- Cleaning the inside of iron watermains and coating them in thin layers of cement.
- This improves water quality and quantity.
Programs and Initiatives
It takes a lot of work to keep our water systems running. That's why we designed different programs to improve water quality and make our watermains and systems last longer.
Water and wastewater programs include:
Cement mortar lining of watermains
Structural lining of watermains
- Cleaning the inside of iron watermains and inserting structural liners.
- This restores the watermain and improves water quality and quantity.
- Installing sacrificial anodes on watermains.
- This reduces watermain corrosion and makes it last longer.
- Cleaning the inside of a watermain using foam swabs.
- This improves water quality and maintains chlorine levels in the supply system.
- Checking the watermain for leaks using specialized equipment.
- This reduces water loss and potential property damage from leaks.
- Cleaning and inserting a structural liner in the connection from the building to the sewer.
- This program is ongoing throughout the Region's sewer collection system.
- Monitoring the inside of sewers using video cameras.
- This detects problems within our collection system.
- This program is ongoing throughout our sewer collection system.
- Cleaning sewers with high pressure water.
- This removes build-up from inside of the sewer collection system.
- This program is ongoing throughout the Region's sewer collection system.
- Cleaning and fixing the inside of the sewer collection system.
- This program is ongoing throughout the Region's sewer collection system.
- Replacing lead service connections.
- This program is ongoing throughout the Region's drinking water system.
- Finding possible cross-connections in the drinking water system.
- Installing backflow preventers to protect drinking water.