HETEK Solutions Inc

IWA\AWWA Water Audit Mount Pearl NF

The limited supply of fresh water requires careful management.  Many communities are faced with significant water supply challenges and recognize the importance and need to conserve.  As a result, water suppliers are under increasing pressure to reduce leakage rates and provide a consistent, high integrity water supply. This paper describes the steps taked to reduce the leakage to new levels.

What did that water leak actually cost?

This case study describes the costs associated to a non-surfacing watermain leak over a 2 year period.

The Yorkdale Shopping Centre
Water Use Assessment Case Study

Having recently undergone renovations to reduce their energy consumption, the Centre was looking for additional opportunities to lower their annual use of water.  In the summer of 2007, HETEK was contracted by the Oxford Retail Group to conduct a water use assessment on Yorkdale’s 12 shopping centre washrooms and 10 outdoor irrigation systems.   The purpose of this audit was to determine the volumes of water consumed in each of these areas and provide economical recommendations to lower or eliminate any of the excess water use.   

Water Loss Management - We Don’t Have Much Water Leakage – True or False?

Water is arguably both our most vulnerable and most valuable resource. The cost to treat it and pump it to customers increases annually. Unfortunately, a great deal of our treated drinking water never makes it to the end user. In some Canadian municipalities as much as 30%, of the treated water is lost through leakage alone. However, leaks are not by any means the only source of loss.  

Significant Water Conservation Through Industrial, Commercial and Institutionaly Supported Municipal Water Loss Management

Industrial, commercial and institutional (ICI) facilities are mainstays in small Canadian communities providing an economic backbone upon which community growth is supported. Many ICI facilities rely on local raw materials and resources in order to operate. In order to minimize their demand on these resources, facility managers are continuously seeking ways to improve their operating efficiency through innovative technology, streamlining production and internal education. The cost of water is a significant variable cost for business with huge potential for increased value in the near future. Aside from the financial incentive to become more efficient, ICI demand for water resources can often contribute to situations of scarcity for the community sharing the local water source. Growth of the industrial group and the survival of the local community are determined by the availability of that resource. Regardless of the economic reliance of the community on that facility, eventually ICI facilities will be called to minimize use to allow the community to remain sustainable for the long term.  This concern is what has stimulated a recent interest on behalf of ICI operators to strive to become ‘water neutral’.

New Environment Course
Previewed at ORBA Convention

Delegates in attendance at the recent 81st Annual ORBA Convention in Toronto were recipients of information relating to environmental sustainability, regulation and compliance during a session entitled Civil Contractors and the Environment.

Lucy Keating and Brian Howieson of HETEK Solutions Inc. provided an overview of a new Road Building Academy course that was offered to members of the Ontario Road Builders’Association recently: Building Green: Civil Contractors and the New Environment.