Walkerton - Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation Pilot Testing Services

In 2019, the Walkerton Clean Water Centre (WCWC) completed a project with Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation. The community is located on Georgian Bay and requires a new water treatment plant and distribution system to resolve the drinking water advisory that started in January 2019. Using the community’s source water, coagulation and granular activated carbon filtration were tested to see if they were necessary additions to ultrafiltration. WCWC conducted simulated distribution system tests which indicated the disinfection by-products would remain  low despite the anticipated detention times. The engineering consultant will use these results to design the system upgrades.