New Unity waste water system first of its kind on Canada
A new automated waste water system — the first of its kind in Canada — is being installed in a small Saskatchewan town. The system is so good, that once the water is treated, the discharge will be able to be released into fishable lakes.
The town of Unity was told by the province that its current waste water system could only support the current population of 2,500 people. In an effort to expand, the town researched different options and came across an Arizona-based company, Soneera Water, which uses an Australian-developed system new to Canada.
According to Collin Field, director of public works and infrastructure with the Town of Unity, in a way it is a first for North America.
“This is the first one of its kind for treating domestic waste water in the west,” Field said. “The ones they installed in Australia and the couple they’ve trialed in the U.S. were predominately for industrial waste water. The system they’ve develop defies all common thinking practices in terms of waste water treatment.”