Evaluation and Expansion of Wastewater Storage Facilities

in progress

The project will evaluate and upgrade the wastewater collection system in St. Thomas, Ontario. The work will involve: increasing underground wastewater storage to 10,000 cubic meters; installing in-line sewage flow meters, controls and electrical systems to monitor and control wet weather flows; and rehabilitating the sewage plant to increase throughput during wet weather events. The project will reduce inflows and infiltration, sewage overflows, basement flooding, phosphorous loading in local creeks and closures of the Port Stanley Beach by better containing and managing wet weather flows. The volume of storm water treated at the sewage plant will be reduced, leaving more capacity for sewage treatment and reducing strain on the system.