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Sources of Supply and Watershed Areas
| Pockwock Lake |
5 661 ha |
| Safe Yield |
145 500 m3/day |
| Lake Major |
6 944 ha |
| Safe Yield |
65 900 m3/day |
| Chain Lake |
206 ha |
| Safe Yield |
4 500 m3/day |
| Lake Lamont/Topsail |
346 ha |
| Safe Yield |
4 500 m3/day |
| Bennery Lake |
644 ha |
| Safe Yield |
2 300 m3/day |
J. Douglas Kline Water Supply Plant
| Source - Pockwock Lake |
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Treatment Process:
Dual media direct filtration;
iron & manganese removal |
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| 8 filters |
143 m2/each |
| Max. flow rate |
0.137 m3/m2/min |
| Design capacity |
227 000 m3/day |
| Average production |
91 872 m3/day |
Lake Major Water Supply Plant
| Source - Lake Major |
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Treatment Process:
Upflow clarification & trimedia
filtration; iron and mangese
removal |
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| 4 filters |
85 m2/each |
| Max. flow rate |
0.192 m3/m2/min |
| Design capacity |
94 000 m3/day |
| Average production |
43 742 m3/day |
Airport/Aerotech Water Supply Plant
| Source - Bennery Lake |
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Treatment Process:
Manganese removal, sedimentation,
dual media filtration |
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| 2 filters |
26.65 m2/each |
| Max. flow rate |
0.10 m3/m2/min |
| Design capacity |
7 950 m3/day |
| Average production |
3400 m3/day |
Small Systems
| Collins Park |
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| Source - Lake Fletcher |
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Treatment Process:
Membrane Filtration, Disinfection
(Ultraviolet & Sodium Hypochlorite) |
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| Average production |
64 m3/day |
| Middle Musquodoboit |
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| Source - Musquodoboit River |
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Treatment Process:
Membrane Filtration, Disinfection
(Ultraviolet & Sodium Hypochlorite)
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| Average Production |
61 m3/day |
| Five Island Lake |
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| Source - 1 well |
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Treatment Process:
Ultraviolet disinfection |
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| Average Production |
8 m3/day |
| Silver Sands |
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| Source - 2 wells |
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Treatment Process:
Green sand pressure filters;
iron and manganese removal |
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| Average production |
27 m3/day |
| Miller Lake |
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| Source - 3 wells |
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Process:
Arsenic removal with G2 Media |
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| Average Production |
24 m3/day |
Storage Reservoirs (Elevation Above Sea Level)
| Lake Major |
(60 m) |
9 092 m3 |
| Pockwock |
(170 m) |
13 600 m3 |
| Geizer 158 |
(158 m) |
36 400 |
| Geizer 123 |
(123 m) |
31 800 m3 |
| Cowie |
(113 m) |
11 400 m3 |
| Robie |
(82 m) |
15 900 m3 |
| Lakeside/Timberlea |
(119 m) |
5 455 m3 |
| Mount Edward 1 |
(119 m) |
22 728m3 |
| Mount Edward 2 |
(119 m) |
22 728 m3 |
| Akerley Blvd. |
(119 m) |
37 727 m3 |
| North Preston |
(125 m) |
1 659 m3 |
| Meadowbrook |
( 95 m) |
9 091 m3 |
| Sampson |
(123 m) |
12 273 m3 |
| Stokil |
(123 m) |
23 636 m3 |
| Waverley |
(86 m) |
1 364 m3) |
| Middle Musquodoboit |
(81 m) |
275 m3 |
| Aerotech |
(174 m) |
4 085 m3 |
| Beaver Bank |
(156 m) |
6 937 m3 |
| Total Storage Capacity |
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266 150 m3 |
Transmission and Distribution System
Size of mains
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50 mm - 1500 mm |
| Total water mains |
1 307 km |
| Main valves |
13 027 |
| Fire Hydrants |
7 673 |
| Distribution Pumping Stations |
20 |
| Pressure Control/Flow Meter Chambers |
107 |
Services and Meters
Sprinkler services (25 mm - 300 mm) |
1 911 |
| Supply services (10 mm - 400 mm) |
82 963 |
| Meters (15 mm - 250 mm) |
79 082 |
| Wastewater Services |
76 133 |
Population Served
Halifax Regional Municipality
(including transients) 340,000
Consumption per capita 335 litres/day
ha - hectare
m - metre
m2 - square metre
m3 - cubic metre
mm - millimetre
km - kilometre
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