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EDMONTON ADOPTS LATEST TECHNOLOGY TO GET AT THE GRIT
PLANT OFFERS RESIDENTS LEARNINGS IN WASTEWATER The Drayton Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant includes the Centre for Water Intelligence, an educational add-on to let the locals in on the process. It’s also the first plant of its kind to use fibre-reinforced membranes in treating potable water. -photo courtesy ISL Engineering and Land Services Beaubien Award Another APEGA member walking away happy from the Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards gala was Chris Newcomb, P.Eng. , who received the annual Beaubien Award. It goes to individuals demonstrating second-to-none service to the ACEC and helping advance consulting engi- neering through their professional successes. Mr. Newcomb, a Surrey, B.C., resident who keeps up an APEGA licence, spent five years as a design engineer in Canada before jetting off to eastern Africa and Ecuador. There, he brought his expertise to various projects. He returned to Vancouver, where he accepted a position as project manager with McElhanney and left his mark on many projects, including the Southwest Calgary Ring Road, the Sea-to-Sky highway improvements between Vancouver and Whistler, and Golden Ears Bridge in Metro Vancouver. After being promoted to President of the company, a seat he filled for 16 years, he helped it diversify, quadruple in size, and expand geographically. Humanitarian efforts are big for Mr. Newcomb. He has donated his time and engineering expertise to rebuilding places torn apart by war and natural disaster, such as land- mine-heavy areas of Cambodia and tsunami-damaged areas of Indonesia. On the home front, Mr. Newcomb has served on various boards and committees.
The Sanitary Grit Treatment and Recovery Facility is the first of its kind in North America to use equipment from HUBER Technology. -photo courtesy Stantec
Sanitary Grit Treatment and Recovery Facility Rounding out Stantec’s Alberta project contributions is Edmonton’s Sanitary Grit Treatment and Recovery Facility. Collaborating with EPCOR , Stantec designed the facility to provide a sustainable way of disposing of smelly debris from Edmonton’s wastewater sewer system. The facility is the first of its kind in North America to use the high-performing technology from a company called HUBER Technology. Because no North American facilities currently use the technology the same way Stantec proposed, the team visited facilities in Europe to learn about the system and its design. Grit is made up of the solids in wastewater that can clog and damage the system, such as asphalt, limestone, coffee grounds, and eggshells. After it is cleaned, it is separated by size. Fine material can be reused for filling trenches or building roads, and the water used to clean it is recycled. Conscious of the plant’s proximity to residential communities, Stantec installed various top-of-the- line systems to control noise and reduce odour.
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