Anmore Village Wastewater Treatment Registration and Upgrades

Anmore Village Wastewater Treatment Registration and Upgrades

Anmore Countryside Village is located in the Lower Mainland, between the Indian Arm of the Burrard Inlet and the City of Coquitlam with the civic address of 3295 Sunnyside Road, Anmore, BC V3H 4Z4.

Within the past few years, MSR Solutions Inc. (MSRS) provided upgrade recommendations pertinent to Anmore Countryside Village wastewater and disposal systems. The recommendations were included: installation of equalization storage, UV disinfection units (for SPT2), and disposal field improvements. MSRS also assisted in the construction supervision and required inspections during the upgrade projects.

Further to the previous projects, MSRS has been retained by Countryside Village to register the existing wastewater and disposal systems with the BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy (ENV) under the Municipal Wastewater Regulation (MWR).

Anmore Countryside Village consists of 92 lots with different type of dwellings. The available information in the BC Assessment portal (https://www.bcassessment.ca/) was used to identify the type and number of dwellings. In some cases, due to the absence of information in the portal, other resources such as available drawings and aerial photos were used to identify the type of dwellings.

The exiting wastewater treatment system at Anmore Countryside Village comprise two separate treatment and one disposal units SPT1 and SPT2. SPT1 and SPT2 were “Registered” and “Filed” with the BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy (ENV) and Fraser Health Authority (FHA), respectively.

Client: Anmore Village Wastewater Treatment Registration and Upgrades
Location: Anmore, BC
Project Manager: Mike Seymour

Arbutus Mountain Estates – Wastewater Treatment

Arbutus Mountain Estates – Wastewater Treatment

Arbutus Mountain Estates Sewer System services the residential development Estates of Shawnigan Station located south of Shawnigan Lake on Shawnigan Lake Road in Area B. There are 123 customers located in the service area. The Wastewater treatment system is owned and operated by the CVRD under existing Permit PE- 14798. The permit is authorized from a 120-unit modular home park, with maximum discharge of 137 m3/d, discharging Class A effluent to ground, with seasonal phosphorous removal requirements.

The plant upgrades included the addition of a new SLB 848 preliminary screening system to enhance solids and biological removal for treatment improvements. The addition of a new 15,500 gal (40m3) Polyethylene EQ tank located outside to provide a buffer for incoming flows, and allow equalization of peak hour flows. Aeration provided with duplex air compressors from within the building, with a loss of air alarm provided back to the Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). Time dosed duplex pumps will operate on a Time On – Time Off sequence which is adjustable at the main Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) to allow flows to equalize over the 24-hour period.

Client: Performing Equity Shawnigan Limited Partnership C/O Dale Bellavance
Location: Shawnigan Station
Project Manager: Mike Seymour

Lake Errock Wastewater Treatment Plant

Lake Errock Wastewater Treatment Plant

The owner of the gravel pit adjacent to Lake Errock has developed plans to construct residential lots in the area now occupied by the gravel pit. In addition, the Sq’éwlets First Nation (SFN) has had a troublesome history with their sewage treatment plant and has indicated support for connection to a community system. A sewage treatment plant with disposal, potentially owned and operated by the Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) would be a reasonable solution for the gravel pit subdivision, SFN and the community around Lake Errock.

MSR Solutions Inc. has been retained by Aplin & Martin Consultants Ltd. to lead the submission for a Registration under the Municipal Wastewater Regulation (MWR) with the Ministry of Environment (MoE). The Registration will be for the wastewater treatment facilities and the Rapid Infiltration Basins (RIB), on the Fraser Valley Aggregates Ltd. property at or near the Gravel Pit developmental area of the Lake Errock.

The applicant for the registration is anticipated to be the developer, Fraser Valley Aggregates Ltd. (FVAL) on behalf of their development and potentially the Sq’ewlets First Nation, with the system turned over to the Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) later. The system will provide sanitary sewer servicing for the proposed subdivision, Harrison Rise, on the FVAL property and potentially for the neighbouring communities of Sq’éwlets First Nation (SFN). The community surrounding Lake Errock will be considered for future phases or expansion as funding is likely unavailable at this time.

Client: Lake Errock Wastewater Treatment Plant
Location: Lake Errock, BC
Project Manager: Mike Seymour

GIGARHS Water Management Plan

1663 Georgia View Road is a proposed affordable housing development on Galiano Island, BC by the Gulf Islands Galisle Affordable Rental Housing Society (GIGARHS). The preliminary concept for the development consists of 12 residential units ranging from 1 to 3 bedrooms. GIGARHS has retained MSR Solutions Inc. (MSR) to investigate water demand requirements as well as the feasibility of utilizing rainwater to supplement the water system. There is currently no plan to utilize graywater.

A well treatment system with filtration, UV disinfection, and residual chlorination will meet Island Health requirements and ensure well water is safe to consume.

Potable water storage is provided for the development. It will meet the maximum month condition for reasonably assumed flows and can be supported in an application for a construction permit to Island Health. 76 m3 of storage was required to meet fire demand, which can be sourced from rainwater collected from the roofs. Providing a connection from the fire storage to the potable system will add an additional temporary emergency source of water should the well not be able to provide enough for some reason. Proper valving should be in place to ensure usage in emergencies only.

A rainwater collection system will provide a means of additional water source to help assist in irrigation demands. Because there is no requirement to treat rainwater before irrigation it is a very cost-effective means for providing the water needed to irrigate.

Client: Gulf Islands Galisle Affordable Rental Housing Society
Location: Galiano Island, BC
Project Manager: Mike Seymour

Subdivided Strata: Queenswood Wastewater Treatment

Subdivided Strata: Queenswood Wastewater Treatment

MSR Solutions upgraded the wastewater treatment and disposal system in the 2600 block of Queenswood Drive in Saanich. The 0.93-hectare property is now subdivided into two strata lots: Strata Lot A and B.

Strata Lot A covers 0.34 hectares of the divided property and has a five-bedroom house under construction. The house will require a wastewater treatment and disposal system.

Strata Lot B now has a four-bedroom house with a wastewater treatment and disposal system.

Registered Onsite Wastewater Practitioner (ROWP) Noel Nielson retained MSR Solutions Inc. (MSRS) on behalf of the developer Mark Williams. MSRS assisted with the Queenswood review and design of a wastewater treatment and disposal system. This was in compliance with the applicable regulatory requirements of the Island Health Authority (VIHA).

The BC Sewerage System Regulation (SSR) under the Public Health Act applies to the construction and maintenance of sewerage systems with a combined design daily domestic sewage flow of less than 22,700 L/day (5,000imp gal/day). The Queenswood Drive construction is complete and a Letter of Certification submitted to Island Health on March 29, 2021.

History of Queenswood and Cadboro Bay

Queenswood is a street, as well as a neighbourhood in Cadboro Bay in Saanich

Cadboro Bay was the site of Sungayka, a village of the Songhees Nation for some 8,000 years. Official relocated them to T Victoria’s Inner Harbour in the mid 1800s. The land between Gyro Park and Telegraph Bay is included in a Douglas Treaty. Cadboro Bay takes its name from Hudson’s Bay Company schooner to enter the bay, the Cabdoro.

Cadboro Bay also gives its name to the neighbourhood situated between the bay and the University of Victoria. The area is bounded by the Uplands to the south, Ten Mile Point to the east, and Queenswood to the north. At the heart of the neighbourhood is the local centre, Cadboro Bay Village.

See our wastewater treatment service page for more information.

The Root, Beddis Road, Salt Spring

The Root, Beddis Road, Salt Spring

MSR came in to create an onsite wastewater treatment and disposal system for a new project. The Root facilities are at 189 Beddis Road on Salt Spring Island.

A commercial kitchen and living residence will provide an estimated Daily Design Flow of 2560 L/d. The proposed treatment system consisted of extended primary treatment and secondary treatment with a package aerobic treatment system. This was followed by a tertiary treatment within a sub-surface engineered wetland. Moisture tolerant plants will cover the wetland disposal system which contains peat.

189 Beddis Road is a 0.6 ha (1.5 acre) property located on Salt Spring Island. The property contains two primary buildings. One for food storage with a commercial kitchen for processing local produce. the other is a two-bedroom caretaker apartment.

Construction completed March 20, 2021.

The Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust is raising funds to build, The Root – Centre for Food Security, at 189 Beddis Road.

“The Root is a local food facility that will include a licensed teaching and processing kitchen, and temperature-controlled storage for local food, and the Seed Bank.

This means more local food will be available all year round. The certified Food Safe kitchen will be available to farmers and food processors as well as individuals and community organizations. Training programs such as chef certification, youth programs on agriculture, as well as food preparation and preservation education for the whole community will be provided at The Root.”

For more information on water treatment systems, visit our wastewater treatment page.