| DESCRIPTION: The highly polished
treated effluent from this treatment plant discharges into the
sensitive Okanagan Lake system. Works included to upgrade and
expand this municipal plant from 9,000 to 18,000 m3/d were grit
removal, refurbished primary clarifier, flow equalization, two
train 11-cell extended aeration activated sludge basins to biologically
remove phosphorus and nitrogen, secondary clarifiers, effluent
sand filters, chemical addition, pH adjustment, primary sludge
fermenters for VFA production, sludge thickening/dewatering and
treated effluent storage ponds. The upgraded plant is considered
one of the most advanced of its kind in North America. |
