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Customized Engineering Solutions.OCWA Engineering Services (OCWA ES) offers customized project management services for water and wastewater capital works. OCWA’s strong understanding of municipalities and operations provide solutions that are aligned with client needs.

OUR EXPERTISE:

  Capital project execution including value engineering, equipment pre-selection, and plant commissioning, project management and contract administation

  Energy analysis, walkthroughs, and audits

  Process optimization and modeling

  Aeration system retrofits

  Capital planning and condition assessments (including rate studies and financial plans)

  Linear projects

  Water tower and in-ground concrete reservoirs assessments, rehabilitation, and upgrades

  Lagoon rehabilitation

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Professional Engineering Services to fit your needs.

The Ontario Clean Water Agency has been providing engineering services and operating water and wastewater treatment facilities for decades. Our clients include municipalities, private companies, First Nations, and government and institutional agencies. OCWA’s engineering clients benefit from our in-field knowledge, operational resources, and experience managing significant assets and infrastructure. We cultivate relationships with local experts, connecting our clients to industry innovation.

OCWA holds a Certificate of Authorization from Professional Engineers Ontario.

“OCWA, specifically the Engineering Services and Northeastern Operation Hub, assisted our community during the recent upgrades to our water treatment and distribution system. The engineering, project manage-ment, and operational advice services provided by OCWA throughout the life of the project ensured that the expectations of our community were met in a timely manner and within the approved budget. OCWA’s high standards of care, professionalism, and due diligences are kept with high regards within our community leaders, and members.”

—Andrew Van Oosten, CAO, Clerk, Treasurer Township of Matachewan

CAPITAL PROJECT EXECUTION CAPITAL PLANNING AND CONDITION ASSESSMENTS

ENERGY ANALYSIS, WALKTHROUGHS & AUDITS

LINEAR PROJECTS

PROCESS OPTIMIZATION WATER TOWERS AND RESERVOIRS

AERATION SYSTEM RETROFIT PROJECT LAGOON REHABILITATION

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CAPITAL PROJECT EXECUTIONWe bring in-depth experience to the capital delivery process including project development, decision reviews, tendering, contract administration, and commissioning from both an engineering and operational standpoint. We work closely with our clients and collaborate with other project teams to achieve successful execution. Capital project execution activities include:

• Project management

• Consultant selection

• Equipment pre-selection

• Design peer reviews

• Value engineering

• Contract administration

• Commissioning

• O&M manual preparation

• Exploration of funding opportunities and creation of business cases

• Regular reporting to funding agencies for federal and provincial projects

ENERGY ANALYSIS, WALKTHROUGHS, AND AUDITSEnergy audits of water and wastewater treatment facilities include a desktop review and analysis of various data and processes to identify electrical and demand savings opportunities. Power monitoring meters are placed on major energy consuming processes to track their performance over a production cycle. The following systems typically benefit from monitoring:

• Aeration

• Ventilation

• Low lift and high lift pumps

• Ultraviolet disinfection

• Return/waste activated

• Repair/Rehab/Replacement

• Pumping stations

PROCESS OPTIMIZATION AND MODELINGWith our practical operational experience, we conduct numerous water, wastewater, and biosolids process optimization evaluations and modeling excersises to improve plant performance and reduce operations and maintenance costs. We undertake conceptual design studies and other specialized studies, including capacity and condition assessments. Even minor changes to plant operations can yield huge benefits to clients.

TURN-KEY AERATION SYSTEM RETROFIT PROJECTS We provide turn-key solutions for aeration system retrofit projects. Our engineers assess, analyze and prepare reports that identify long term aeration requirements of a plant. Comprehensive assessments of existing aeration system, provides an operating philosophy, blower sizing, and diffuser grid retrofits to meet the aeration needs of any wastewater treatment plant on a long-term basis.

CAPITAL PLANNING AND CONDITION ASSESSMENTSEvaluating vertical and horizontal water and wastewater infrastructure, we provide comprehensive capital planning identifying long-term financial requirements and assisting with rate setting. This helps municipalities to identify and fund their capital project requirements for subsequent years.

LINEAR PROJECTSOCWA provides guidance and support for projects involving:

• Water loss assessment and reduction

• Inflow and infiltration assessment and reduction

• Maintenance strategies

• Repair/rehabilitation/replacement management

• Inventory of assets – documentation and planning

• Condition assessment and leak detection

• Metering strategies (justification, design, and implementation)

WATER TOWERS AND RESERVOIRSWater towers, elevated tanks, standpipes, and composite water towers are all part of our portfolio of facility services which includes:

• Development of specifications for upgrades or rehabilitation including safety upgrades

• Provision of specialist coating inspection services during coating or recoating work

• Assistance in budgeting for rehabilitation work and in selecting suitable contractors

• Review of inspection reports and the development of recommendations for rehabilitation

• Undertaking contract administration on behalf of facility owners

• Inspection of interior and exterior (dry inspection or ROV)

• Design and installation of mixing systems

• Sediment removal

• Concrete coating and repair

LAGOON REHABILITATION OCWA ES includes professionals who are considered experts in the area of wastewater processes. Lagoon management and rehabilitation involves:

• Odour control measures

• Estimating sludge removal works

• Aeration techniques

• Sludge removal methods

• Development of specifications and tenders for sludge removal

• Lagoon capacity expansion

• Lagoon capacity and condition assessment

• Lagoon effluent improvements

• Sludge management methods

• Measurement of sludge volume-acoustic survey

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