wastewater treatment project update may 15, 2013
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Wastewater Treatment ProjectUpdate
May 15, 2013
Status
• Preliminary design complete
• Detailed design being finalised
• Public works relocated
• Site prep to begin late May
• Construction proper in June
• Completion for October 2014
PROJECT COSTS & FINANCING - Baseline Position -
Project Costs
2011-2012 Costs $1.0m
Contract price $21.3
PST $0.8
2013 -14 costs $1.3
Contingency $0.5
TOTAL COSTS $ 25.0
Funding AvailableSechelt Funding $ 8.9Sewer Treatment Reserves $4.9Sewer Treatment DCCs 1.5 Unrestricted Operating Surplus 2.5
Other governments $11.2Gas Tax Funding $8.0Building Canada Funding 3.2
Other sources $2.5Loan $2.5 Repay over 5 years using sewer reserve surpluses
FUNDING AVAILABLE $25.1
Why is it “so expensive”
• Because we are doing high level (“tertiary”) treatment
• This added about $5m to the cost
. . . However . . .
Why are we doing high level treatment?
• Enables widest range of options for reuse of water.
• 90% reduction in contaminant load to Trail Bay
• Avoids $3m outfall expansion
• In keeping with Federal and Provincial policies which encourage the use of reclaimed water
• Goal was set in Sechelt’s 2011 Sustainability Action Plan
Sustainability Action Plan
Other goals of the Plan;
• Reduce noise and smell to the greatest extent possible
• Pursue opportunities to recover resources from treated effluent
• Maximise energy efficiency, reduce water consumption
• Base infrastructure decisions on full life cycle costs
• Ensure that municipal infrastructure is integrated and energy efficient and has the lowest environmental impact possible.
Liquid Waste : “to treat effluent to the highest levels”
Proposal EvaluationProponent Location Tanks Operating
Cost (ranking)
Capital Cost*
Overall Ranking
Maple Reinders
Ebbtide Covered (greenhouse)
2 $21.3m 1
B Lot L Uncovered 3 $22.1** 2
C Lot L Covered 4 $26.8** 3
D Lot L Uncovered 5(highest cost)
$18.1** 4
E Ebbtide Enclosed in building
1(lowest cost)
>$30 5
* For comparison, all capital costs assume biosolids composting by Salish Soils
Need to add $3.2m of DoS costs to all bid prices to get the “Project Cost”
**Base bid, Lot L projects include new, relocated, odour controlled pump station at Ebbtide
Location of Ganges WWTP, Salt Spring Island
Questions?