By Ryan Young
May 18, 2021 | 3:02 PM
Melville’s wastewater pumping station number 1, which pumps sewage out to the lagoon, will be replaced, starting this summer.
It was originally slated for 2024, but because of multiple failures in 2020 and a lack of capacity to handle peak weather events, City Council approved its replacement to occur this year.
Director of Public Works Andrew Fahlman says in April, a tender was posted onto SaskTenders, and 4 companies submitted proposals: Hipperson Construction Company, Westridge Construction Ltd., PCL Construction Management Inc. all based out of Regina, and Graham Construction and Engineering based out of Saskatoon.
“Within the evaluation criteria, we asked for things such as project experience, personnel experience, it could be a big corporation but they never built a Lift Station before, so we asked for individual experiences. We asked timelines, we asked for the safety programs, that’s a big key for us,” Fahlman explaine
UF student receives prestigious Guy Harvey award
Elizabeth Duermit -Moreau, a Ph.D candidate at the University of Florida, is one of two recipients of the 2020 Guy Harvey Ocean Scholarship Award, which comes with a $5,000 scholarship for each recipient. They also received a certificate designed and signed by the world-renowned marine wildlife artist, biologist and conservationist. The Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving the seas, supporting groundbreaking research and helping foster the next generation of ocean conservationists.
Duermit-Moreau is studying fisheries and aquatic sciences. Her research is focused on how both Florida spiny lobster and stone crab habitat degradation and fishing impact parasite/disease prevalence in these species.