volume 1 - Halifax Regional Municipality
volume 1 - Halifax Regional Municipality
volume 1 - Halifax Regional Municipality
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
<strong>Halifax</strong> Water Integrated Resource Plan<br />
IRP Planning Context and Levels of Service<br />
The City of Dartmouth (now part of HRM) water supply system dates back to the<br />
nineteenth century.<br />
Lamont and Topsail Lakes were originally used as the raw water supply for Dartmouth.<br />
Due to increasing demands in the early 1990’s, Lake Major became the largest source of<br />
water for Dartmouth. The Lake Major Water Supply Plant (WSP) was commissioned in<br />
1999.<br />
The current Bennery Lake WSP was commissioned in 1987 by the County of <strong>Halifax</strong> (now<br />
part of HRM). The WSP was built due to the business park development (Aerotech) in<br />
the vicinity of the <strong>Halifax</strong> Stanfield International Airport (HSIA). The operation of the<br />
WSP was transferred from HRM to <strong>Halifax</strong> Water in 2006.<br />
<strong>Halifax</strong> Water owns and operates a total of nine water supply plants. Three are the large<br />
facilities named above. Six small water supply plants service the rural/suburban area of<br />
HRM. The systems are summarized in Table 3.2.<br />
Table 3.2<br />
Summary of Water Supply Plants<br />
Name<br />
Source<br />
Water<br />
Plant<br />
Capacity<br />
Average<br />
Production<br />
Large WSP<br />
J.D. Kline WSP Pockwock Lake 227,000 m 3 /d 85,700 m 3 /d<br />
Process<br />
Direct dual media<br />
filtration<br />
Communities<br />
Served<br />
<strong>Halifax</strong>, Bedford,<br />
Sackville, Fall River,<br />
Waverley, Timberlea,<br />
Herring Cove,<br />
Spryfield<br />
Lake Major<br />
WSP<br />
Bennery Lake<br />
WSP<br />
Five Island Lake<br />
Lake Major 94,000 m 3 /d 40,100 m 3 /d<br />
Upflow clarification<br />
with tri-media<br />
filtration<br />
Bennery Lake 3,980 m 3 /d 1,000 m 3 /d Direct filtration<br />
Ground water<br />
(one (1) well)<br />
Small WSP<br />
27 m 3 /d 6 m 3 /d<br />
Disinfection with<br />
UV and chlorine<br />
Dartmouth, Eastern<br />
Passage, Cole<br />
Harbour, Westphal<br />
<strong>Halifax</strong> Airport and<br />
Aerotech Business<br />
Park<br />
Twelve residents on<br />
St. Margaret’s Bay<br />
Road near Hubley<br />
Collins Park Lake Fletcher 160 m 3 /d 73 m 3 /d<br />
Membrane<br />
filtration,<br />
disinfection with<br />
UV and chlorine<br />
Collins Park and<br />
Kendlemark<br />
Subdivision,<br />
Wellington<br />
Middle<br />
Musquodoboit<br />
Musquodoboit<br />
River<br />
260 m 3 /d 60 m 3 /d<br />
Membrane<br />
filtration,<br />
disinfection with<br />
UV and chlorine<br />
Middle Musquodoboit<br />
Revision: 2012-10-29 Integrated Resource Plan 17<br />
October 31 2012 Page 50 of 272
Change language