Peel Region begins major expansion of infrastructure facilities

Construction on one of Canada’s largest expansion of water and wastewater infrastructure is now underway. Directed by Mark Schiller, Director of Water and Wastewater Treatment for the Ontario Region of Peel, the expansion projects total over $600 million in capital expenditures and will support growth and development in Peel Region for the future.

In 1999, the Region identified the need to expand the Lakeview Wastewater Treatment Facility, Lakeview Water Treatment Facility and the Clarkson Wastewater Treatment Facility by 2006, to service growth in the Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon areas.

“We are upgrading the facilities with some of the world’s most advanced treatment technologies,” says Schiller. “These new technologies will generate positive benefits for local residents, such as higher water treatment capacity, odour reduction and improved benefits to Lake Ontario.”

“Constructing three multi-million dollar facilities, at the same time, while maintaining service levels, is an ambitious business management initiative,” Schiller said. The South-Peel construction projects will significantly increase the capacity of the three plants to handle the Region’s water and wastewater services:

• The Lakeview Wastewater Treatment Facility will expand to treat 448 million litres of wastewater a day from its current capacity of 392 million litres. The construction cost is approximately $260 million.
• The Clarkson Wastewater Treatment Facility will increase its capacity to 200 million litres per day from 163 million litres, with an anticipated construction cost of about $110 million.
• The Lakeview Water Treatment Facility will expand daily treatment capacity to 820 million litres from 560 million litres. There is approximately $135 million budgeted for this project. When completed in 2006, the Lakeview Water Treatment Plant will have the world’s largest membrane filtration operations.

For all three facilities, the bulk of the expansion work will be completed by 2006. The treatment processes involved with these new wastewater facilities significantly reduce odour.

South Peel construction project engineering partners include Earth Tech, CH2M HILL, KMK and Black and Veatch.

Newly implemented technologies will be:

• Perforated plate screens – John Meunier Inc.
• Centrifuges and sludge disposal – Alfa Laval
• Membrane filtration systems – Zenon

The Ontario Clean Water Agency operates the Region’s water and wastewater treatment plants. The bulk of the expansion work will be completed by 2006, with additional upgrades being made up until 2008. The treatment processes involved with these new facilities will significantly reduce odour and increase water treatment capacity. When constructed, these facilities will have some of the world’s most advanced treatment processes, securing the on-going delivery of quality and environmentally sound water and wastewater services.

Contact: Mark Schiller, (905) 791-7800.