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    The City of Brockville's Water Pollution Control Centre (WPCC) was exceeding effluent limits for Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) and not achieving the normal level of secondary treatment required. The Ministry of Environment issued a Provincial Officer's Order requiring the city to upgrade the WPCC through the Municipal Class EA process to address non-compliance and provide secondary or equivalent treatment. The objectives of the upgrade are to improve effluent quality to meet standards while considering options for septage receiving and effluent disinfection. Several cost-effective alternatives will be evaluated within the Class EA schedule.

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    The City of Brockville's Water Pollution Control Centre (WPCC) was exceeding effluent limits for Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) and not achieving the normal level of secondary treatment required. The Ministry of Environment issued a Provincial Officer's Order requiring the city to upgrade the WPCC through the Municipal Class EA process to address non-compliance and provide secondary or equivalent treatment. The objectives of the upgrade are to improve effluent quality to meet standards while considering options for septage receiving and effluent disinfection. Several cost-effective alternatives will be evaluated within the Class EA schedule.

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    The City of Brockville's Water Pollution Control Centre (WPCC) was exceeding effluent limits for Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) and not achieving the normal level of secondary treatment required. The Ministry of Environment issued a Provincial Officer's Order requiring the city to upgrade the WPCC through the Municipal Class EA process to address non-compliance and provide secondary or equivalent treatment. The objectives of the upgrade are to improve effluent quality to meet standards while considering options for septage receiving and effluent disinfection. Several cost-effective alternatives will be evaluated within the Class EA schedule.

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    The City of Brockville's Water Pollution Control Centre (WPCC) was exceeding effluent limits for Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) and not achieving the normal level of secondary treatment required. The Ministry of Environment issued a Provincial Officer's Order requiring the city to upgrade the WPCC through the Municipal Class EA process to address non-compliance and provide secondary or equivalent treatment. The objectives of the upgrade are to improve effluent quality to meet standards while considering options for septage receiving and effluent disinfection. Several cost-effective alternatives will be evaluated within the Class EA schedule.

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    City of Brockville WPCC Upgrade Class EA August 2004

    Project Memorandum – Problem Statement 161.03

    Project Memorandum: Problem Statement

    Phase 1 of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) planning process
    includes the identification and description of the problem or opportunity. The objective of
    this phase is to develop a clear statement of the problem or opportunity being
    addressed.

    Problem Identification and Statement:

    In 2000, the City became aware that the Water Pollution Control Centre (WPCC)
    effluent was exceeding the Certificate of Approval compliance criteria for
    Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) concentration and loading.
    Notwithstanding evaluation and optimization measures undertaken to improve
    the WPCC’s treatment performance, the existing facility is unable to achieve
    compliance with the effluent criteria for BOD5.

    The Ministry of Environment (MOE) has issued a Provincial Officer’s Order to the
    City of Brockville to assess alternative solutions following the Municipal Class EA
    process. The Order includes a request for the following specific Problem
    Statement description:

    “The Existing Water Pollution Control Centre is in a chronic state of non-


    compliance with the prescribed Biochemical Oxygen Demand (5 day)
    effluent criteria, and does not meet the “normal” level of treatment
    prescribed by the Ministry of the Environment. The “normal” level of
    treatment is secondary or equivalent.”

    The WPCC is a chemically assisted primary plant. It is not designed to remove


    soluble BOD. The “normal” level of treatment referred to in the Provincial
    Officer’s Order is defined as a minimum of secondary treatment in the MOE
    Policy F-5. Also, both provincial and federal effluent standards are being more
    stringently set to protect receiving water courses and to achieve an effluent which
    is non-toxic to aquatic life.

    The above requirements create the need to upgrade the Brockville WPCC and
    improve the effluent quality by providing secondary or equivalent treatment.
    Principle considerations of the undertaking are to include:

    • Upgrade activities are to address the issues of non-compliance with respect


    to effluent criteria, and “normal” level of treatment in accordance with work
    activities and timelines contained in the MOE Provincial Officer’s Order.

    Simcoe Engineering Group Limited Page 1 of 2


    Hydromantis, Inc.
    City of Brockville WPCC Upgrade Class EA August 2004
    Project Memorandum – Problem Statement 161.03

    • Site area and location, plant outfall, and existing facility rated capacity are not
    currently identified as a deficiency.

    • Upgrade activities are to also consider possible implementation of a septage


    receiving facility, and assess appropriate effluent disinfection methods to
    meet ‘non-toxic’ effluent requirements.

    • Several leading practical and cost-effective alternatives for a Plant upgrade


    are to be developed for confirmation of the Class EA ‘project schedule’ type
    and for further pre-design considerations. As no third-party funding support
    commitments have been received to date, financial viability can significantly
    affect implementation timelines.

    Simcoe Engineering Group Limited Page 2 of 2


    Hydromantis, Inc.

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