Pine Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant

Since 2003, Jacobs has been working closely with The City of Calgary on the Pine Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant to raise the bar for wastewater treatment in Canada. With a shared passion for sustainability and protecting the aquatic habitat of the Bow River, only the most innovative and high quality solutions were incorporated into the design of the facility.

Collaborating with the City and other stakeholders throughout the project, the plant was implemented using an integrated approach to sustainability that considers aesthetics and environmental design, leaving the community pleased and the plant’s functionality uncompromised.

Today, the Jacobs and City of Calgary team continue to build on the success of the original project, with the addition of a wastewater research facility in partnership with the University of Calgary, and planning for future expansions that will keep pace with the city’s population growth.

The Pine Creek wastewater treatment plant treats wastewater for one of Canada’s fastest growing cities. With a strong commitment to collaboration, we're providing a dynamic combination of water engineering, environmental expertise and industry-leading program management services to create a next generation tertiary treatment facility.

Providing innovative engineering solutions to protect the ecologically sensitive area – from managing stormwater on and through the site to placing effluent diffusers below the river bed to avoid affecting flow patterns and trout ecosystems – to ensure a limited ecological footprint

Laid the foundation for a more sustainable future for Calgarians through biological nutrient removal and a sustainable biodolids treatment process that produces a bio-gas that can be used to generate heat – and using that heat to warm the plant.

Using our passion and best practices in program management, managing multiple procurement and construction contracts simultaneously, in addition to four sub-contractors, fostering a 'one team' mentality focused on project success.

Jacobs was proud to be a part of the team that worked with the local community and stakeholders throughout the design and planning process. The facility is located in Calgary's ecologically sensitive Bow River Valley and is surrounded by the communities of Cranston and Lake Chaparral, both well-established residential neighborhoods. To enhance the community’s well-being, we designed pathways for maintaining access to the river’s edge and reduced visual impacts by using natural landscape buffers. We laid the foundation for a more sustainable future for Calgarians by:

• Implementing a zero-complaint goal for plant odors
• Using effluent to irrigate a local golf course
• Partnering with River Watch to deliver water education programs held at the wastewater treatment plant