Business
BQE Water Wins Contract to Design and Supply Water Treatment Plant for the Closure of Legacy Tailings in the Yukon
BQE Water Wins Contract to Design and Supply Water Treatment Plant for the Closure of Legacy Tail...
About this update from Bqe Water Inc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n BQE Water Wins Contract to Design and Supply Water Treatment Plant for the Closure of Legacy Tailings in the Yukon\n \n\n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Canada NewsWire\n \n\n\n\n\n\n VANCOUVER, BC\n \n\n ,\n \n\n Aug. 29, 2024\n \n\n /CNW/ -\n \n BQE Water Inc.\n \n (TSXV: BQE), a leader in mine water management, is pleased to announce that Elsa Reclamation & Development Company Ltd. (ERDC) has contracted BQE Water to design, supply, install, and commission a new Water Treatment Plant (WTP) for the closure of legacy Valley Tailings Facility (VTF) near\n \n Mayo\n \n ,\n \n Yukon\n \n , on the traditional territory of the First Nation Na-Cho Nyak Dun (FNNND).\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n The WTP will treat water generated during tailings excavation and consolidation, and discharge treated water into the environment, pursuant to the Water Use Licence and applicable laws and environmental standards. The treatment process targets primarily heavy metals.\n \n\n Under the contract, BQE is responsible for implementing the new treatment system including engineering design, equipment procurement, site installation, commissioning, and start-up of the WTP, with an expected completion in Q2 2025. The WTP will be installed inside a prefabricated building and will operate seasonally between spring freshets and fall freeze-ups for as long as needed, presently anticipated to be 6 years.\n \n\n\n David Kratochvil\n \n , the President & CEO of BQE Water stated: \"This project is very significant and strategic for the company in multiple ways: it gives us an opportunity to showcase a rapid and cost-effective deployment of a fit-for-purpose treatment that eliminates long term liability at a remote site; second, it will increase BQE's presence in\n \n Yukon\n \n and leverage our experience and resources currently working at\n \n Minto\n \n and Keno Hill; third, it will be our first project performed in partnership with the FNNND where the goals of the Na-Cho Nyak Dun Development Corporation (NNDDC) is perfectly aligned with our own: ...