The City of Lloydminster is moving ahead with upgrades to its water treatment plant.
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Lloydminster city council approved a pair of motions, the first committing an additional $385,000 from the water and wastewater capital reserve to the project.
Council also approved awarding the water treatment plant’s clarifier rehabilitation to Maple Reinders Constructors Ltd. for $2.3 million.
A water clarifier separates solids from water. The current unit is the plant’s original.
“The water treatment plant clarifier was commissioned in 1984 and it is the only clarifier that we have,” said Jamie Hopko, manager of water treatment. “It’s a critical process unit responsible for removing solids and impurities from raw water.”
Although repairs and upgrades were completed in 2001 and 2006, the primary components of the clarifier remain original. A 2024 condition assessment identified the need for significant rehabilitation.
“The clarifier has been original and it actually has not been able to be taken out of service due to part of its process,” Hopko said. “We invested a significant amount of money through UV or ultraviolet disinfection, so that has enabled us now to allow us to do the retro and the rehabilitation to the clarifier.”
Hopko also commented on the higher cost of the project.
“We did have Stantec do a little evaluation of this and they said, ‘the variance is driven by higher pricing across major scope components, particularly in process mechanical work, concrete rehabilitation and provisional recoating items,’” he said, noting the Stantec report was done in 2025.
Construction is expected to take place over the winter.
“The construction window of this is going to be happening Oct. 15 to April 15; that’s when the water is the cleanest,” Hopko said.
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