$350 million

2012 Rank: 77

2011 Rank: 72

Sector: Water/Wastewater

Location: Kitchener, Ontario

Owner: Region of Waterloo

Key Players:

Engineer: AECOM (Phase 3: design consultant for Plant 3 Upgrades); CH2M HILL (Phase 2: design, construction administration for the Kitchener WWTP UV and Plant 2 upgrades); Tetra Tech (Phase 1: design, contract administration for Manitou Drive Biosolids Dewatering Facility)

Funding: Public

Federal FCM’s Green Municipal Fund: $2 million loan; $200,000 grant for Plant 2 Upgrades

Municipal Region of Waterloo: $350 million

Description:

This project includes a new LEED Silver biosolids dewatering facility, refurbishment of the Plant 2 secondary treatment processes, a new ultraviolet (UV) disinfection facility and effluent pumping station and, finally, decommissioning of the biosolids lagoons, refurbishing of the preliminary and primary unit processes, adding standby power, and building a new Plant 3 process train. Currently the UV disinfection and effluent pumping station facilities are under construction, along with the upgrades to plant number two. After construction is complete, the next phase will be the decommissioning of the biosolids storage lagoon to make way for construction of the new treatment plant.

LEED Target: Dewatering biosolids facility—Silver