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An Integrated, Collaborative, Sustainable

GREEN RESOURCES COMMUNITY

January 2013 Update

One Year Later

• Waste-to-Resource Community to Green Resources Community

• Enabled through collaboration and collective thinking

• 3 Phases of Waste-to-Resource have meshed – some aspects in phases have accelerated

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• Phase 1 Regulatory Approval – 10 T/d Solid Waste, 4000 L/d Waste Cooking Oil

• Bio Diesel plant onsite at landfill

• Gasifier/Generator- 80-90% of equipment required is sourced or procured by vendor

• Green House- Awarded in Fall

• Startup Spring 2013

Waste-to-Resource Update

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Waste-to-Resource Economics

Waste-to-Resource RelativityApril 2011 Bloomberg Article:

• Waste Management Inc. landfilled 92 million tons of trash in 2011

• This tonnage was worth $12.3 billion to landfill it.• This same tonnage is worth $40 billion if converted to energy• “We don’t think the future, long term, is going to be continuing to

put everything in the landfill. Its going to be recovering more value from this material. The customers will demand it, the struggle for resources will demand it, and quite honestly, economically, it’s the thing we should be doing.” Carl Rush, Sr. VP, Waste Management Inc.

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New Eco-industrial Park •~120 ha of land•Capture value in region•Educational Center•Initiating Development Plan

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Old Landfill Closure• First Aerobic Landfill in Canada• Grant from CCEMC/Minister of Environment• Largest Landfill Carbon Offset Program in The

World • Potentially largest carbon offset program in

Canada to-date• Once complete, mine and process in Waste-to-

Resource and re-develop land (~ 50 ha)

Emergent Ecosystem

Collaborative Ecosystem

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Collaborative Ecosystem

Environmental Benefits

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Collaborative Ecosystem

Social Benefits

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• District Energy planned in Phase IB and subsequent phases of Parson’s Creek

• Finalizing funding contributions for phase 1B with other potential partners to facilitate 2013 design

• District energy planned as part of City Center Action Plan, Southlands and Saline Creek

District Energy

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• New water source is required for Fort McKay

• Low grade waste heat supply to District Energy

• Potable water/Non-Potable water/ sewage services for industry

• Non-bitumen / Non-synthetic oil commodities movement

Conceptual Northern Utility Corridor

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Conceptual Southern Utility Corridor

• Joint design underway on south wastewater treatment plant and southern SAGD project to utilize a portion of treated effluent produced via pipeline.

• Balance of treated effluent available from both North and South WWTPs for reuse and purple water systems

• AB ENV Water Sourcing Net Environmental Effects analysis – best solution with integration

Municipal Corporation• Regional Council approved formation of

Municipal Corporation on June 26th.• Application for approval submitted to Province• Enables responsiveness and flexibility to

oilsands’ and commercial devlopers’ project needs and timelines for integration

New Environmental Services Infrastructure

Supports municipal growth and integration• Fort McMurray WWTP – 2010• Fort McMurray WTP expansion – 2013• Anzac Truck Fill – 2012 (end)• Anzac WWTP – 2013 (end)• Conklin WTP – 2013 (spring)• Conklin WWTP – 2014 (fast track)

Questions?

• Contact:Kevin Scoble, Director

Environmental Services

Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo

(780) 788-1456, ext 5896

kevin.scoble@woodbuffalo.ab.ca