Projects

The upgrades to the existing lagoon facility are to accommodate current and future growth of the hamlet. Currently the estimate population, at the time of re-initiation of this project, is 386 people within the Hamlet of Blackfoot. The upgrades to the facility would accommodate a projected growth of 568 people. 

The proposed simplistic design is to upgrade the wastewater treatment process and disposal system. These upgrades include accommodation for future receiving of wastewater and upon completion of treatment cycle the discharge of treated effluent to the Blackfoot Creek. The proposed improvements would create an expansion and creation of a 6,100 m3 facultative cell and the construction of additional 25,000 m3 storage cell. 

The biological process of treating the Hamlet's wastewater will include the existing anaerobic treatment, the addition of facultative process and increasing the capacity of storage. Anaerobic is the treatment microorganisms do to break down waste matter in the absence of oxygen. The sludge that is created at this initial stage contains anaerobic bacteria and other beneficial microbes. These microorganisms digest the organic matter in the wastewater. The next step of facultative is the process of the introduction of oxygen that can introduce algae for the successful performance of the facultative process. the last stage of the treatment process is the storage for a twelve (12) month period to further treat the wastewater.