Water and Sewer Treatment

The City of Dawson Creek's Water and Environmental Department provides high quality drinking water treatment and wastewater management. Our water treatment plant operators are responsible for drinking water, distribution, and wastewater management. They also operate the Reclamation Facility and the Truck Waste Facility.

Water supply system

The City takes water from the Kiskatinaw River at Arras. Untreated water travels 16 km through a series of five reservoirs before entering the water plant. We call the reservoirs dams. These dams hold enough water for about 200 days of City water use.

Water treatment

The City's Level 4 Treatment Plant requires highly trained Water Treatment Plant Operators, accountable operations, and continual water quality monitoring. The plant can clean up to 14,500 m3/day.

Water reclamation plant

The Reclaimed Water Project began in 2010 with a partnership between Shell Canada and the City of Dawson Creek.

The reclaimed water facility takes wastewater from the City's lagoons. Then it cleans the water using Submerged Attached Growth Reactors (SAGR) built beside the lagoon system. We complete further polishing and disinfection through coagulation and disc filtration. The treated water is stored in a well below the building.

Approved reclaimed water uses
City of Dawson Creek Uses	Oil and Gas Sector Uses
Irrigation within the City boundary, including: City owned properties the rodeo ground the Dawson Creek Golf and Country Club	The development of hydrocarbon-producing wells including: drilling completion operation
Street cleaning, sanitary and storm system pipeline and manhole flushing and vehicle washing	Equipment washing on well sites, hydrocarbon treatment and processing sites and pipeline right of ways.
Fire Fighting
Construction (soil compaction)
Dust Control
	Hydrostatic testing of pipelines and facility piping
	Irrigation for land reclamation activities

Wastewater & Waste facilities

The City of Dawson Creek's Wastewater Treatment System treats an average of 5,500 m3/day. To assist with moving water through the system, the City has several lift stations and over 80 km of sanitary sewer collection piping. The sanitary sewer system has approximately 3,600 residential and 600 industrial connections.

Sewer backup

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Truck waste facility

The City operates a truck waste facility where commercial businesses can dispose of domestic wastewater. This facility has an oil and grit separator, hydrocarbon detection system, and H₂S monitor.

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RV Sani-dump

We provide an RV sani-dump for use free of charge at 212 115 Avenue. From May to October of each year, the City provides a freshwater tap at each station. Due to freezing temperatures, we shut the freshwater supply off during the colder months. Residents are still welcome to use the sani-dump once the water has been turned off. We recommend bringing:

A freshwater hose
A blackwater hose
A greywater hose
Rubber gloves