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City of Hamilton – Public Works
City of Hamilton wins 2nd Award for Woodward Avenue Water and Wastewater Treatment Centre
Hamilton, ON, October 15th, 2008 - The City of Hamilton has received an AMO P.J. Marshall Plaque Award for excellence in innovation for the Woodward Avenue Water and Wastewater Treatment Cogeneration Facility. This is the second award this year honouring Hamilton Renewable Power Incorporated for its environmental leadership and innovation. Mayor Eisenberger presented the award to Councillor Mitchell on behalf of the Board of Directors at Council tonight. The award was presented to Mayor Fred Eisenberger, Councillor Russ Powers and Jim Harnum, Senior Director, Water and Wastewater at the 2008 Association of Municipalities of Ontario Conference in Ottawa on August 26, 2008.
The P.J. Marshall Award is an annual competitive process organized by AMO. Awards acknowledge municipalities who have demonstrated leadership and innovation in public-private partnerships. Hamilton’s cogeneration facility demonstrates innovation, tangible benefits, measured improved efficiency and effectiveness, use of innovative financing and transferability, all criteria of the award. Hamilton’s facility shows environmental, public health and cost saving benefits that can be applied in municipalities across Ontario.
This is one of the largest-scale examples of biogas cogeneration in Canada. The cogeneration facility will reduce approximately 6,500 tonnes of greenhouse gas every year and approximately 130,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas over the 20-year contract lifetime of the project. This 1.6 MW Cogeneration Facility takes methane gas created by the wastewater treatment process and produces electricity and heat. The Cogeneration Facility converts 32 per cent of the available energy in the digester gas to electrical energy (electricity) and 48 per cent to thermal energy (heat). This electrical power and heat is used to operate the Woodward Plant. The heat that is harvested from the engine saves in natural gas costs.
"We are extremely pleased to receive this environmental award," said Scott Stewart, General Manager of Hamilton’s Public Works Department. "The Public Works Department takes our environmental responsibility very seriously and we remain committed to implementing programs and initiatives that will enhance the quality of life in our community and lead Hamilton on the path to being recognized as a centre of innovative and environmental leadership in Canada."
An additional press release from the AMO Award presentation in August can be viewed here:
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Media Contact:
Jim Harnum
Senior Director of Water & Wastewater
905-546-2424, ext. 4483
Public Works Department
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