2013 completion date
set for sewage overhaul
Richard.mahoney@eap.on.ca
H AWKESBURY
This worker is on top of the
Long-standing sewage treatment woes in Hawkesbury ought to be resolved when a
situation thanks to a crane
$35 million overhaul is completed at the end of 2013.
looming over the site.
Work on the revamp of theMain Street
wastewatertreatmentfacilitybeganinMay
and is scheduled to be wrapped up by
December, 2013, says Tony Assaly,
president of Asco Construction, the
Hawkesbury-based firm that has been
awarded the general contract on the job.
At the peak of construction, about 50
workers will be on the site. Overall, “a few
hundred people” will be working at the
riverfront plant.
ASCOConstruction has been awarded a
$29.9millioncontracttooverhaulthefacility
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which has been plagued by problems for
years.
The firm submitted the lowest of nine
tenders on the project that was originally
estimated to cost $31,699,958.
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The total cost is pegged at $35,648,964.
The federal andprovincial governmentsare
each contributing $11,882,988. The town is
financing its share by taking $1.6 million
from reserves and borrowing $10.5million.
Engineering fees are 12 per cent of the
total, or about $3.2 million, and project
administrationcostsof threeper centwould
be about $810,000.
Town council has complained the plant,
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built in 1971, was already defective when
the Ontario government transferred the
service to the town in 1994.
Althoughasumof $6.8millionwas spent
on the plant in 2005, the investment did not
resolve all of the station’s defects, which
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include inadequate sludge storage and the
inabilitytohandlestormwater,whichresults
in raw sewage entering the Ottawa River
during heavy rains.
The townwas fined$12,500 in2008when
it admitted that the plant had contravened
provincial environmental laws.
Theworkwas officially launchedduring
asod-turningceremonyattendedby,among
others, Glengarry-Prescott-Russell MP
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Pierre Lemieux, M.P.P. Jean-Marc Lalonde
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and Mayor René Berthiaume.
Upgrades to the facility will focus on
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increasing the wastewater treatment
capacity, which will help protect the
environment and the health of residents in
Hawkesbury and in nearby communities
along the Ottawa River.
“Keeping our environment safe is
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important for Ontario’s small urban and
rural communities,” said Lemieux. “This
projectwill enableHawkesbury toproperly
treat its wastewater and will improve the
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stronger, safer communities forour families
and their children,” said Lalonde. “The
government of Ontario is proud to support
this important renovation project, which
will ensure safe, clean and healthy living in
our community for years to come.”
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“This project will allow Hawkesbury to
meet all provincial requirements for
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wastewater quality,” said Berthiaume. “In
addition to being able to respond to a
growing demand, we will be to ensure the
well-being of its citizens, and preserve our
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