Civic submission on updated cost estimate for biological nutrient removal
Posted: March 12, 2025
Presenting to the Standing Policy Committee on Water, Waste and Environment, we express our concern over the 80% cost increase for Biological Nutrient Removal Facilities at Winnipeg's North End Water Pollution Control Centre (NEWPCC). Winnipeg ratepayers cannot cover the exorbitant cost of this project alone, and we urge councilors to secure funding from other levels of government. In the interim, City Council must optimize the chemical phosphorus reduction solution already in place at NEWPCC, in order to achieve phosphorus compliance.