volume 1 - Halifax Regional Municipality
volume 1 - Halifax Regional Municipality
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<strong>Halifax</strong> Water Integrated Resource Plan<br />
IRP Planning Context and Levels of Service<br />
Table 3.4<br />
Summary of Wastewater Treatment Facilities<br />
Facility Name<br />
Level of<br />
Treatment<br />
Rated Capacity<br />
(m 3 /d)<br />
Receiving Water Body (type)<br />
<strong>Halifax</strong> WWTF Enhanced Primary 133,920 <strong>Halifax</strong> Harbour (salt water)<br />
Dartmouth WWTF Enhanced Primary 83,808 <strong>Halifax</strong> Harbour (salt water)<br />
Herring Cove WWTF Enhanced Primary 28,512 <strong>Halifax</strong> Harbour (salt water)<br />
Lockview / Macpherson (Fall<br />
River) WWTF<br />
Tertiary<br />
454<br />
Lake Fletcher (fresh water)<br />
Middle Musquodoboit WWTF Secondary 114 Musquodoboit River (fresh water)<br />
North Preston WWTF Tertiary 680 Whynder Lake (fresh water via wetland)<br />
Uplands Park WWTF Tertiary 91 Sandy Lake via a wetland (fresh water)<br />
Wellington (Steeves<br />
Subdivision) WWTF<br />
Secondary<br />
(1) Fletcher's Run (fresh water)<br />
45<br />
Frame Subdivision (Waverley)<br />
WWTF<br />
Secondary<br />
80<br />
Lake William via a ditch (fresh water)<br />
New outfall to Lake William<br />
Springfield Lake WWTF Secondary 545 Lisle Lake via a brook (fresh water)<br />
Mill Cove WWTF Secondary 28,400 Bedford Basin (salt water)<br />
Eastern Passage WWTF Secondary (2) 25,000 (2) <strong>Halifax</strong> Harbour (salt water)<br />
Beechville/Lakeside<br />
/Timberlea WWTF<br />
Secondary<br />
4,540<br />
Nine Mile River (fresh water)<br />
Aerotech WWTF Tertiary 1,400 Johnson River (fresh water)<br />
Notes:<br />
1. The rated capacity for the Wellington (Steeves Subdivision) WWTF shown is for the proposed Wellington WWTF<br />
to replace the existing package extended aeration facility (under construction).<br />
2. Upgrades are currently underway to upgrade the Eastern Passage WWTF to a secondary treatment facility, and<br />
increase the rated capacity to 25,000 m 3 /d.<br />
Full details of each of the WWTFs are presented in the Wastewater System Review in<br />
Volume 3 Appendix B.<br />
Biosolids Management<br />
In addition to the liquid process treatment plants, <strong>Halifax</strong> Water also operates a number<br />
of biosolids processing facilities. The <strong>Halifax</strong> Harbour Solutions (HHS) facilities (<strong>Halifax</strong>,<br />
Dartmouth, and Herring Cove) have on-site dewatering facilities for the undigested<br />
primary sludge generated by the liquid treatment train. The Aerotech WWTF provides<br />
centralized dewatering for undigested sludge and anaerobically digested biosolids from<br />
the other <strong>Halifax</strong> Water WWTFs: liquid, anaerobically digested sludge is hauled to<br />
Aerotech WWTF from the Mill Cove, Eastern Passage, and<br />
Revision: 2012-10-29 Integrated Resource Plan 21<br />
October 31 2012 Page 54 of 272