Aquatera is reinstating a bypass near the Clairmont Booster Station on the transmission line to Sexsmith to allow for piping repair and maintenance on the Clairmont Booster Station and Clairmont Pumphouse, without interrupting service to the Town of Sexsmith and Hamlet of Clairmont. 

This project will commence in the 2024 summer timeline. On-site meetings with the civil contractor for estimates were completed on May 14. 

Aquatera is planning the installation of a distribution pump in the Dimsdale Booster Station to facilitate pumping from the Dimsdale Reservoir to Wembley, and to and enhance re-chlorination ability on the waterline to Wembley, thereby reducing line flushing requirements. This project is just beginning Detailed Design and is expected to be completed in 2025 based on anticipated pump delivery timeframes. 

This project provides water and sanitary services to the Harry Belfour school site located just north of the Five Mile Hall, as well as future development between Carriage Lane and Five Mile Hall along 100 Avenue/Twp Road 712 (Growth).  The County is connecting the Five Mile Hall to these services. 

Outstanding deficiencies for the lineal assets and lift station will be addressed by the County of Grande Prairie in the summer of 2024. 

This project involves the expansion of the existing raw water siltation/storage ponds to provide additional volume to meet the recommended seven-day capacity in 2042, based on estimated demand growth in the region.  

The project will also provide surge capacity to allow Aquatera to meet water demand when river conditions restrict diversion or when an environmental disaster such as a hydrocarbon spill occurs upstream of the intake. 

The grant application for this project has been successful and a memorandum of agreement for a $1.17M grant has now been completed by the Town of Sexsmith. Stantec has been selected as the consultant and will be working on the Preliminary & Detailed Design. Detailed Design is expected to be completed by the end of 2024.

In the winter of 2021/2022 ice buildup at the Sexsmith Bulk Water Station forced the shutdown of the station due to unsafe conditions that could not be maintained. The original design of the Sexsmith Bulk Water Station resulted in ice buildup around the loading connections from water spillage from the fill line and attached hoses to the water trucks/tanks being used by customers; the ice buildup caused slip and fall concerns due to slope buildup.

This project replaced the concrete pad with a heat traced pad complete with a catch basin to contain and drain any spillage and run-off from the pad into the sanitary sewer system. The electrical upgrade has been completed and the heated pad is now functioning. Small deficiencies will be completed in fall 2024.

Aquatera has proceeded with an environmental compliance project at its bioreactor landfill site. The work has been awarded to Norwest Construction Ltd. to facilitate containment and disposal of surface run-off at the site. 

The scope of work includes the construction of drainage ditches to direct surface run-off to the catchment facility. From here, the installation of a water handling system will facilitate treatment of run-off through the Aquatera Wastewater Treatment Plant. 

This project involves the disinfection of wastewater treatment plant effluent that is being returned to the Wapiti River. Disinfection of our effluent will be a condition of our operating license; the license approval is provided by Alberta Environment and Protected Areas. 

The project is currently in the Detailed Design stage with Stantec and the design is expected to be completed by the end of 2024. Alberta Environment and Protected Areas has granted an extension for the construction of the UV facility, with completion now set for the end of 2028. 

This project will provide additional potable water storage capacity which will enhance treatment plant operations and allow for extended maintenance periods at the treatment plant. The project will also allow the deferral of the treatment plant capacity upgrade project by several years (Reliability/Risk Management). 

Alpha Construction Inc. has commenced construction of the civil and structural portion of the contract, west of the existing treatment facilities. The reservoir excavation is completed, as well as the first concrete pours.

The project’s electrical/mechanical package is nearing completion and will be ready for inquiry in September 2024. Aquatera has been approved for grant funding of up to $1,377,000 from Alberta’s Water for Life program. The project is expected to be completed in Q3 2025. 

The existing fire water and backup angle drive pump, and electrical infrastructure, were at end-of-life and needed to be replaced. To facilitate the replacement while maintaining water service to Wembley, the existing pumphouse was expanded to accommodate a new electrical room. The new system is currently operational.  

This project addressed issues with the existing backup generator/fire pump drive engine at the Town of Wembley’s water pumphouse by installing a larger generator that runs the entire pumphouse and replacing the existing generator/fire pump engine (Reliability/Risk Management).