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CTV News
4 days ago
- Business
- CTV News
Provincial funding flushes away wastewater in Lucan-Biddulph, triggers development
Lucan-Biddulph is bursting at the seams when it comes to development, according to township Mayor Cathy Burghardt-Jesson. 'So essentially growth has stalled,' she said. 'Somebody comes to the office today and wants to apply for something new, because we have no more room in our treatment plant,' she said. Developed in the late 1980s for population projections at that time, the township's wastewater treatment plant is currently operating at 104 per cent capacity. But not for much longer, as the community is about to become flush with development and cash. Lambton Kent Middlesex MPP Steve Pinsonneault visited the plant Friday to announce more than $17.6 million in provincial funding to expand the waste-water treatment plant. 081525 - Wastewater plant in Lucan Biddulph Lucan-Biddulph waste-water treatment plant. (Bryan Bicknell/CTV News London) The expansion will allow for construction of 1,000 new homes. 'And it does seem like people are flocking to come here,' said Pinsonneault. 'It's just close enough to London that you're having a lot of people moving in here from London. People are retiring, want to get out of the city, are coming here. It's a beautiful little community,' he said. While it's positive news for local rate-payers, every time a bedroom community of London expands, some London politicians grow a little more nervous. They worry about the potential negative impact on city infrastructure and services. London city Counc. Steve Lehman argues the city needs to expand its urban growth boundary to accommodate population growth. 'When people live outside of London, they still continue to put pressure on our infrastructure, on our roads, etcetera. But yet, we don't control density builds and how we want traffic to go. And we don't collect any property taxes,' he said. MPP Pinsonneault says London's situation is far from unique. 'Any major city is going to have to draw from the workforce from outside of the city. So that's not uncommon, that's pretty well any city in Ontario,' he commented. In the meantime, construction at the waste-water treatment plant is expected to begin late this year or early next year and will take about 18 months to complete.
CTV News
4 days ago
- Business
- CTV News
Lucan-Biddulph gets $17.6 million to expand wastewater capacity and trigger new home construction
Lucan-Biddulph is bursting at the seams when it comes to development, according to township Mayor Cathy Burghardt-Jesson. 'So essentially growth has stalled,' she said. 'Somebody comes to the office today and wants to apply for something new, because we have no more room in our treatment plant,' she said. Developed in the late 1980s for population projections at that time, the township's wastewater treatment plant is currently operating at 104 per cent capacity. But not for much longer, as the community is about to become flush with development and cash. Lambton Kent Middlesex MPP Steve Pinsonneault visited the plant Friday to announce more than $17.6 million in provincial funding to expand the waste-water treatment plant. 081525 - Wastewater plant in Lucan Biddulph Lucan-Biddulph waste-water treatment plant. (Bryan Bicknell/CTV News London) The expansion will allow for construction of 1,000 new homes. 'And it does seem like people are flocking to come here,' said Pinsonneault. 'It's just close enough to London that you're having a lot of people moving in here from London. People are retiring, want to get out of the city, are coming here. It's a beautiful little community,' he said. While it's positive news for local rate-payers, every time a bedroom community of London expands, some London politicians grow a little more nervous. They worry about the potential negative impact on city infrastructure and services. London city Counc. Steve Lehman argues the city needs to expand its urban growth boundary to accommodate population growth. 'When people live outside of London, they still continue to put pressure on our infrastructure, on our roads, etcetera. But yet, we don't control density builds and how we want traffic to go. And we don't collect any property taxes,' he said. MPP Pinsonneault says London's situation is far from unique. 'Any major city is going to have to draw from the workforce from outside of the city. So that's not uncommon, that's pretty well any city in Ontario,' he commented. In the meantime, construction at the waste-water treatment plant is expected to begin late this year or early next year and will take about 18 months to complete.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Boise-area sewage treatment plant violated pollution law. What state just did
Twenty-three thousand gallons of raw sewage overflow. Excess ammonia seeping into nearby waters. Missed requirements and botched samples. A recent draft settlement released by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality sheds light on violations by an aging sewer treatment plant run by the city of Kuna dating back to 2022. And it proposes fining the city $11,000, down from an initial $113,000, to get the problems resolved. If finalized, the settlement would require the city to pay the penalty and get back into compliance with its permit with DEQ. That includes getting ammonia and residual chlorine runoff — which flows into Indian Creek, a tributary of the Boise River — under DEQ's limits. It also means reporting things like raw sewage overflows in a timely manner. If the city fails clean up the sewage plant's act, it could be fined up to about $45,000 more. The remaining nearly $57,000 of the original penalty has been dropped because of 'good faith and unique factors,' the draft settlement said. Aging equipment, increased demand led to over 16 violations Aging and failing equipment plague the Kuna's North Wastewater Treatment Plant, which sits on Ten Mile Road on the Kuna-Meridian line, according to prior Idaho Statesman reporting. The plant, which was built in 2009, had 16 violations of the federal Clean Water Act in 2022, according to the Idaho Conservation League, an environmental group that tracks clean-water violations statewide. Those violations were for pollutants, such as ammonia, being over the legal limits in treated wastewater released into Indian Creek. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, high levels of ammonia in water can be toxic to aquatic organisms, building up in internal tissues and blood and potentially causing death. The proposed settlement between DEQ and the city says monthly reports from the plant showed treated wastewater above DEQ's daily maximums of ammonia, daily maximums of residual chlorine, and monthly maximums of residual chlorine. It also listed six instances of raw sewage overflow, including 10,000 gallons on a February day in 2023 and another 10,000 the following July. The city also allegedly failed to report an overflow on time, failed to submit required surface-water samples in August and October 2023, and improperly stored samples collected in May 2022, 'rendering samples invalid,' the settlement said. City saw some improvements since 2022 Kuna officials and public-works staff told the Statesman in 2023 that badly needed equipment upgrades, coupled with increased strain caused by population growth, were behind the violations. Winter weather also can play a role, public works director Paul Stevens said then. 'When we do get out (of compliance) like we did, it is high stress in here,' Stevens told the Statesman. 'You could cut the air with a knife. It was really bad. We took it seriously.' In the past decade and a half or so since the plant opened, the city's population has more than doubled, surpassing 31,000 people in 2024, according to the regional planning association. In 2023, the Idaho Conservation League reported just two clean-water violations after the previous year's 16. A Kuna spokesperson told the Statesman in an email Thursday that the city was not aware of DEQ's release and had no comment. Public works staff were unavailable to answer questions regarding any ongoing violations or compliance efforts, the spokesperson said. Public to weigh in Under state law, the proposed settlement is subject to a public comment period before it would be agreed to by Kuna's Mayor Joe Stear and DEQ Director Jess Byrne. Members of the public can submit feedback using an online form, by mailing a letter to DEQ, or by emailing Comments will be accepted through Sept. 12 at 5 p.m. The department is located at 1410 N. Hilton Street in Boise. $120 million youth sports complex could be a game-changer for Boise area Is fast-growing Meridian still job-centric Boise's bedroom? Data show big change Solve the daily Crossword
Zawya
07-08-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Saudi-listed SISCO Holding says affiliate wins contract to build wastewater treatment plant
Sustained Infrastructure Holding Company (SISCO Holding) said that a consortium comprising one of its affiliate companies has won a 53.28 million Saudi riyal ($14.51 million) contract to design and construct a wastewater and industrial water treatment plant in Saudi Arabia. The company owns a 50 percent stake in International Water Distribution Company (Tawzea), it said in a statement to the Saudi stock exchange on Thursday. Tawzea holds a 51 percent stake in the winning consortium. The name of the other company was not given. The project was awarded by the Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON), with the work scope also including a storage and distribution system for treated water intended for industrial irrigation in Waad Al Shamal City for Mining Industries in the Northern Borders province. The consortium has 30 months to complete the project and has signed a 48-month operation and maintenance contract, the statement said. (Editing by Anoop Menon) (
Argaam
07-08-2025
- Business
- Argaam
MODON awards project to consortium including SISCO Holding's Tawzea
Sustained Infrastructure Holding Co. (SISCO Holding) said a consortium including its 50%-owned subsidiary, International Water Distribution Co. (Tawzea), won on Aug. 6 a project from the Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON). In a statement to Tadawul, the company said the project involves the design and construction of a wastewater and industrial water treatment plant, along with a storage and distribution system for treated water intended for industrial irrigation in Waad Al Shamal City for Mining Industries, located in the Northern Borders Province, Saudi Arabia. The consortium consists of two companies, with Tawzea holding a 51% stake in the consortium. In addition, Tawzea owns 39% of the company to implement the project. The project is valued at SAR 53.29 million, inclusive of VAT, and will last seven years—30 months for construction, followed by 48 months of operation, maintenance, and preservation.
