Water Treatment Facility
Type of initiative
FCM Green Municipal Fund - Capital Project
Sector
Water
Project value$7,918,400
Project Type
Capital Project
Sub Sector
Drinking Water Quality
Grant amount$30,000
Program type
GMF
Municipality
Town of Gander, NL
Loan amount$2,000,000
Status
Fully Disbursed
Population
11,880
Project timeline
2007 - 2010
Project number
1267
Description
The Town of Gander is developing a new water treatment facility to assure water quality for the long term. The plant willuse the dissolved air flotation (DAF) system, which is effective in dealing with the significant amounts of organicscontained in Lake Gander, the town's water source. The organics, when mixed with chlorine and hydrated lime will resultin high levels of trihalomethanes (THMs). The levels exceed the Canadian Drinking Water Guideline maximum levels.The DAF treatment system is expected to reduce Gander's water colour level to fine TCU (true colour units) and theTHMs to less than 20 ppb, results that meet and exceed the guidelines.
Applicant
Town of Gander, NL