Projects

On Wednesday 13th April 2011 Metro Vancouver Waste Management Committee received a presentation from staff covering the study.  Following a favourable receipt, staff have been requested to return with a proposed implementation plan by June 2011.

.The assessment for the North Shore communities is extensive and a separate site has been created with a variety of materials and explanations, including diagrams and video.  Please see the separate web site for further information.

IRM Provincial study &
Capital Regional District

For the Ministry of Community and Rural Development, province of British Columbia, we assessed how IRM might be applied to communities throughout the province.  Published in May 2008, this primarily evaluated the application to Capital Regional District ("CRD") who were required by the Courts to implement liquid waste treatment.

The study was an initial Concept Level assessment and further work was recommended, but it concluded that the potential existed to minimise taxpayer cost while substantially reducing GHGs and recovering appreciable resources.  Available items include:

• The provincial IRM Study - an assessment of how IRM might be applied across the province, using CRD as an example;

• Authors' summary - a brief summary of the study;

• Expert reviews - a review of the study and comments from experts including representation from the United Nations;

• James Bay diagram - a schematic design of how the system might be retrofitted to James Bay, leveraging existing infrastructure at the provincial legislature;

• Presentation - a simplified version of the presentation made to CRD Core Area Liquid Waste Committee, 11 June 2008.

Following the study, CRD decided to nevertheless continue to pursue a traditional approach to waste treatment which focuses on cost minimisation.  As at March 2011 CRD reports that it has reduced its projected capital costs from the original estimate of $1.2bn down to $780m, which will have to be be fully taxpayer supported but does not include costs of finance or ongoing operations, maintenance or capital replacement.  The North Shore IRM model includes these costs and, consistent with the 2008 CRD analysis, confirms the potential to eliminate taxpayer cost.  CRD continues to evaluate direction and determine system topography.

City of Colwood

In August 2008 we provided a conceptual assessment for how IRM might be applied in the City of Colwood, British Columbia.  Outcomes:

• Brainstorming Minutes - A brainstorming meeting that included representative community groups and projects in the City;

• Summary report - Published on 14th November, 2008, this summarises the assessment, conclusions and recommendations.  This concluded that it would be possible to implement an IRM approach and while it would be unlikely to be profitable, it would probably represent a least cost solution for waste management;

• Detailed report - A more detailed report was also provided to staff for reference, from which the short report's recommendations and selected content were abstracted.  This document contained contractual and confidential elements that relate to land and procurement, therefore the document was not published.

• Presentation - a brief presentation to the City's Transportation and Public Works committee.