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d r ai n T R A D E R


Mi k e W als h (l eft) t h e M a y or


of M o ntr os e wit h tr e at m e nt pl a nt o p er at or Gr e g P ar k er


A e r ati o n r e c o r d- b r e a k e r i n M o nt r o s e, B riti s h C ol o m bi a


I n t h e Tr ail Ti m e s, it w a s r e c e ntl y r e p ort e d t h at:


‘ …..t h e Vill a g e of M o ntr o s e h a s b e e n s u c c e s sf ul i n it s a p pli c ati o n f or f u n di n g u n d er t h e I nfr a str u ct ur e C a n a d a Gr a nt Pr o gr a m f or u p gr a d e s t o t h e Vill a g e’s w a st e w at er tr e at m e nt f a cilit y - a pr oj e ct t h at will m o d er ni z e t h e 5 6- y e ar- ol d pl a nt ….’


N ot t h at o n e s h o ul d b e criti c al of a l o c al n e ws p a p er t h at c o v ers t his vill a g e i n s o ut h e ast er n Britis h C ol o m bi a (t w o h o urs n ort h of S p o k a n e) – a p u bli c ati o n w hi c h u n d erst a n d a bl y k n o ws t h at its r e a d ers w o n’t n e c ess aril y r e q uir e all t h e fi n er d et ails of a s e w a g e tr e at m e nt pl a nt. H o w e v er, it di d n’t m e nti o n t h e f a ct t h at M o ntr os e’s ori gi n al a er ati o n t e c h n ol o g y, i nst all e d b y L a k esi d e E q ui p m e nt …. b a c k i n 1 9 6 3 … …is still i n o p er ati o n – a n d is v er y pr o b a bl y t h e l o n g est l asti n g e n gi n e eri n g of its t y p e t o still b e i n w or ki n g or d er i n t h e w h ol e of C a n a d a, N ort h A m eri c a, if n ot t h e w orl d!


It w as e v e n f urt h er b a c k i n 1 9 4 2 t h at L e o n Si m m o ns h a d t h e i d e a of d e v el o pi n g w h at w as t h e n k n o w n as W o o ds Fl ats ( a n ar e a of a b o ut 2 2 0 a cr es) i nt o a r etir e m e nt vill a g e f or w or k ers fr o m t h e n e ar b y C o mi n c o ( n o w T e c k) s m elt er. I n 1 9 5 6, W o o ds Fl ats w as i n c or p or at e d as a vill a g e, a n d – c o nsist e nt wit h s o m a n y hist ori c c o n n e cti o ns b et w e e n C a n a d a a n d S c otl a n d - w as n a m e d aft er t h e S c ottis h c o ast al t o w n of M o ntr os e, w hi c h w as o n c e r a z e d t o t h e gr o u n d b y t h e D a n es i n t h e y e ar 9 8 0.


I n t h e l at e 1 9 5 0’s a n d e arl y 1 9 6 0’s, r a w dri n ki n g w at er i n M o ntr os e B C c a m e fr o m a w ell t h at w as drill e d b y t h e m o ut h of t h e C ol u m bi a Ri v er (t h at B e a v er V all e y Cr e e k fl o ws i nt o) b ut o n e d et er mi n e d g e ntl e m a n c a m p ai g n e d f or a w at er tr e at m e nt f a cilit y f or his f ell o w vill a g ers.


At first his c o n c er ns f ell o n d e af e ars, b ut h e f or m e d a c o m mitt e e, t h e n r a n f or c o u n cil – e v e nt u all y b e c o mi n g m a y or – d uri n g w hi c h ti m e h e s u c c essf ull y s e c ur e d a gr a nt f or M o ntr os e t o h a v e n ot o nl y its fr es h w at er tr e at e d, b ut f or a s e w er s yst e m t o o. T h e m a n b e hi n d t his p e o pl e p o w er – a n d t h e i ntr o d u cti o n of L a k esi d e’s o xi d ati o n dit c h es b a c k i n 1 9 6 3 w as o n e


2 4 d r ai n T R A D E R | M ay 2 0 2 0 | w w w. dr ai ntr a d erlt d. c o m


M arti n W als h, w h os e s o n Mi k e, n e arl y si x d e c a d es l at er, is n o w t h e c urr e nt M a y or of M o ntr os e.


‘ A m a zi n g f o r h o w ol d it i s’


“ At t h e ti m e” s ai d Mi k e W als h, “t h e i nst all ati o n w as st at e- of-t h e- art. All t his ti m e l at er w e ar e g oi n g a h e a d wit h a n u p gr a d e, b ut t h e L a k esi d e e q ui p m e nt is a m a zi n g f or h o w ol d it is – still w or ki n g fi n e aft er all t h es e y e ars. M y f at h er p us h e d v er y h ar d f or M o ntr os e t o h a v e e ffi ci e nt a n d l o n g- l asti n g tr e at m e nt s yst e ms. T o g et h er wit h his c oll e a g u es, t h e y c ert ai nl y c h os e wis el y”.


H e a d d e d: “ W h e n t h e ‘r a c e-tr a c k’ ( n o w k n o w n as t h e L a k esi d e Cl os e d L o o p R e a ct or ( C L R) Pr o c ess) w as i nst all e d, it w as s m all of c o urs e f or o ur s m all vill a g e, b ut e v e n t h e n, it w as d esi g n e d wit h r o o m f or e x p a nsi o n, w hi c h w e t o o k a d v a nt a g e of b a c k i n 1 9 8 0. W e’ v e h a d n o m aj or pr o bl e ms at all. It h as j ust k e pt o n w or ki n g a w a y”.


F or m ost w ast e w at er tr e at m e nt pl a nts, L a k esi d e’s r a c etr a c k d esi g n wit h c o m m o n w all c o nstr u cti o n h as pr o v e d t h e m ost e c o n o mi c al o pti o n, b ut o v er ti m e, t h e r e a ct or h as b e e n d e v el o p e d t o t a k e o n s e v er al s h a p es, i n cl u di n g t h e F ol d e d U, C o n c e ntri c M ulti c h a n n el – a n d f or s m all pl a nts, a r o u n d p a c k a g e d d esi g n wit h a n i nt er n al fi n al cl ari fi er t h at o ff ers t h e l o w est c o nstr u cti o n a n d e q ui p m e nt c ost.


T h e C L R Pr o c ess f or m Illi n ois- b as e d L a k esi d e c o nsists of o n e or m or e r e a ct ors wit h a si n gl e f e e d p oi nt f or r a w w ast e w at er a n d r et ur n sl u d g e. T h e b asi c d esi g n at M o ntr os e us es a si m pl e r a c etr a c k c o n fi g ur ati o n t h at pr o vi d es a str ai g ht-li n e fl o w p att er n f or w ast e w at er b et w e e n t h e h e a d w or ks a n d t h e fi n al cl ari fi ers. At t h e c or e of t h e C L R Pr o c ess is t h e h ori z o nt al M a g n a R ot or, w hi c h s ust ai ns a hi g h p o p ul ati o n of mi cr o or g a nis ms i n t h e r e a ct or t o pr o vi d e si m pl e pr o c ess c o ntr ol. T h e M a g n a R ot or pr o vi d es pr e cis e o x y g e n i n p ut i nt o t h e bi ol o gi c al pr o c ess


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