are shared by at least two countries. It on a 2006 study that estimated how much recent years. For example, in the 1990s Chad, Egypt, ample of the forward-looking science we need, also provides information about the quality of their groundwater is available in the Valley’s under - the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Sudan established a especially in light of the climate change challenges water and rate of replenishment. ground water sources, or aquifers. The latest proj - joint authority to manage the Nubian aquifer system we face.” So far, the inventory comprises 273 shared aquifers: ect will estimate groundwater demand for all in a concerted manner. In their project concerning the Survey questionnaires have gone out to An - 68 are in the Americas, 38 are in Africa, 65 are in east - Iullemeden aquifer, Niger, Nigeria and Mali approved users in the Annapolis Valley. The survey is aimed napolis Valley farmers and other non-residential ern Europe, 90 are in western Europe and 12 are in in principle a consultative mechanism for adminis - at 900 well users, including 600 farmers. It is only groundwater well owners. The completed surveys Asia. The aquifers, which contain 100 times the vol - tering the aquifer system. But such mechanisms are one of a series of steps to establish a plan for sus - will provide the province with a better under - ume of fresh water that is to be found on the Earth’s the exception. tainable groundwater use. standing of how much groundwater is being used. surface, already supply a sizeable proportion of the The draft Convention on Transboundary Aquifers, “With farm income in the Annapolis Valley to - Survey entries are due by January 30. The survey globe’s needs. taling more than $230 million per year, the abil - is being conducted by a private, independent envi - The growth in the demand for water since the sec - prepared by the United Nations International Law ity to meet water needs to maintain and grow ronmental consulting firm and is expected to be ond half of the 20th century has been met by the in - Commission with the assistance of experts from UN - these revenues will be extremely important,” says completed by March. creased use of underground resources. Globally, 65 ESCO’s International Hydrological Programme per cent of this utilization is devoted to irrigation, 25 (IHP), is intended to fill a gap in the law. The text sub - per cent to the supply of drinking water and 10 per mitted to the General Assembly of the United Nations cent to industry. on October 27 called on aquifer states not to harm ex - Underground aquifers account for more than 70 isting aquifers, to cooperate and to prevent and con - per cent of the water used in the European Union and trol their pollution. are often one of the only — if not the only — source The Worldwide Hydrological Mapping and As - of supply in arid and semi-arid zones (100 per cent in sessment Programme (WHYMAP) was launched in Saudi Arabia and Malta, 95 per cent in Tunisia and 75 1999 to improve knowledge and management of the per cent in Morocco). Irrigation systems in many Earth’s resources, particularly groundwater. In 2000, countries depend very largely on groundwater re - the IHP launched the Internationally Shared Aquifer sources (90 per cent in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Resources Management (ISARM) project to compile 89 per cent in India, 84 per cent in South Africa and an inventory and to evaluate the world’s transbound - 80 per cent in Spain). ary aquifer systems (delineating them, estimating Although aquifer systems exist in all continents, not their volume, their replenishment rates, etc.). A re - all of them are renewable. For example, those in north gion-by-region evaluation has been launched. In its Africa and the Arabian peninsula were formed more initial phase, it will identify geographical locations and than 10,000 years ago when the climate was more then itemize the legal systems of each country as they humid and are no longer replenished. In some re - relate to aquifer management.
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Every issue, the MPWWR shines a spotlight Orangedale toasts the holidays MPWWA PROFILE: on an MPWWA member making a difference with clean drinking water in the industry. Ed Calder is the focus of our EdCalder January issue. BY TRANSCONTINENTAL STAFF WITH FILES FROM THE CAPE BRETON POST
people he has worked with through the fter many years of anticipation, the rural Inverness County community BY STEPHEN CLARE years that he will miss the most when he of Orangedale finally has clean, safe drinking water running through its retires. Ataps. Ed Calder wants “We are just like a big family here. For Chair of the Orangedale Water Society Sally Chisholm and residents say it a lot of us, our entire social network is couldn’t have been a nicer Christmas present. to ride off into here on the base. It’s going to be hard not For many years, most residents had to travel to Iron Mines, six kilometres the sunset once he seeing these folks every day — but I do away, to fill jugs with untreated spring water which they used for drinking and know where they work so I can swing by cooking. Gypsum deposits in the area prevented most residents from using pri - retires in the spring. and visit them any time,” he adds with a vate wells as sources of drinking water. smile. Those who used Orangedale’s tap water were subjected to many extended After 38 years on the job as a boiler Calder will likely do that on his 2005 boil orders due to persistently high bacteria counts which not only produced operator and wastewater treatment plant Harley Davidson Touring Classic. uningestable drinking water but skin-irrating bathing water. manager and maintenance person at “I have been riding almost all of my The dissolved air flotation (DAF) system was only about a decade old but res - Canadian Forces Base in Gagetown, New life,” he says. “The plan is to take six idents argued it never functioned properly. Chisholm says the suspended solids Brunswick, Calder is calling it a career months off after I am done here while I and organic particles removed from water in the DAF process just ended up get - this coming May. wait for my wife to retire, and then we ting dumped back into the water source, which led to the elevated levels of alu - “It’s time for me to go. I have worked are going to travel on the bike around minum in water even after treatment. hard here just about all of my adult life Canada and the U.S.” In April 2006, a $250,000 contribution from the Provincial Capital Assis - and I have a lot of great memories, but The couple is not unfamiliar with the tance Program toward the creation of a new water treatment system was an - you have to hand in your cards at some wasn’t the case when I first started out. terrain or the lifestyle. nounced, followed a month later by federal and provincial funding of $185,000 point,” says the native of Jemseg, which Also, the rules and regulations regarding “We have managed to get to quite a under the joint Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund. The Municipality of In - sits just a few miles down the road from safety have really improved in my time.” few bike rallies right across the continent verness contributed $50,000. Gagetown. As well, Calder points out that ad - since we started hitting the road to - Work on the new water treatment system began in September 2006. During With almost four decades under his vances in technology have made a big gether,” says Calder. “People come from the process, a five-kilometre long water line was laid, running from the water belt in the industry — the last 11 as a difference in the way he does his job. all over the world to these events and it source at Iron Mines to Orangedale. proud and active member of the Mar - “Things are much more efficient has been great to meet so many other Officials had hoped to wrap up construction by spring 2007. Delays were itime Provinces Water and Wastewater today. In our 50-year-old facility that motorcycle enthusiasts. There are a lot initially attributed to waiting for the final funding to fall into place and the time Association — Calder has seen his fair means things break down a little less more people my age out there on the required to investigate different equipment options. share of changes to the profession. often.” roads each year. Like me, many of them Chisholm notes the project was a major undertaking for a community-based “These days you need to take many Calder says although his work has are enjoying their retirement by riding organization comprised of volunteers, but says all the effort was more than different courses for certification. That been challenging and rewarding, it’s the off into the sunset.” worthwhile. Now more than 80 households are reaping the benefits of a new single filtration system with chlorine and ultraviolet treatment. JANUARY 2009 Maritime Provinces Water & Wastewater Report NEWS PAGE 5 IN FOCUS: Latest news in water and wastewater industry
• On December 5, Atlantic Industrial Services regis - Jacques Whitford, an environmental consulting • A Saint-Jacques-area contracting company has quahogs, and gastropod molluscs such as whelk, tered the proposed expansion of waste manage - services firm with more than 1,700 employees been charged by the New Brunswick Department of for recreational or commercial purposes. The area ment services in Debert, Nova Scotia, for and 40 offices principally in Canada. Founded in Environment with violating a watershed-protected from inside a line drawn from Port Wade to Deep environmental assessment in accordance with Part 1972 and headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, area designation order under the Clean Water Act. Brook remained open, including the Thornes Cove IV of the Environment Act. The purpose of the pro - Jacques Whitford is an internationally recognized The department alleges that D.L. St. Onge Enterprise and Cornwallis areas. posed undertaking is to provide additional storage leader in engineering, environmental and earth Inc. of 9 Michaud Street in Saint-Jacques failed to capacity and enhanced processing capabilities to sciences solutions with offices in all Canadian comply with forest harvesting restrictions within the • On December 3, the New Brunswick Department of enable the existing Debert Industrial Waste Man - provinces and territories and several states in the Iroquois River watershed between Nov. 11, 2006, Health reported homes and businesses affected by agement Facility to manage wastewater and con - U.S. Similar to Stantec, one of Jacques Whitford’s and Jan. 1, 2007. The company is scheduled to go a chromium trioxide spill in the Evergreen Park area tainerized waste materials generally classified as many areas of expertise is water resources. to trial in Edmundston provincial court on March 13. of Fredericton on October 27 could now use their waste dangerous goods. The planned expansion will Jacques Whitford provides complete services for well water for activities such as showering and take place within the boundaries of the existing fa - the exploration and development of municipal, • Fisheries and Oceans Canada closed the Annapolis washing clothes. The advisory not to drink or con - cility located at 660 MacElmon Road, in the Debert rural and industrial groundwater supplies, and Basin near Digby, Nova Scotia, to shellfish harvest - sume well water still applies to 10 homeowners and Industrial Park, Colchester County. Implementation comprehensive water quality assessments. ing on December 2. An overflow at Digby’s sewage 20 businesses in the Evergreen Park area. Since Oct. is planned over a two-year period (2009 to 2010). treatment facility was blamed for an increase in lev - 31, the New Brunswick Department of Environment • RBC has announced its latest round of RBC Blue els of bacteriological contamination in the area. The has been providing drinking water to those to whom • A new atlas is available online to help persons seek - Water Project Leadership Grant recipients. Twelve closure included the harvesting of oysters, soft shell the advisory applies. Public health inspectors have ing information about the quality of groundwater in organizations, selected from 206 applicants from clams, razor clams, surf clams, mussels, scallops, notified all homes or businesses considered at risk. any given area of New Brunswick. The New across North America, will share more than $1.7 Brunswick Groundwater Chemistry Atlas (available million in grants to support programs that help at http://www.gnb.ca/0009/0371/0014/index-e.asp) protect watersheds and ensure access to clean is comprised of groundwater quality data collected drinking water. One of these organizations is the under the potable water regulation of the Clean Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources Water Act from domestic water wells drilled be - (CIER) in Canada. Its grant of $400,000 will fund tween 1994 and 2007. It is expected to be a useful an online education tool to improve watershed reference for health professionals, scientists, re - management in traditional territories in British Co - searchers, planners, municipal officials and the pub - lumbia, Nova Scotia and Alberta, where inade - lic. The atlas provides information on 28 naturally quate resources and capacity often limit a occurring chemical parameters related to ground - community's ability to engage in watershed plan - water quality, including pH, fluoride, hardness, as ning. CIER will work with the Hupacasath First Na - well as information on geology, well depth and lo - tion (BC), the Mikisew Cree First Nation (AB), the cation. Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources (NS), and the Union of Nova Scotia Indians over the next 4 1
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LuminUltraTechnologies gets financial boost Seven positions will be created at Lumin - sine triphosphate as a real-time indicator of Ultra Technologies Ltd. in Fredericton to help micro-organisms in water and wastewater with market diversification thanks to a systems. It helps countries around the world $200,000 term loan from the provincial gov - maintain healthy drinking water and pro - ernment. Business New Brunswick Minister vides opportunities for increased cost effec - Greg Byrne made the announcement in early tiveness and energy efficiency in industrial November. water and wastewater treatment operations. “Our government is supporting LuminUl - “During our four years of commercial op - tra as it continues to grow its operation and erations, we have maintained a commitment market reach,” Byrne says. “LuminUltra is to innovation and continuous improvement,” proving that in New Brunswick, companies says Pat Whalen, vice-president of operations can be innovative, can be more competitive, for LuminUltra. “This innovation not only and can be more successful as they compete involves the development of new techniques Photo courtesy of the Regional Development Corporation in the global marketplace.” and products, but also the development of Attending the funding announcement were: Nick Duivenvoorden, mayor of Belledune; Roland Haché, environment min - The company was formed in 2004 to mar - new markets for our existing and future ister and minister responsible for the Regional Development Corporation as well as the Northern New Brunswick Infra - ket a new technology for measuring adeno - products.” structure Initiative; Peter Hancock, general manager of Xstrata Zinc’s lead smelting operation in Belledune. Infrastructure improvements to be made in Belledune n investment of $500,000 will be made to im - closure of Xstrata's Brunswick Mine in 2010, the com - prove water and sewer infrastructure in Belle - pany is transferring ownership of the water and sewer Adune. Environment Minister Roland Haché, infrastructure to the Village of Belledune upon com - minister responsible for the Regional Development pletion of the project. Corporation as well as the Northern New Brunswick “Xstrata Zinc is pleased to collaborate with the Infrastructure Initiative, made the announcement on Town of Belledune and the Province of New November 10. Brunswick on this very important project,” says Han - “The Province of New Brunswick is proud to help cock.“This system upgrade and transfer of ownership fund this important strategic infrastructure project,” to the municipality will ensure that the residents of said Haché. “To attain our goal of self-sufficiency, we Chaleur Drive will have these important services for need adequate tools to make northern New Brunswick a place in which to invest and to create new a lifetime.” opportunities.” The Northern New Brunswick Infrastructure Ini - Haché was joined by Belledune mayor Nick Duiv - tiative is a four-year undertaking expiring in March envoorden and Peter Hancock, general manager of 2012. It funds strategic investments in three priority Xstrata Zinc's lead-smelting operation in Belledune. areas: transportation, business and strategic infra - Funding under the Northern New Brunswick In - structure. Eligible areas for assistance include those frastructure Initiative will be used toward a $1.5-mil - defined by the Restigouche, Chaleur, Acadian Penin - lion water and sewer infrastructure upgrade project sula and Miramichi Community economic develop - in the Chaleur Drive subdivision. With the pending ment agencies, including Rogersville. 8 3 9 6 7 3 3
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galley full of Cape Sable Island residents learned about sequencing batch reactors, Arecirculating sand filters and textile filters at the December 8th meeting of the Municipality of Barrington when representatives from CBCL Limited presented a powerpoint show on sewer options for the island. Long roads with few houses on them pose an expensive problem in choosing the best system(s) for the project, which already has $6.3 million in partial funding in place. There are 32.5 kilometers of road with 713 res - idential commercial units (excluding the Town of Clark’s Harbour which has its own system) on the island. That averages out to one unit per 90 metres, which is low density compared to typical Photo by Carla Allen Photo courtesy of Duffy Construction Ltd. service lots of 30 metres. Mike Abbott, a wastewater treatment specialist with CBCL The community of Borden-Carleton has grown by leaps and bounds over recent years requiring its wastewater Willard d’Eon and Mike Abbott narrowed in Limited, presented sewer treatment options to Cape Sable infrastructure to keep pace. Its sewage treatment system recently underwent a major overhaul. on two options as a result of their pre-design in - Island residents and the Municipality of Barrington coun - vestigation for the Cape Sable Island wastewater cil on Dec. 8. collection and treatment project. Revamped lagoon will meet future As the cost to service the entire island at once Up to $866,218 of gas tax funds will be desig - is prohibitive, phase one was discussed for both nated for the project over five years as part of the option 5 and 6. The first phase for option 5 would Municipality of Barrington’s $2.1-million contri - needs of gateway community see a plant located at Clam Point servicing ap - bution, and $2.1 million each will be provided proximately eight kilometres (200 units). The an - from the provincial and federal governments. BY ANDY WALKER doned and available for use. nual cost per unit would be $690. First phase for Several residents expressed concern as to the The abandoned lagoons, however, showed the option 6 calls for a recirculating sand filter treat - potential location of sewer outfalls on the east hen the first vehicles began to cross Con - presence of hydrocarbons. Luke Vanhul of Delcom ment system to service Lower Clark’s Harbour, side of the island and the damage that might federation Bridge in P.E.I. just over a Engineering in Summerside, project manager, said the Hawk and South Side, approximately 8.6 kilo - occur to lobster-holding facilities and aquacul - Wdecade ago, it marked the start of un - to solve the challenge, the larger of the two lagoons metres. The annual cost per unit would be $580. ture sites. precedented growth for the community of Borden- was cleaned out and the waste was placed in the The maximum annual cost for homeowners The project has been proceeding in stops and Carleton. smaller lagoon. The smaller lagoon was capped en - will be $300 per unit as the Municipality of Bar - starts for close to eight years. But now, with two This home to the world’s largest bridge over ice- suring it would remain out of production. A pre - rington will be paying any amount over that fig - sewer options on the table for municipal council, covered waters has seen the creation of a new pared clay liner was then installed in the ure. there is light at the end of the tunnel. school, the development of an industrial park, and three-and-a-half-acre former Marine Atlantic la - the opening of a major packaging plant. There is goon and it was completely rebuilt. Once renova - also Gateway Village, a commercial/tourism com - tions were also made to the existing town lagoon, plex that draws thousands of visitors to the com - the two lagoons were joined. A building for the ul - munity each summer. Pictou County communities receive traviolet treatment system was constructed and it Over the years, this steady development has put a significant strain on the town’s eight-acre lagoon was officially commissioned in early January. funding for wastewater improvements — a facility close to 30 years old — prompting a “With our brand new lagoon, we are in really need for revamping. good shape for the future,” says Campbell. Residents in New Glasgow, Stellarton, Trenton, of John Baird, Minister of Transport, Infrastruc - “Ensuring it could support our future needs was The upgrade was a key component of the com - Westville, and the Municipality of Pictou will ben - ture and Communities. essential,” says community maintenance foreman munity’s plan to separate its sanitary and storm efit from improved wastewater treatment thanks The Town of New Glasgow's storm-separation Scott Campbell. “We certainly didn’t want the lack sewer systems. In early 2008, the community re - to a shared investment by the governments of project includes new storm sewers for 12 streets, of such a service to be a deterrent to development.” ceived $16,666 from the Gas Tax Fund towards a Canada and Nova Scotia under the Communities servicing 300 households. The East River Envi - A community plan in 1997 indicated the lagoon study to separate the two systems. Component of the Building Canada Fund. ronmental Control Centre pumping station proj - could handle double the capacity at that time, but “Our community identified this project to de - Federal, provincial and municipal funding for ect includes upgrades to 12 pumping stations that that was before the rapid growth in the industrial velop a planning tool,” says John Bernard, chair - two projects totaling $3,175,200 was announced serve New Glasgow, Stellarton, Trenton, Westville, sector. person for Borden-Carleton. “The study should on January 11 in New Glasgow by Pat Dunn, Min - and other areas of Pictou County. The projects will To help ensure the future, the community of 800 establish a clear direction for the process of the san - ister of Health Promotion and Protection, on be - help remove storm water from the sewer system to turned to the past. Marine Atlantic, the crown cor - itary sewer, which when completed, will allow half of Richard Hurlburt, Minister of Service Nova make the East River Environmental Control Cen - poration that operated the ferry which linked the growth within the community of Borden-Carleton Scotia and Municipal Relations, and by Peter tre operate more efficiently. It will also make the province to New Brunswick before the advent of and the extension of the sewer collection system for MacKay, Minister of National Defence, on behalf East River safer for recreational activities. the bridge, had two lagoon cells that were aban - residents.” PAGE 12 FEATURE Maritime Provinces Water & Wastewater Report JANUARY 2009 BORDEN-CARLETON STP PROJECT
Fast Facts: institutional and light industrial uses. About the community... • The community’s waterfront is a mixture of for - • Located in the southeast of Prince County and mer industrial lands, left over from the building he Community of Borden-Carleton is a round rail service, which brought about the con - bordering the Northumberland Strait at its nar - of the Confederation Bridge and now ripe for small but beautiful place at the foot of the struction of piers for a ferry to the mainland. The rowest point, Borden-Carleton is the principal “gateway” to and from New Brunswick. redevelopment, coastal vistas, residential devel - TConfederation Bridge. It was created as a re - first icebreaker crossed the Northumberland Strait opments and resource-based uses. sult of the April 12, 1995, amalgamation of the in 1917 and Port Borden was incorporated in 1919, • The community covers a land area of 12.94 town of Borden and the community of Carleton named for the Canadian prime minister of the day, • Running through Borden-Carleton is the Trans- Siding. Sir Robert Borden. The town was built around the square kilometres and has a population of 798 according to the 2006 Census of Canada. Canada Highway with ribbon development In the 1820s, when the first Scottish settlers came, ferry service, which provided employment to resi - consisting of residential, highway commercial, the community of Borden and surrounding area dents. The construction and subsequent opening, • The core of Borden-Carleton is characterized by and tourism commercial uses. was known as Carleton Point. The community’s in 1997, of the Confederation Bridge linking Prince residential neighbourhoods, neighbourhood role as “gateway” to the mainland was established Edward Island with the mainland, marked the be - and tourist-oriented commercial development, Source: http://www.borden-carleton.ca in 1914 with Prince Edward Island’s new year- ginning of a new era for Borden-Carleton. UV system will stand test of time BY ANDY WALKER was used to help disinfect the former Marine At - lantic lagoon for use as the new lagoon. An ultraviolet treatment system installed as part Robert Duffy of Duffy Construction, general of the lagoon system upgrade in Borden-Carleton contractor for the project, says there were no real should serve the community for several decades. challenges turning the UV building into reality. “The system itself is manufactured from stain - There were just a few delays due to the wet con - less steel so not much can happen to it,” says struction season. It was the wettest August in P.E.I. Robert Gillis of Atlantic Purification Systems in over 50 years and there were also two heavy (APS), which sold the Trojan Technologies rainfalls in September. UV3000 Package Treatment Plant to the commu - Both Duffy and Luke Vanhul of Delcom Engi - nity. “The bulbs have to be replaced every 12,000 neering (the manager for the $1.4-million project) hours of use but the system is very user friendly.” say they were glad they used a prepared clay liner The UV system, which is an environmentally rather than one they had to build themselves. The friendly, lower-cost alternative to chlorination and prepared liner was able to be installed in a quick has a peak flow of 840,000 USGPD, is designed four to five days. specifically for smaller municipalities. There are Vanhul says Borden-Carleton had previously over 100 now in use in the Maritimes. The system provided little in the way of treatment for its went into operation in mid-December and was of - wastewater before it was discharged into ficially commissioned on January 9. The system, Northumberland Strait so the UV system should however, got its first workout long before that. It make a significant difference.