The DR&CW project will keep combined sewer overflows out of Lower Don River, Taylor-Massey Creek and Inner Harbour by:
The project will be done in stages. The first stage is the Coxwell Bypass Tunnel, a 10.5 km long, 6.3 m diameter tunnel. The complete DR&CW Tunnel System will include:
Construction of phase one of the Coxwell Bypass Tunnel runs from 2018 to 2024. Timing of the future stages is dependent on funding, regulatory approvals, and other considerations.
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The new integrated pumping station will move raw sewage from underground sewers into the treatment plant. The plant will:
Construction will span 2018 to 2026.
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The Ashbridges Bay Landform Project is a joint initiative between the City and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA).
The project will:
The high-rate treatment facility is designed specifically to provide treatment of CSOs intercepted by the new tunnel system.
Construction (Landform project) will span 2019 to 2025.
The UV Disinfection Wastewater Treatment System will:
Construction will span 2018 to 2022.
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The wastewater treatment plant outfall is the point at which the effluent (the fully treated wastewater) is discharged back into Lake Ontario.
A new outfall is being built to improve capacity and better convey the effluent from the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant (ABTP) into Lake Ontario.
The outfall includes:
Tunnelling operations will be supported from an onshore shaft.
The risers will be drilled from in-water barges.
Construction will span 2018 to 2024.
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While building the Coxwell Bypass Tunnel and the Integrated Pumping Station over the next 10 years there will be activity at the Main Sewage Treatment Playground. This park runs south from Eastern Avenue to Lake Shore Boulevard East; west of Coxwell Avenue. The activities here will include:
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