Water / Wastewater

• Water & Wastewater Infrastructure .

• Water Businesses .

.

• Why Peterborough?

• 5 Wastewater Treatment Plants

• Over $45 Million in

infrastructure improvements

since 2008

• Close proximity to Centre for

Alternative Wastewater

Treatment / Fleming College

City / Township Project Year Investment

Peterborough Upgrades at the Peterborough WWTP

Power generating station at city's waste water treatment plant

(Project)

Phase 4

2015

$23 million

$2 million

Township of Cavan

Monaghan

Milbrook - Expansion and improvement to the Millbrook

Wastewater Treatment Plant

2013 $13 million

Asphodel-Norwood Norwood - Upgraded wastewater treatment plant to the stage of

'most advanced' of its kind in Canada

2009 $8.4 million

Havelock-Belmont-

Methuen Wastewater

Havelock’s new wastewater treatment plant 2008 $7.7M

Township of Smith-

Ennismore-Lakefield

Lakefield Water Treatment Plant Intake Replacement 2005 $390,000

Development Pending due to lack of access to service:

•Otonabee South-Monaghan Township

•Township of Douro-Dummer

•Municipality of Trent Lakes

•Township of North Kawartha

Adoption of Conventional & Alternative Wastewater Treatment

Internationally-recognized research institute committed to

excellence in wastewater research and education:

- Technical Services: R&D, laboratory analyses for

applied research, piloting, field demonstration, knowledge

transfer services

- Advisory Services Provider: Regulatory guidance,

commercialization

• Pilot plant for drinking water

quality and treatment

• Water Quality Center – Trent

University

Scaled-down version of the conventional Peterborough WTP:

- Conventional water treatment plant built in the 1920s

- River water source is unique (high in organics)

- Dual media filters, coagulant of choice is alum, gas chlorination

for disinfection, fluoridation, and sodium silicate addition for pH

increase

Applied Research

- Use the data to determine what technologies will work best with

Peterborough source water characteristics

•Awarded a grant for $6.5 Million expansion from 2013

Canada Foundation for Innovation

•Largest analytical facilities of its kind in the world

•Researchers have pioneered new techniques for tracing

the source of heavy metal contaminants

Water Technology Clusters

• Water Treatment

• ACLARUS Water system

• Noble Purification

• Rainmaker

• Instrumentation

• ABM Sensor

• Measuremax

• Siemens

Engineering & Consulting companies

• Cambium

• D.M. Wills Associates Limited

• SimbiH2O

• Merit Precision Moulding

• Steelworks Design Inc

• SGS Canada Ltd.

Local Associations • Ontario Onsite Wastewater Association

• Federation of Ontario Cottage Associations

Ministries and Governmental Organizations • Parks Canada –Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic

Site of Canada

• Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR)

• Otonabee Region Conservation Authority (ORCA)

Easy Access to Key Markets

• Largest Eastern Ontario Water Cluster

• Strategic location in proximity to major markets

• Existing infrastructure to build your business

• An affordable place to locate and operate your business

• Diverse economic base & eager, educated workforce

• Supportive business ecosystem

Creative. Innovative. Entrepreneurial.

• Diverse economy with world-class companies located here

• Peterborough is one of Canada’s Most Creative Communities

– 1 in 5 workers in Peterborough’s manufacturing sector are

employed in creative class occupations

• Peterborough has a rich history in innovation

• Peterborough is a startup community ready for aspiring and

established entrepreneurs

This Is Living.

• Exceptional quality of life and work-life balance

• Affordable place for homeowners

• A healthy and active community

• Food scene with amazing diversity of tastes and local

ingredients

• A diverse range of recreational experiences

• 3 leading postsecondary institutions

Hear What Leaders in Peterborough's

Water Technologies Sector Have to Say

https://youtu.be/mmZU0FCWE2E

www.PeterboroughED.ca

Phone: 705.743.0777 Ex. 2132

210 Wolfe Street

Peterborough, Ontario K9J 2K9