Shaping the Environment of the Future

Long Term Care

LEED Wastewater Treatment Facility

 
 

The long term care facility was constructed in 2009 in Corner Brook, on the west coast of Newfoundland. It is a Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design(LEED) Certified project. The Abydoz Engineered Wetland treatment system is used to treat all the sewage generated at the facility and was instrumental in acquiring LEED points for the overall project

Design

Population: 400 staff and patients + 90 students and visitors per day

Average Flow: 73 m3/day

Wetland Treatment Area: 2,750 m2

Average Effluent Results

CBOD: 10 mg/L

TSS: 10 mg/L

Process

The wetland system is comprised of two horizontal flow wetland beds designed to provide treatment in parallel or in series. The first bed is a bilateral horizontal bed, such that its inlet is in the center of the bed and flow moves outward to both sides, bilaterally.

In regular operations both beds will operate in parallel mode. The system can also operate in series-mode to increase levels of treatment.