Centre for Alternative Wastewater Treatment

16 Appendix 2: Wastewater treatment facilities and licensing data per community⁸

	Grise Fiord	Resolute Bay	Chesterfield Inlet	Whale Cove	Kimmirut	Qikiqtarjuaq	Hall Beach
Latitude	76°25'0"N	74°41'44"N	63°20'20"N	62°10'14"N	62°50'48"N	67°33'16"N	68°47'25"N
Longitude	82°53'44"W	94°49'45"W	90°42'5"W	92°34'40"W	69°52'18"W	64°1'41"W	81°14'14"W
Population in 2006	141	229	332	353	411	473	654
Wastewater License #	NWB3GRI0308	Unlicensed (Hamlet has applied for license with GN, date unknown)	NWB3CHE0308	NWB3WHA0207	NWB3KIM0207	3BM-QIK0712	NWB3HAL0308
License type	B	B	B	B	B	B	B
Effective date of license	Nov. 15, 2003 (previously unlicensed by NWB)	N/A	Dec. 15, 2003	Sept. 1, 2002 (landfarm license Sept. 27, 2007)	01-Sep-02	May 9, 2007 (amendment Sept. 27, 2007 for solid waste upgrades; previous license expired Dec. 31, 2006)	23-Apr-03
Expiry date of license	Nov. 15, 2008	N/A	Dec. 31, 2008	Expired Aug. 31, 2007 (landfarm license Sept. 30, 2012)	Expired August 31, 2007 (license renewal filed in 2007; in review)	May 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2008
Water source	Glacier run-off	No Name Lake (Char Lake in 2002)	First Lake	Fish Lake	Fundo Lake	Tulugak river/reservoir	Water reservoir/ Sapo Lake
Annual quantity of water use licensed	6200 m^3	N/A	20,000 m^3	30,000 m^3	30,000 m^3	37,500 m^3	35,000 m^3
Annual quantity water used	5,658 m^3(projected 2003), 5,924 m^3 (projected 2008)	For utilidor system: 13,140 m^3 (2002); for trucked system, 1,326 m^3 (2002); 2007 projected is 15,474 m^3	11,379 m^3(2003), 17,248 m^3 (projected 2008)		17,515 m^3	20,678 m^3(2006), 32,000 m^3 (2004), 26,915 m^3 (projected 2013)
Sewage collection	Trucked	Utilidor system (shallow-buried pipe system, electrically heat-traced piping, owned by GN), Approx. 40 ppl serviced by truck and airport serviced by truck	Trucked	Trucked	Trucked	Trucked	Trucked
Annual quantity of wastewater	5,658 m^3 projected 2003; 5924 m^3projected 2008	For utilidor system: 13,140 m^3 (2002); for trucked system, 1,326 m^3 (2002); 2007 projected is 15,474 m^3			17,515 m^3	19,024 m^3
Treatment system	Single-cell engineered annual decant lagoon; overland (wetlands) to ocean	Basic macerator, piped discharge to ocean for utilidor system; domestic trucked waste put in solid waste area and covered with lime and gravel; sewage from airport put in holding tank	Natural depression (holding cell), exfiltrates into natural wetland area	Facultative lagoon and treatment wetland	Small retention pond and treatment wetland. (Access road being redesigned for lagoon built in 2001 that has never been used due to road safety issues)	Facultative lagoon and treatment wetland	Engineered primary lagoon (constructed 1998, has been incorporated into new lagoon system) and wetlands. (Old two-cell system decommissioning began 2005)
Number of cells	One	N/A	One (holding cell)	One	One	Two (one cell is old lagoon, second cell is new lagoon)	One
Discharge type	Discontinuous	Continuous via outfall pipe directly into ocean at high tide water edge	Continuous	Continuous	Continuous	Annual discharge June to Oct via designed flow control structure (exfiltration berm and perforated drainage pipe)	Continuous
Lagoon retention time	Not confirmed	N/A	Very limited	Not confirmed	None/very limited	Not confirmed	Not confirmed
Lagoon capacity and dimensions	5000 m^3	N/A		15,000 m^3		38,850 m^3 total capacity (old lagoon cell 10,558 m^3 capacity)	2649 m^2 area (when build 1998); recently expanded, final dimension unknown
Location relative to community	1.4 km W		3.1 km W	0.7 km SW		2.3 km	1.0 km N
Wetland area and flow path	Not confirmed	N/A	165,000 m^2 area; 900 m flow path	700 m flow path	100 m	22 ha; 1 km flow path
Receiving body	Ocean	Resolute Bay for utilidor system; Meretta and Resolute Lake system for Airport	Hudson Bay	Hudson Bay	Ocean	Davis Strait	Foxe Basin
Industrial input	None known	None known	None known	None known	None known	None known	None known
Freeboard requirements	1.0 m		1 m	1 m	1.0 m	1.0 m	1.0 m
Geotechnical inspection requirements	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Annual inspection to be carried out in July by an engineer	Not specified
Maximum effluent fecal coliforms	1 x 10^6 CFU/dl		1x10^4 CFU/dl	1x10^6 CFU/dl	1 x 10^6 CFU/dl	1 x 10^4 CFU/100 mL at QIK-6 until wetland is commissioned; 1 x 10^2 CFU/100 mL at QIK-12 after wetland is commissioned	1 x 10^6CFU/dl
Maximum effluent BOD5	120 mg/L		80 mg/L	120 mg/L	120 mg/L	120 mg/L at QIK-6 until wetland is commissioned; 45 mg/L at QIK-12 after wetland is commissioned	120 mg/L
Maximum effluent total suspended solids	180 mg/L		100 mg/L	180 mg/L	180 mg/L	180 mg/L at QIK-6 until wetland is commissioned; 45 mg/L at QIK-12 after wetland is commissioned	180 mg/L
Maximum effluent pH	Between 6 and 9		Between 6 and 9	Between 6 and 9	Between 6 and 9	Between 6 and 9	Between 6 and 9
Oil and grease requirement	No visible sheen		No visible sheen	No visible sheen	No visible sheen	No visible sheen	No visible sheen
Acute toxicity requirement	No requirements		No requirements	No requirements	No requirements	No toxicity to rainbow trout or daphnia	No requirements
Raw sewage volume monitoring stations	GRI-3, raw sewage at truck offload point		CHE-3, raw sewage at truck offload point	Not specified	Not specified	QIK-3; raw sewage from pump-out truck	HAL-3, raw sewage at discharge point
Effluent quality monitoring stations	GRI-4, final discharge point of the sewage disposal facilities		CHE-4, final discharge point	WHA-3, final discharge point	KIM-3, effluent discharge from the sewage disposal facilities	QIK-6, discharge from the sewage disposal facilities at the controlled point of release following treatment; QIK-7, current sewage disposal facilities effluent 5 m prior to entering ocean; QIK-12, the final discharge point of the wetland treatment area	HAL-4, effluent discharge from the sewage disposal facilities
Additional monitoring stations						QIK-4, run-off below the abandoned sewage disposal area prior to discharge to ocean; QIK-5, ocean water 5 m from point where effluent enters (abandoned site); QIK-9, QIK-10, and QIK-11, unnamed streams located between the sewage facilities and the solid waste disposal facilities
Volume monitoring requirements	GRI-3, monthly and annual volumes of raw sewage; annual quantity of sewage solids		CHE-3, monthly and annual measurement	Monthly and annual quantity of raw sewage	Monthly and annual volumes of raw sewage; annual volumes of sewage solids	QIK-3, monthly and annual volumes of raw sewage	HAL-3, monthly and annual volumes of raw sewage; annual volume of sewage solids
Effluent quality monitoring frequency	GRI-4, monthly May to August inclusive for BOD, FC, pH,		CHE-4, monthly May to Aug inclusive	WHA-3, monthly May to Aug inclusive	KIM-3, monthly May to August inclusive	QIK-6, QIK-7, QIK-12, once at the beginning, middle and near the end of discharge	HAL-4, monthly May to August inclusive
Effluent quality monitoring parameters	BOD, TSS, pH, FC, NO3-NO2, conductivity, NH3-N, oil and grease (visible), sulphate, potassium, calcium, total phenols, sodium, magnesium, total arsenic, total copper, total iron, total mercury, total zinc, total chromium, total cadmium, total lead, total nickel		BOD, TSS, pH, FC, NO3-NO2, conductivity, NH3-N, oil and grease (visible), sulphate, potassium, calcium, total phenols, sodium, magnesium, total arsenic, total copper, total iron, total mercury, total zinc, total chromium, total cadmium, total lead, total nickel	BOD, TSS, pH, FC, NO3-NO2, conductivity, NH3-N, oil and grease (visible), sulphate, potassium, calcium, total phenols, sodium, magnesium, total arsenic, total copper, total iron, total mercury, total zinc, total chromium, total cadmium, total lead, total nickel	BOD, TSS, pH, FC, NO3-NO2, conductivity, NH3-N, oil and grease (visible), sulphate, potassium, calcium, total phenols, sodium, magnesium, total arsenic, total copper, total iron, total mercury, total zinc, total chromium, total cadmium, total lead, total nickel	BOD, TSS, pH, FC, NO3-NO2, conductivity, NH3-N, oil and grease (visible), sulphate, potassium, calcium, total phenols, sodium, magnesium, total arsenic, total copper, total iron, total mercury, total zinc, total chromium, total cadmium, total lead, total nickel, chloride, total organic carbon, total cobalt, total hardness, total aluminium, total alkalinity, total manganese	BOD, TSS, pH, FC, NO3-NO2, conductivity, NH3-N, oil and grease (visible), sulphate, potassium, calcium, total phenols, sodium, magnesium, total arsenic, total copper, total iron, total mercury, total zinc, total chromium, total cadmium, total lead, total nickel
Toxicity monitoring (Rainbow Trout and Daphnia magna)	Not specified		Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	QIK-6 or QIK-12 (as determined to be the final discharge point), once annually midway through discharge	Not specified
Ground temperature	Not specified		Not specified	Not specified	Not specified	Thermistors within each berm structure and foundation; frequency of readings as necessary to allow for thermal modeling of the berms	Not specified
Location of parameter analysis	CAEAL or other approved by Analyst		CAEAL or other approved by Analyst	CAEAL or other approved by Analyst	CAEAL or other approved by Analyst	CAEAL or other approved by Analyst	CAEAL or other approved by Analyst
Reporting requirements	Annual report; inform inspector 10 days before decant		Annual report; inform inspector 10 days before decant	Annual report; inform inspector 10 days before decant	Annual report; inform inspector 10 days before decant	Annual report; advise inspector 10 days before decant	Annual report; inform inspector 10 days before decant