Alderville First Nation - Communal and Point-of-Entry Water Treatment Systems

in progress

The project will expand and rehabilitate the water treatment system in the Alderville First Nation in Ontario. The work will involve: drilling a new well; replacing small water treatment systems with a high-capacity, communal treatment plant with back-up power; installing an underground reservoir for water storage and high lift pump station; establishing a truck fill connection; installing 750 metres of piping to connect the communal plant to 18 buildings; rehabilitating and upgrading 32 existing point-of-entry (POE) systems (equipment that treats water when a service line enters a building), and adding 10 residential POE systems; and decommissioning unused wells. The project will increase access to potable water and improve water quality, which will reduce the need for short-term boil water advisories and provide for emergency storage. In addition, the decommissioning of unused wells will decrease the risk of aquifer contamination.