Fox Creek Water Management Facility

Project Overview

GWTS served as Owner's Representative for the design, build, and operate phases of a $5M multi-technology water management facility at Fox Creek, Alberta. The facility combined filtration, chemical oxidation, and electrocoagulation (EC) technologies to treat complex industrial wastewater to regulatory discharge or reuse standards.

Fox Creek is a hub for Duvernay and Montney tight oil and natural gas development in west-central Alberta, generating produced water and industrial wastewater streams that require treatment before disposal, injection, or reuse. The multi-technology approach was selected to address the range of contaminants present — suspended solids, dissolved organics, and metals — that no single technology could address cost-effectively alone.

GWTS Role — Owner's Representative

• Owner's Representative oversight for full DBO delivery by the EPC contractor
• Process design review and technical approval authority
• Vendor and subcontractor qualification and oversight
• Schedule and budget management on behalf of the client
• Construction management and quality assurance
• Commissioning oversight and performance acceptance testing
• Operational performance monitoring during initial operations period

Treatment Train

• Primary Filtration: Coarse and fine screening, sedimentation, and media filtration to remove bulk suspended solids and oil & grease
• Electrocoagulation (EC): Electrically-driven coagulation to remove dissolved metals, residual suspended solids, and colloidal material — without chemical coagulants
• Chemical Oxidation: Advanced oxidation to break down dissolved organics, hydrocarbons, and biologically recalcitrant compounds
• Final Polishing: Granular activated carbon (GAC) or membrane polishing to achieve final discharge or reuse quality