- The Windsor Utilities Commission water treatment facility employs screening, pre chlorination (on an as needed basis), pH adjustment (utilizing CO2), disinfection (utilizing ozone), coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, dual-media filtration with post chlorination and corrosion control adjustment (utilizing phosphoric acid) to treat raw water obtained from the Detroit River.
- The water treatment plant pumps sedimentation sludge and backwash water to the sanitary sewer. Treated water from the plant is routed to an on-site reservoir and other reservoir co located nearby the water treatment facility. Subsequently the treated water is pumped into the distribution system from two pumping stations co-located nearby the water treatment facilities as well. Water from the pumping stations satisfies demand for the greater Windsor area including the communities of Tecumseh and LaSalle. A remote reservoir and pumping station provides a re-chlorination facility (using sodium hypochlorite) to provide system pressure and flow to the southwest portion of the city, while a centrally located water tower provides pressure and flow control to the downtown core.
- The drinking water system is monitored at various locations, both at the water treatment and pumping stations as well as throughout the transmission system via a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system.
List all water treatment chemicals used over this reporting period
Chlorine gas, Sodium Hypochlorite, Carbon dioxide (CO2), Ozone (generated on-site using liquid oxygen), Calcium Thiosulfate (ozone quench agent), Polyaluminum chloride (PaCl), Filter aid cationic polymer and phosphoric acid (corrosion control agent).
- Were any significant expenses incurred to?
- [ X ] Install required equipment
- [ X ] Repair required equipment
- [ X ] Replace required equipment
- Please provide a brief description and a breakdown of monetary expenses incurred
- Installed 116 new public-use fire hydrants through capital projects. Removed 60 existing public-use fire hydrants through capital projects.
- Installed 15.89 km ofwatermain <400 mm and 0.5 km ofwatermain >= 400 mm.
- Decommissioned approximately 11.54 km of watermain <400 mm and decommissioned less than 0.5 km watermain >400 mm.