Res’Eau

September 2020 Powerpoint Presentation

https://gillies-bay.ca/2020-08_gbid-reseau-pilot-update-1-2/

Jaycee Wright from Res Eau shares with us a brief overview of the project.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NJ5Ad9B5QjmEbMS9IDYOUO2NxfjNQt2U/view?usp=sharing

The Gillies Bay Improvement District is pleased to welcome to our community, the Res’Eau Centre for Mobilizing Innovation team, from the University of British columbia. The Gillies Bay Improvement District entered into a collaborative partnership agreement with Res’Eau in early March to conduct a water treatment study of Cranby Lake.  A community presentation was scheduled for March 28^th, but due to the Covid -19 situation that meeting was postponed. As the data collection is time sensitive the mobile treatment plant was brought over and set up so that testing could begin in mid May. The team will be testing several prospective solutions simultaneously in its Mobile Water Treatment Plant. Once the testing has been completed and the results are compiled, the Community will be involved in the next steps.

Pilot Investigation of Drinking Water Improvement Options for GBID

Progress Memo

This initiative is conducted as part of the collaboration agreement between GBID and RESEAU Center for Mobilizing Innovating (RESEAU).  RESEAU is hosted at UBC, primarily funded by the Government of Canada’s Networks of Centres of Excellence, and growing participation and investment of like-minded public and private organizations, and communities.

The main objectives are identifying solutions that meet GBID’s strategic requirements in terms of i) the ability to remove natural organic matter, colour and turbidity, ii) effective disinfection, iii) budgetary considerations, and iv) long-term sustainability. These objectives will be achieved through a series of activities span over 24 months. The pilot investigations will be conducted by deploying the RESEAU Mobile Water Treatment Pilot Plant (Mobile Lab).  The project plan will be further developed with input from stakeholders, regulatory, health, and industry partners to equip the community with data needed to make an informed decision pertaining to adopting a sustainable, affordable, and acceptable drinking water treatment solution for the community.   

Progress to Date

Retrofitting the Mobile Lab was started in February. The unit is now transferred and stationed near Cranby Lake. Water hookups, leak/system testing, and trouble shootings were completed on April 29^th.  The research team, Jaycee Wright, Ata Kheyrandish, and Maryam Dezfoolian, will be on-site regularly from the third week in May.

Ken Taylor will be engaged in setting up experiments, water sampling and shipping to UBC Labs for analyses.

Special thanks to Theresa Beech, who is tactfully coordinating all the activities.