Wastewater Treatment Plant
The District of Tofino will be beginning construction of the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) within DL117 (Industrial Way area) in Fall, 2022.
For decades the District of Tofino has discharged untreated sewage into the Pacific Ocean at Duffin Passage. Tofino recognizes the cultural, environmental and recreational values present in Clayoquot Sound and is committed to meeting our obligations under the federal Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations.
WWTP Facility Overview-
WWTP Progress
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Today, crews have cast concrete to our new Equalization Tank structure base slab.
Work is progressing on schedule and crews have been working extremely hard to get the project to this phase in the construction.
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Year End for 2022
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Happy Holidays! - Crews will be observing a pause in construction throughout the week of December 26, 2022 and will be resuming construction on January 2023.
The majority of rock blasting has been completed at the Facility location and crews have cast the first structural concrete onsite for the Mechanical Building sump pit, walls and slab!
Early 2023 crews will be mobilizing throughout the District to commence work on modifying Tofino's sewage collection system and working towards casting the base slab for the Mechanical Building.
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Tuff City Bike Park Closure
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As work on the Tofino WWTP project progresses, the Tuff City Bike Park will be closed to public access and dismantled commencing the week of December 5, 2022 in order to facilitate construction of Tofino's new sanitary conveyance system.
Crews will begin by creating a compound in the area to store construction materials and later in mid 2023 begin install sanitary influent and effluent u/g pipelines.
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Tonquin Connector Road Access
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With the ongoing construction traffic and the small width constraint of the access road to the Tonquin Connector trail, crews will be restricting access to pedestrian only.
Patrons wishing to access the Tonquin Connector trail from Industrial Way may park at an appropriate location along Industrial Way prior to accessing the trail.
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Site Clearing Progress
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Crews have completed the majority of site clearing and grubbing and are now commencing rock removal in preparation for building and tank foundations.
Foundation work is scheduled to commence late 2022.
