Canada and U.S. Report Progress on Great Lakes Commitments

A new report on the progress made by Canada and United States between 2017 and 2019 in meeting commitments under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) is now available

This interesting article is related to both waste water equipment and marine environmental equipment. Alfa Laval's Separation and Heat Transfer are used to reduce environmental pollution from water released from Canadian municipalities and shipping vessels on the Great Lakes. 

 

Read the report on binational (https://binational.net/2019/06/13/2019-prp-rep/) 

Read the full article on watercanada.net 

 

"... The project involves adding a moving bed biofilm reactor to the existing lagoon system. This will combine chemical and organic treatment processes to increase the town’s wastewater treatment capacity by 65 per cent and reduce energy consumption by 1,080 gigajoules per year. The new system is also expected to keep approximately 30 per cent more waste from going to the landfill. 

 

This new system will not only accommodate the current and future needs of a population that has been growing steadily over the last decade, but also significantly reduce the community’s carbon footprint. According to FCM, it will be one of the first post-lagoon wastewater treatment systems of its kind in Western Canada and serve as a model for other municipalities looking for innovative ways to repurpose infrastructure and create more efficient eco-friendly wastewater management... 

 

…The Green Municipal Fund is funded by the Government of Canada and delivered by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. …” 

 

Read the rest of the article on watercanada.net 

 

Contact Marc Hunt for information about municipal waste water systems. 

 

Contact John Goswell for information about marine environmental systems.