Ozone Application for Arsenic and Manganese Treatment at the City of White Rock,BC, Canada

The City of White Rock purchased the water utility on October 30, 2015, from EPCOR Utilities Inc. The City of White Rock‘s water utility provides safe and clean drinking water to its residents. The drinking water is obtained from the Sunnyside Uplands Aquifer. To ensure water supplied is of the highest quality, the City collaborated with the RES‘EAU-WaterNET, to conduct research to evaluate and identify technologies that are capable of providing a significant reduction of arsenic and manganese, to improve water quality. The City submitted a grant application to the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund (CWWF) for the construction of a water treatment plant to reduce arsenic and manganese in drinking water. The Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia provided funding from the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund (CWWF) to the City of White Rock for the “Arsenic and Manganese Water Treatment Project. The City awarded a contract for the Design Build for a Water Treatment Plant to provide a major reduction in arsenic and manganese in drinking water. The Design Build project utilized the scientific findings from the research conducted. The construction of the plant started in March 2018, and the project is expected to be completed by March 2019.