Water Treatment Process

Raw water from Buffalo Pound Lake passes through a series of treatment stages.

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Awards

Awards

The Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant has won numerous awards for service, and for water quality over the years. Over the past 15 years the plant and plant employees have received:

  • 2005 - The H.M. Bailey Award, was won by Eugene Berezowski (Plant Foreman, BPWTP)

  • The H.M. Bailey Award was established in 1959 to acknowledge long, faithful, and meritorious service in the field of public water and/or wastewater works as exemplified by the late H.M. Bailey, a charter, and highly esteemed, member of the Western Canada Water.

  • 2014- Ed Gullage , Senior Operator with the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant received the Operator of the Year Award from the Saskatchewan Water and Waste Water Association (SWWA) for a Water Treatment Plant that supplies water to more than 10,000 water connections.

  • 2014 - The plant won the America Water Works Association - Western Canada Section (AWWA – WCS) Best in the Water Taste Test Award.

  • 2017 - The plant won the America Water Works Association - Western Canada Section (AWWA – WCS) Best in the Water Taste Test Award.

  • 2017 – Ryan Johnson, BPWTC CEO was awarded the Outstanding Service Award, by the American Water Works Association – Western Canada Section (AWWA-WCS)

  • The American Water Works Association – Wester Canada Section (AWWA – WCS) Outstanding Service Award recognize an individual member who has demonstrated extraordinary loyalty to and support of AWWA through voluntary service in the form of Section Leadership and Administration, Membership Recruitment, Technical Contributions, Training, Encouragement and/or Support; a level of service above and beyond the call of duty that contributes substantially to the success of the WCS.

  • 2018- The plant won third palace in the America Water Works Association - Western Canada Section (AWWA – WCS) Best in the Water Taste Test Award. 

 

  •  2023 - Gene Berezowski was presented with the Al Reimer Operator Service Award at Western Canada Water's Annual Conference in Saskatoon. This is a significant award which is presented annually to an operator member of the WCW who has provided distinguished service to the profession. Gene was recognized for his contribution to the Water Treatment industry throughout his remarkable 50-year career. The BPWTC board, executive team and staff are all very proud of Gene and his continuous commitment to delivering high quality water to residents of the Cities of Regina and Moose Jaw, and all BPWTC clients every day.

 

  •  2024 - BPWTC’s Operations Team was awarded the SWWA Operator of the Year award! The award was presented to members of the Operations Team at the SWWA conference in Saskatoon. The Operations Team was nominated for the plant’s accomplishments during plant renewal, and in previous years, in ensuring that high quality water has continued to be provided to BPWTP customers

 

Water Advisories


Precautionary Drinking Water Advisory (PDWA)

PDWAs are issued by the Water Security Agency in consultation with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health when there is a possibility that problems with the water supply system that do not constitute an immediate health risk, may exist.

PDWAs for SaskWater systems are typically issued during service and maintenance repairs which require the system to be depressurized for more than two (2) hours. PDWAs issued under these circumstances are a precautionary measure as the quality of water cannot be verified while the system is depressurized.

Once issued, PDWAs remain in effect until the system work is completed and two (2) lab tested water samples, taken 24 hours apart, confirm that the water quality meets regulatory standards.


Emergency Boil Water Orders (EBWO)

EBWOs are issued by local Health Regions in consultation with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment when there is a threat to public health from contaminated water. To enable bacteriological safety, water delivered from the supply and distribution system must be boiled, at a rolling boil for at least one minute before using.

An EBWO remains in effect until necessary actions and/or improvements have been made.

BPWTC News

 

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