You may have noticed the smell of the lagoon in town. This is due to the warming and cooling of the spring temperatures. The upgrades that our funding will include will greatly improve this issue. The new cells will be located East of the current lagoon.

The Lagoon project will include design and construction of the following:

• Construction of two new aerated cells at the front end of the treatment process

• Installation of aeration header/laterals in the two new cells

• Construction of a second blower building for the expanded aeration system

• Replacement of the effluent pumping station

• Upgrades to the existing facultative aerated cells which consist of raising the perimeter berms by 0.9m and desludging the existing lagoon cells

• Replacement of 1800 metres of force main from the existing Rosedale Sewage Pumping Station to the lagoon.

• Replacement of gravity sewer trunk main to lagoon (Railway Avenue to the lagoon).

The funding that has been approved is split the following:

Sources of Funding Total
Government of Canada – PTIC-NRP $1,666,667
Province of Saskatchewan $1,666,667
Town of Kindersley $2,460,246
TOTALS $5,793,580

Our municipal component is larger due to some costs not being eligible under the funding program. These include costs acquired to have the project “shovel ready” for funding submission (as required), for example engineering costs to date for initial design, effluent sampling and studies, etc. All costs going forward are now eligible for funding.

For more details and updates on the project, head to: https://kindersley.ca/ourcommunity/majorprojects/lagoonexpansion