North Shore Wastewater Plant to Transform Waste into Usable Resources
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
The new $700 million North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant (NSWWTP) will boast what is considered one of the largest heat recovery systems in B.C. and push forward the drive by Metro Vancouver to turn waste into usable resources.
By Jean Sorensen, Journal of Commerce / ConstructConnect
The new $700-million North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant will not only meet new federal standards for secondary treatment for 250,000 North and West Vancouver homes, but it will also house B.C.'s largest heat recovery system. (Image courtesy of Metro Vancouver)
The Dialog-designed facility will feature a co-generation plant and also provide public receiving space such as the main floor, plus a public plaza and a green rooftop at its North Vancouver site.
Early in the facility’s design, there was the option to collect five megawatts of heat from a portion of the wastewater treatment plant’s effluent for the Lonsdale Energy Corporation (LEC). The heat recovery system is also in line with Metro Vancouver’s mandate to become carbon neutral.
The new plant will generate 75 per cent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than the existing treatment plant with the heat recovery system geared to reduce GHG emissions by 7,200 tonnes per year. The system collects heat from treated wastewater which averages 15 C.
Read the full article on NSWWTP design on the Journal of Commerce.
About the Project:
The North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant, formerly the Lions Gate Secondary Wastewater Treatment Plant, is a new facility being built to replace and upgrade the existing primary Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant on the North Shore. New federal regulation requires that all Canadian wastewater treatment plants provide primary and secondary treatment to improve water quality and safety.
This essential piece of infrastructure, delivered by ACCIONA, designed by Tetra Tech and DIALOG for the operation and maintenance building, will serve over 250,000 residents in the districts of West and North Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver and the Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.
Media
Taxonomy
- Solid Waste Treatment
- Reclaimed Wastewater
- Liquid Waste Treatment
- Industrial Wastewater Treatment
- Water Reuse & Recycling
- Waste Water Treatments
- Treatment Plants
- Wastewater Treatment
- Wastewater Collection
- Industrial Water Reuse
- Wastewater Treatment Plant Design
- Waste to Energy
- Renewable Energy
- Recycling
- Water
- Water Purification
- Renewable Water Resources
- Waste Management
- Sludge Treatment & Management
- Waste Incineration
- Technologies
- Water conditioning