• Project Name: Worker Housing Facilities
  • Project Location: Conklin, Alberta

Map of Conklin, Alberta

Project Challenge:

This project entailed the design and approval of wetland discharge for treated effluent from two exisiting 900 and 1500 person worker housing facilities.

Environmental/Regulatory Factors:

A primary goal of onsite disposal was to avoid trucking costs of more than $1 million per year. Approval by Alberta Environmental of biological, hydrogeological, and hydraulic analyses of the wetland was required.

Options considered:

At-grade disposal was initially considered, but rejected due to poor soils, shallow groundwater tables, and other failed systems in the area.

Solution:

The 65,000 igpd and 115,000 igpd systems include tertiary treatment and effluent disposal via wetland discharge.

Result/Performance Data:

The systems were constructed in 2015 with startup of the 900 person-camp system in August 2015.