Port Alberni Wastewater Lagoon Upgrades

Summary

This project involved the upgrade of a wastewater lagoon in Port Alberni, BC.
Port Alberni Wastewater Lagoon Upgrades
Status: Completed
Updated: April 16th 2025

Owner: City of Port Alberni

Project Completion: February 2021

The key components of the work include:

  • Demolition of the existing electrical building, existing infrastructure in berms.
  • Ground improvement and piling works for building and pump station platform support.
  • Construction of new screen and treatment buildings, including supply and installation of fine screens/compactors, slides gates, stop logs and emergency bypass.
  • Construction of new berm (including preloading), dividing lagoon in two cells.
  • Site works and tie-ins to the existing pipes, City lagoon, flowmeter chamber, junction chamber, force mains and new screening building.
  • Construction of sewage pumping stations.
  • Supply, fabrication and installation of all process piping, gravity storm & sanitary sewer, precast, water line, and plumbing including valves and appurtenances.
  • Supply, fabrication and installation of heating and ventilation systems.
  • Supply and installation of electrical, instrumentation and controls systems including new transformer, MCC and genset.
  • Construction of access roads.
  • Startup, commissioning and testing.