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Project Profile: Prince Rupert MBWS® Pilot
The City of Prince Rupert accommodates approximately 12,000 residents and relies on a network of sanitary sewer pipes without a dedicated wastewater treatment facility. Updates to wastewater regulations require the City to integrate wastewater treatment prior to discharge into the Pacific Ocean. They engaged MAGNA to develop a conceptual design for a pilot wastewater treatment solution to fit their context.
Project Profile: City of Estevan MBWS® Demo
The City of Estevan MBWS™ is an excellent example of using constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment. The Demo uses the nature-based MAGNA Biofilter Wetland System to treat wastewater efficiently and in a cost effective manner.
Nature-Based Wastewater Treatment Solutions
Nature-based wastewater treatment solutions are growing in demand to bridge the gap between traditional lagoon and mechanical treatment facilities. It’s important to know, however, that engineered wetlands are a well-established technology that have been used to treat municipal wastewater worldwide since the 1920’s. Popular in Germany and France, there have also been installations in North America including wetlands in …