The Region of Peel has embarked on a major investment in its drinking water infrastructure to
respond to increasingly stringent regulations and increasing water demands, the latter as a result
of increased growth and an agreement to supply water to an adjacent municipality, York Region.
The Lakeview Water Treatment Plant (WTP), currently rated at 560 ML/d, will be expanded to
820 ML/d by 2006 and treats surface water from Lake Ontario. Water quality challenges of the
source water include enhanced pathogenic risk due to the intake's proximity to a wastewater
treatment plant, periodic taste and odor episodes, intermittent elevated turbidity events of short
duration, fluctuations in water quality not normally experienced on Lake Ontario, and long
residence times as the water travels from the Lakeview WTP to York Region. In general, the
source water can be described as a low turbidity, low color, and moderate alkalinity water,
laden with low to moderate levels of organic carbon.
Expanding the Lakeview WTP created an opportunity for the Region to re-visit the treatment
objectives at its surface water facilities, and a commitment was made to enhance treatment to
meet and exceed the requirements of the Ontario Drinking Water Standards. Includes tables, figures.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| File Size : | 1
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| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 14 |
| Published : | 11/15/2004 |
