- Project Name: Worker Housing Facilities
- Project Location: 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.