📋 Tender Overview
Project Description : This project includes upgrades and replacements that are required at the Amherstburg Water Treatment Plant due to lifecycle timing, redundancies and Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks requirements.
2024 - $500,000 Process Waste System / Engineering Component: This would allow for the collection, thickening, and dewatering of backwash and filter waste for plant rated flow of 22,400 cubic metres per day. The waste is not currently being treated and is being directly discharged back to the Detroit River. The Fisheries Act manages and protects Canada’s fisheries resources and the discharge of chlorinated water can potentially cause harm and/or damage to fish. The requirement to meet discharge parameters for total chlorine and suspended solids has been included in the Town’s Drinking Water Licence by the MECP with a requirement to be completed by September 30th . 2026. This project is DC eligible and as such $454,648 is funded from DC's the balance of $45,352 from Water Reserve to allow for the engineering and design to proceed at an estimated cost of - $500,000 2025 - $1,000,000 Process Waste System / Construction Component: Due to the date set out by the MECP, the construction of the Process Waste system must be completed by September 30th, 2026. The total construction cost of the Process Waste System project is estimated at $3,000,000. The project is DC eligible however the maximum DC funding has been allocated in 2024.to allow the engineering and design to be completed. The construction will commence in 2025 and will continue into 2026. 2026 - $2,000,000 Process Waste System / Construction Component - $2,000,000 Completion of the Process Waste System construction started in 2025. 2028 - $350,000 New Clarifier / Engineering Component - $350,000 Construction of a new clarifier at the water treatment plant to provide 100% redundancy of the existing clarifier. This work has been recommended by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks. It is a DC eligible project so $80,413 has been allocated out of DC's and $269,588 from water reserves for the project to be able to proceed Funding estimates for the process waste system may be able to be lower, however Administration needs to investigate emerging technologies to confirm and will amend the 2025 to 2028 amounts if and as required.
