247 - Point Pleasant WTP

Point Pleasant Water Treatment Plant

The Point Pleasant Water Treatment Plant involved the construction of a new filter building that included:

  • New raw water feed channel
  • 3 new rapid mix tanks with mixers
  • 10 new flocculation tanks with mixers
  • Backwash waste conduit
  • Flocculated water conduit
  • 5 new dual media filters, and associated piping
  • 2 new clearwells at 14ML capacity
  • 2 new blowers and associated piping
  • New backwash pump and associated suction and discharge piping
  • New filter-to-waste system and demolition of existing filter-to-waste system
  • New chemical storage facilities for process chemical storage and metering
  • Demolition of the existing process chemical storage and metering equipment
  • Building extension including mechanical room
  • Electrical room
  • New entrance, control room, washroom etc.

Also included were:

  • Modifications to the existing filter building
  • A new storage reservoir
  • High lift pumping station
  • Gas chlorination facility with outdoor emergency scrubber
  • New backwash waste supernatant chamber
  • Substation complete with installation of transformers
  • New electrical distribution
  • Emergency power generator
  • New SCADA telemetry system

Project Owner:

  • Utilities Kingston

Project Consultant:

  • J.L. Richards & Associates

Year of Completion:

2016