Author: Eramosa

The Region of Waterloo Cogeneration Facilities project wins the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies Ontario Diamond Award of Merit 2022 at the Grand River Chapter Annual General Meeting and Awards.  Eramosa was proud to be part of the Jacobs and CIMA team that successfully delivered this project.

The project included the design and construction services for the installation of cogeneration facilities at the Regions three largest WWTPs: Kitchener, Waterloo and Galt.  These facilities combust digester gas to produce electricity and heat which reduces carbon dioxide and emissions while providing green energy. The total capital cost for the cogeneration project for all three facilities was approximately $23 mil.  Eramosa was responsible for the instrumentation & control design of the facilities.

In May 2017, the Schomberg water Treatment Plant lost filtration capacity due to unexpected failure of one of three pressure filter trains and the plant struggled to maintain system demands.  The Region replaced the filter media and retested the filters, however flows were reduced due to the limitations of the filter process to less than 50% capacity. While system demands were now satisfied, the Region considered the security of the water supply for the community to be at risk.  There was a need to increase capacity and redundancy to allow for greater optimization and ongoing maintenance. 

Temporary mobile filtration trailers were commissioned to provide the needed capacity, redundancy and water quality to complete the necessary upgrades including: replacement of  the filer media, reconfiguring the filter underdrains, replacement and optimization of the oxidation system, replacement and modification of the valves and piping, updating the instrumentation, and reprogramming of the water treatment plant process control logic.  Over the next several months, the temporary filters were carefully monitored, the existing plant filters removed from service, and upgrading and restoration of the original treatment plant began.  All upgrades were implemented in 2018 and 2019 including rigorous commissioning and site acceptance testing for more than three months. After final testing and commissioning, the plant filters were officially put back in to service in November 2019 and the temporary filters phased out by March 2020.  Eramosa provided SCADA programming services for the water treatment plant process control logic and assisted in the commissioning and testing of the upgrades.

We are very pleased to share that the Region of York’s Schomberg Water Treatment Plant Emergency Filter Rehabilitation Project has been selected as the Ontario Public Works Association’s (OPWA) 2020 Project of the Year for Emergency Construction between $2-$10 Million.  See the presentation here.

To our Valued Public and Private Sector Clients,

Eramosa Engineering Inc (Eramosa) is constantly monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic. We recognize that the situation and information available from trusted government sources and local public health authorities constantly changes. To address this challenge head on while maintaining our commitment to service for our clients, Eramosa has made a number of changes to our standard practices to mitigate the health and safety risks of our team, clients, and the community.

• Our team and team members remain committed to you. Our back-end corporate systems are already in place for remote working and we have expanded our work from home policy
  for all team members at Eramosa. Call us and we will answer. Email us and we will respond.
• We have cancelled all international trips outside of Canada and the USA indefinitely.
• We continue to conduct all non-critical meetings via remote teleconferences wherever possible.
• We continue to support our clients and projects through all necessary onsite work ranging from commissioning as well as SCADA system maintenance and emergency support.
• Our team members are equipped with personal protective equipment such as masks, gloves, sanitizer, and face shields for job specific tasks.
• We are now permitting essential business air travel within Canada and to the USA only when considered critical and required using airlines practicing strict pre-screening processes, social distancing for seating, and personal protective equipment requirement.

Please continue to reach out to us as you always have. Our 24 hour support services continue to be available to help you keep critical public and private sector systems online. As a reminder our 24 hour support line is 226-780-2260.

We will adjust our policies and practices as more information becomes available from Health Canada as well as Provincial and Local Health Authorities. As a result of this the policies and plans identified within this letter are in effect the date of posting and are subject to change. We thank you for your support and understanding. If you have any questions or concerns you can reach me at nick.hallas@eramosa.com.

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Yours truly,
ERAMOSA ENGINEERING INC.

Nick Hallas, P.Eng.
President