Victoria Water and Wastewater Pilot Project

The primary goal of the Victoria Water and Wastewater Pilot Project is to implement an affordable, sustainable and environmentally responsible solution to Victoria's current sewage problem, as recommended in the feasibility study GMEF 3684. For wastewater treatment, the Village will install a state-of-art, modular, packed-bed filter (PBF) system which utilizes non-woven textile fabric as the treatment media. The LBED system has a tremendous capability for final treatment, polishing and disinfection of the effluent through microbial activity, conversion of nitrate, adsorption of phosphorus and uptake of nitrogen from plant roots. Because a direct discharge is avoided, regulatory requirements for effluent sample collection and laboratory analysis will be less onerous, resulting in significant savings in on-going operation costs. Victoria will also implement an aggressive water conservation strategy, including replacing all toilets in commercial and municipal buildings with state-of-the-art, ultra-low consumption dual flush models and customer metering. The result will be a reduction in flow to the wastewater treatment plant and also to the LBED system. The water conservation program will also have additional benefits by reducing the annual demand on the Village's central supply wells by 30 per cent (3,815 cubic metres per year (m3/yr)).