AECOM has been selected to provide design and engineering services for the Peel Region’s Clarkson Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF) expansion project.

Dallas-based AECOM is expected to complete the work for the regional municipality through the company’s Canadian subsidiary. AECOM has offices and operations across Canada.

The WRRF expansion will provide increased capacity and flexibility to support the growing population of the region located within the Greater Toronto Area, said AECOM. Peel Region includes the cities of Mississauga, Ont., and Brampton, Ont., along with the town of Caledon, Ont.

The facility’s capacity is slated to increase to 500 million litres per day. This is the plant’s third major expansion. AECOM also served as the original designers of the Phase I and Phase II expansions.

“Having successfully designed prior expansions to this major facility, our teams possess a unique technical understanding of the project and a deep familiarity with the region’s objectives as it seeks to meet the needs of a growing population,” said Richard Barrett, CEO of AECOM’s Canadian business, in a news release.

In addition to the expansion, Phase III will include a new standby power centre to protect the critical infrastructure of the plant and help maintain treatment during main power outages.

The design will also feature solutions that support enhanced biological phosphorus removal to reduce chemical use and measures to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and improve energy efficiency.

“These initiatives will support Peel Region’s energy policy, which aims to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions at their WRRFs by 2050,” said AECOM.

AECOM is also in the process of delivering the Peel Region’s Clarkson cogeneration facility expansion , which utilizes waste methane produced in the water-treatment process to create green electricity. The company is also completing multiple projects for the region’s supporting drinking-water treatment at the Arthur P. Kennedy and Lorne Park water treatment plants.

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