The south contract between 90 Avenue to 98 Avenue on 101 Street has been awarded to Wapiti Gravel Suppliers. This phase will replace the existing 375 millimetre wastewater line with a 750 millimetre line. Water mains and services will also be replaced at the same time. The kick-off meeting took place on May 11 and construction started on June 5, 2023. This phase of the project became substantially complete on November 3, 2023. Only seasonal deficiencies remain for the 2024 construction season. 

The north contract between 102 Avenue to 108 Avenue, on 102 Street, is scheduled for construction in 2025/2026. 

Decommissioning of the Avondale sub-trunk across Bear Creek will take place tentatively in 2025 and the replacement of the sanitary main on 108 Avenue between 100 Street and 102 Street will take place in 2026. This project will reduce the risk of raw effluent being discharged into Bear Creek by eliminating the sanitary crossing across the Bear River (Creek) Reservoir (Reliability/Risk Management) and support redevelopment and densification within the Central Business District and North Avondale areas (Growth). 

Aquatera is reinstating a bypass near the Clairmont Booster Station on the transmission line to Sexsmith to allow for piping repair and maintenance on the Clairmont Booster Station and Clairmont Pumphouse, without interrupting service to the Town of Sexsmith and Hamlet of Clairmont. 

This project will commence in the 2024 summer timeline. On-site meetings with the civil contractor for estimates were completed on May 14. 

This project provides water and sanitary services to the Harry Belfour school site located just north of the Five Mile Hall as well as future development between Carriage Lane and Five Mile Hall along 100 Avenue/Twp Road 712 (Growth). 

Outstanding deficiencies for the lineal assets and lift station will be addressed by the County of Grande Prairie in the spring/summer of 2024. 

This project involves expansion of the existing raw water siltation/storage ponds to provide additional volume to meet the recommended seven-day capacity in 2042 based on estimated demand growth in the region.  

The project will also provide surge capacity to allow Aquatera to meet water demand when river conditions restrict diversion or when an environmental disaster such as a hydrocarbon spill occur upstream of the intake. 

The grant application for this project has been successful and a memorandum of agreement for a $1.17M grant has now been completed by the Town of Sexsmith. 

Stantec has been selected as the consultant and will be working on the Preliminary and Detailed Design. Detailed Design is expected to be completed by end of year, 2024. 

Aquatera is currently developing the preliminary design and cost estimate for a new river intake to address concerns with blockage and to provide additional capacity to meet future demand. The new intake will be located just upstream of the existing facilities and will include a fish return system to meet current regulations. Construction is expected in 2026-2028. Aquatera has been approved for grant funding of $1,979,000 from Alberta’s Water for Life program. The First Nations consultation process has been completed. 

This project will address capacity limitations and issues with debris buildup around the existing River Intake #3, providing full diversion license capacity (Growth). 

A new water intake is required due to changes in the river and a need for additional capacity and redundancy. Design and construction of river bank stabilization using bioengineering to protect the existing intake, pumphouse and storage ponds was completed in 2018 and is being monitored to confirm the success of the work. Stantec has been selected as the engineering consultant for preliminary intake design and permitting; it is expected it will take 12 months to obtain the necessary approvals from the regulators.

Construction began in 2021. The overall cost estimate of the project is approximately $32.4M through 2024. Grant funding will be pursued to reduce the cost to Aquatera for the project.

This project replaced the existing concrete pad with a heat traced pad, complete with a catch basin to contain and drain any spillage and run-off from the pad into the sanitary sewer system. The pad installation and electrical upgrades have been completed and the heated pad is now on. Small deficiencies will be completed in 2024. 

This project will add additional water treatment capacity to the existing WTP to meet growth within the region. Preliminary design has been pushed to 2026, based on reduced growth rates in the area, to confirm the technology selection, scope of work, land requirements and cost estimate. 

The estimated cost of $20.4M - $25.0M is based on the 2018 Water Supply Masterplan and results from the first two (of three) phases of WTP Stress Testing completed in 2019. The project is driven by growth.

This project will provide additional potable water storage capacity which will enhance treatment plant operations and allow for extended maintenance periods at the treatment plant. The project will also allow deferral of the treatment plant capacity upgrade project by several years (Reliability/Risk Management). 

Alpha Construction Inc. has commenced construction of the civil and structural portion of the contract, west of the existing treatment facilities. The reservoir excavation is nearing completion with concrete work to follow.  

The project’s electrical/mechanical package is nearing completing and will be ready for inquiry in late August.  

Aquatera has been approved for grant funding of up to $1,377,000 from Alberta’s Water for Life program. The project is expected to be completed in Q3 2025. 

The existing fire water and backup angle drive pump, and electrical infrastructure, were at end-of-life and needed to be replaced. To facilitate the replacement while maintaining water service to Wembley, the existing pumphouse is being expanded to accommodate a new electrical room. The new system is currently operational with final clean up and deficiencies being addressed in summer 2024.  

This project addresses issues with the existing back-up generator/fire pump drive engine at the Town of Wembley’s water pumphouse by installing a larger generator that will run the entire pumphouse and replacing existing generator/fire pump engine (Reliability/Risk Management).