A three-year $106-million project that will replace the chlorine-treatment process with a new advanced 100 MGD plant is underway at the Lakeview Water Treatment plant in Mississauga, Ontario. The process will use a combination of ozonation, ultrafiltration (UF) and ultraviolet (UV) technology. Kenaidan Contracting is the general contractor and CH2M Hill is the consultant on the project which is the largest component of the plant’s overall $209 million Phase Two expansion.
The new process provides faster treatment time and requires less physical space. The footprint of the new plant will be only about 25 per cent of the space a conventional treatment plant would require.
By 2020, Lakeview will be a 100 per cent ozone, UF and UV treatment facility as additional phases of the project come on line. Many WTP’s are moving away from the use of chlorine towards alternatives such as ozone and UV as they try to simultaneously improve disinfection while minimizing disinfection by products.