1. Energy Conservation and Resource Recovery
By: Don Hoekstra and Indra Maharjan
April 27, 2018

2. Outline Introductions - All
Overview of OCWA’s activities assisting CDM innovation in the water/wastewater sector – OCWA
Overview of Conservation Fund Pay-for-Performance progress – OCWA
Discussion  of opportunities to continue program delivery in water/wastewater sector
Next steps

3. OCWA Operations Largest water and wastewater operator in Canada
4.5M Ontarians served
Hub and spoke network is our structural backbone
Manage more than $20 Billion in municipal infrastructure
OCWA’s five emergency Response Teams backstop water emergencies across province

4. OCWA’s mandate can be divided into three primary areas
Assist municipalities, the Government of Ontario and other persons or bodies with providing water, sewage, storm water works and other related services by financing, planning, developing, building and operating these services
Finance and promote the development, testing, demonstration and commercialization of water technologies 1 2
OCWA’s mandate can be divided into three primary areas
Foundation:
OCWA was founded as a Crown corporation under the Capital Investment Plan Act (CIPA) in 1993
Vision:
To be a trusted world leader in water
Mission:
To demonstrate service excellence through the delivery of safe, reliable and cost-effective clean water
Act as an emergency responder for water emergencies in Ontario 3

5. Provincial/MOECC Priorities
2016 MOECC Mandate Letter priorities with a significant impact on OCWA:
Leading the Fight Against Climate Change
Water/energy nexus
Protecting Water and the Great Lakes
Promoting water technology included as part of Protecting Water and the Great Lakes; OCWA specifically mentioned
Improving Drinking Water for Indigenous Communities
Goal to eliminate Boil Water Advisories
Increasing Waste Diversion
Source Sorted Organics, Renewable Natural Gas
Don

6. New Regulations
Don: Talk about various new regulations that changed the landscape in terms of energy conservation, GHG emission reduction, climate change and resource recovery

7. Overall Shift from wastewater treatment to
Goal: Net Zero Plant
+ Energy Producer (RNG)
+ Water for Irrigation & Reuse
+ Recovery of nutrients (N, P)
+ Energy Consumer
+ Wastewater Discharge
+ Biosolids to Landfill
Overall Shift from wastewater treatment to
Resource Recovery

8. OCWA’s Approach
Innovation
Energy and GHG Reduction
Asset Management and Process Optimization
Drive efficiency by fostering innovation in process, technology and people

9. Demonstration Projects
AI to generate operation savings (EMAGIN)
Continuous Monitoring
Waste to Heat Recovery (DDI)
Sensors Testing
Vortex Pumps
Water Softeners (CapDI)
Schneider M&T
Examples of some demonstration project

10. Demonstration Projects
Smart Water Meters
UV Technologies
Dewatering technologies
Floating Solar
GHG Calculators
CUI Water Energy Tool
Examples of some demonstration project

11. Stratford Net Zero Project
Notes: Alicia and Ed to present
SSO options in the front end of plant. However in order to address potential odor issues most favorable option is behind the aeration building back end of plant where space is not a constraint
Ed can elaborate more on this

12. Stratford Net Zero Project
Enhance the existing AD with new proven innovative technology
Adopt co-digestion to augment the Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) production
Reduce environmental footprint for City of Stratford/ GHG emissions by 48,951 TCO2eq
Avoided investment in existing digester system
Proactively addresses requirements of Bio-solids action plan and extend life value of land fill
Establish Stratford as leading municipality in Canada
Project incorporates required investment in digesters I

13. Evolution of Energy Initiative
March,
- Energy Capital Projects: $4.3 M
- Energy Savings: 10,000 MWh
- 102 Municipalities
-$1 Million in incentives
-$1.6 Million in energy cost savings
August 2015-June 2019
- -Energy Savings: 34,101MWh*
-EPAC Walkthrough
- Energy Capital Projects: $8 M
- Capacity Building $60k
- More than 100 projects
October 2017
- Toronto SSO
- Stratford Project
-Espanola Bio Solids
- Few Demonstration Project
- Energy and GHG Plan
Energy & GHG
P4P Program
EESP Program
INDRA:Provide examples on each Strategic Partnership examples, and few examples of pilots
Data (Hydro, M&T)  Assessment  EE Projects Incentives  Shared savings

14. Energy and GHG Energy Conservation Initiative Energy Efficiency
Energy Audits, Engineering Studies
Municipal Energy Plan, Aboriginal Community Energy Plan
Measurement and Verification (M&V) Activities
Implement Energy Efficiency Capital Projects
GHG Reduction Initiative
GHG
GHG Inventory and GHG Plan
Education and Capacity Building
Monitoring and Targeting (M&T)
GHG Baseline and Calculator Development
Implement Energy Incentive Program
Energy P4P Program
Facilitate Energy Savings Incentives for all energy capital projects through OCWA pilot P4P program
INDRA We plan to talk about how the Energy program evolved to incorporate incentive program and then GHG program

15. Going Forward
Sector Expert to drive energy and GHG reduction in collaboration with IESO
Support CF funded projects to find host facilities
Water-Energy-GHG Nexus
Behind the meter generation
Energy Storage
Representation in various working groups
Aboriginal Programs

16. Discussion