Evaluation of Constructed Wetland & Phosphorus Filter System for Rural Municipal Wastewater
Type of initiative
FCM Green Municipal Fund - Plans, Studies, Pilots
Sector
Water
Project value$174,000
Project Type
Feasibility Study
Sub Sector
Wastewater Management and Treatment
Grant amount$29,900
Program type
GMF
Municipality
Canton d'Alfred et Plantagenet, ON
Status
Fully Disbursed
Population
9,949
Project timeline
2003 - 2011
Project number
955
Description
Wastewater treatment lagoons in the Township of Alfred–Plantagenet are at full capacity. Last May, the townshipcompleted a pilot project that involved constructing a wetland and using phosphorous absorption technologies to treatwastewater, instead of building new lagoons. This method of treating wastewater will reduce phosphorus, nitrates,ammonia, suspended solids and biochemical oxygen demand. Before the Ontario Ministry of the Environment willaccept this technology as a treatment system, it must be monitored for a minimum of three years.
Applicant
Canton d'Alfred et Plantagenet, ON