WATER NORTH COALITION JANUARY 19, 2017 Presented by: Gary Couch, - - PDF document

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WATER NORTH COALITION

JANUARY 19, 2017

Presented by: Gary Couch, Manager of Environmental Services

GREENVIEW FACTS

• The Municipal District of Greenview is the 3rd largest municipality by land area in

Alberta, covering 32,989 km2 or 3,298,900 hectares or 8,151,759 acres

• The residential population of Greenview is approximately 5,300 residents
• Greenview represents the rural areas of Grande Cache, Fox Creek, Little Smoky,

Grovedale, Ridgevalley, Landry Heights, Valleyview including the 7 co-operatives and enterprises (Grande Cache area) with 138 homes within Greenview

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• Ground water is the only source of water for the MD of Greenview.

Water is provided in the following applications:

• 6 Water points/truck fills
• 3 Water treatment plants connected to distribution lines that supply

residents in the Hamlets of DeBolt, Ridgevalley and Little Smoky

• 2 Rural Distribution lines (water supplied by the Town of Valleyview)

TREATED POTABLE WATER POINTS

• Pre-chlorination
• Greensand filtration
• De-chlorination
• Ion exchange
• Reverse Osmosis
• Chlorination
• Truck/Tank fill service
• Provides adjacent community halls with water and backup

generator power

Sunset House – Sweat House – New Fish Creek

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RAW WATER POINTS

• Grovedale, South Wapiti, Crooked Creek, Goodwin
• Well water
• Pumped into storage tanks
• Chlorination(tested)
• Puskwaskau, Sandy Bay
• Pumps directly from the well
• No chlorination

HAMLET – DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS

• Pre-chlorination
• Manganese green sand

filtration

• De-chlorination
• Ion exchange
• Reverse Osmosis
• Chlorination
• Truck/Tank fill service
• Provides residents

through distribution system

Little Smoky DeBolt

• Pre-chlorination
• Granular activated

carbon filtration

• Reverse Osmosis
• Chlorination
• Provides residents

through distribution system

• Well water
• Pumped into storage tanks
• Chlorination
• Provides residents through

distribution system

Ridgevalley

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RIDGEVALLEY WATER PLANT UPGRADE

• Drilled additional well for long term (25 year) anticipated demand
• Construction of additional water storage reservoir
• Construction and installation of 2 reverse osmosis treatment systems to

provide water to the Hamlet of Ridgevalley which will connect to the Crooked Creek water distribution line

• Construction of a 3.7 km water line
• Supplies Crooked Creek water point with treated water
• Estimated to supply up to 44 residents (approx. 119 people)

directly North of Ridgevalley

CROOKED CREEK DISTRIBUTION LINE

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GROVEDALE WATER TREATMENT PLANT

• Drilled 2 test wells to obtain a reliable long term ground water source
• Design and construction of a reverse osmosis water treatment plant to begin in 2017
• Water distribution system for Landry Heights and Grovedale to begin in 2017

GRANDE CACHE WATER WELL RECLAMATION

• A large number of water wells require reclamation to help ensure

the integrity of the ground water aquifers

• Prevents the contamination of ground water by surface water

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INDUSTRIAL LAGOON

• Provides sewage disposal site for industrial camps, businesses and

residents of Greenview

• Located between the Hamlet of Little Smoky and the Town of Fox Creek

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QUESTIONS?