{"id":8947,"date":"2026-08-12T16:01:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T16:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.xactlydesign.com\/asco\/?post_type=project&#038;p=8947"},"modified":"2026-09-29T15:16:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:16:03","slug":"magnetawan-first-nation-water-wastewater-system-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/stage.xactlydesign.com\/asco\/project\/magnetawan-first-nation-water-wastewater-system-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnetawan First Nation Water &amp; Wastewater System Upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ASCO was selected by Magnetawan First Nation to execute the Water &amp; Wastewater System Upgrades Project for the community. The $40 million project is overseen and funded by Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), a federal agency, and designed and administered by Neegan Burnside Ltd, a subsidiary of RJ Burnside Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The water system upgrades comprise of a new treatment plant, potable water standpipe, raw water intake pipe &amp; screen, and 300 m of watermain for connection into the existing system. The Water Treatment Plant is a 550m2 concrete and masonry building with a post-disaster classification. The treatment process can produce approximately 450,000 L\/day and utilizes membrane based Ultra and Nano Filtration Packaged Systems by Veolia for removals and Trojan UV lights for disinfection. The wastewater system upgrades comprise of a pre-packaged Membrane Bio-Reactor system by Newterra complete with pumps, panels, tanks, blowers, compactors and filters. A new prefabricated Sewage Pump Station by Xylem diverts flow from the existing sewage network to the new wastewater plant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are 4 main challenges on this project: a) integrating many pre-selected equipment packages with long-lead times and complex review requirements, b) safe rock blasting around existing structures and excess rock removal due to unforeseen rock seams, c) the site location is within a UNESCO protected biosphere reserve and stringent environmental protection measures are required, and d) very limited space on-site requires intense co-ordination between trades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8951,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_project-category":0},"project-category":[59],"class_list":["post-8947","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project-category-water-treatment-infrastructure"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.xactlydesign.com\/asco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/8947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.xactlydesign.com\/asco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.xactlydesign.com\/asco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.xactlydesign.com\/asco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.xactlydesign.com\/asco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.xactlydesign.com\/asco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project-category?post=8947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}