Okotoks Integrated Wastewater Treatment / Composting System
Type of initiative
FCM Green Municipal Fund - Capital Project
Sector
Water
Project value$3,690,000
Project Type
Capital Project
Sub Sector
Wastewater Management and Treatment
Grant amount$180,000
Program type
GMF
Municipality
Town of Okotoks, AB
Loan amount$425,000
Status
Fully Disbursed
Population
30,405
Project timeline
2002 - 2011
Project number
392
Description
The Town of Okotoks will develop an innovative solids separation and composting technology to completely eliminatesludge as a by-product of its sewage treatment process. Once the town has installed the technology, its sewagetreatment system will produce compost, a marketable product, instead of sludge, which is increasingly difficult to disposeof and expensive to process. The process is also expected to produce operating cost savings of up to 30 per cent ayear. The solids separating equipment uses a process developed by Pollution Control Technologies of Finland. It has notbeen installed in Canada before but has a successful record in Europe. Stantec Engineering of Calgary will be theproject engineer. The project's total cost is estimated to be $2 million. The potential for replicating this technology acrossCanada is considered high.
Applicant
Town of Okotoks, AB