The Riverhead Wastewater Treatment Facility will be upgraded to protect waterways and provide the infrastructure needed to build more housing.
The federal, provincial, and municipal governments are making a joint investment of over $139 million towards the first phase of the Riverhead Wastewater Treatment Facility expansion. Upgrades to the Riverhead facility will increase primary water treatment capacity and will include design and site preparation for a future secondary treatment facility. Work at this stage will allow the facility to move one step closer to meeting the federal standards of the Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations, which set national standards for how wastewater must be treated before being released into the environment.
This important project will ensure that residents of the St. John's metropolitan area will receive better wastewater treatment, see cleaner waterways and have the infrastructure in place to build more homes needed to support the community.
