Pelee Acres Inc. - Environmental Compliance Approval (sewage)

This proposal from Pelee Acres Inc. is for the amendment to Environmental Compliance Approval No. 3934-CG8JAW for the stormwater management works serving Phase 5 Greenhouse Development including alterations to an existing stormwater management facilities including enlarging an existing stormwater management detention pond to accommodate the proposed Phase 5 greenhouse development for collection, transmission, treatment and disposal of stormwater run-off from the lands located at 409 Essex Road 14, in the Municipality of Leamington, County of Essex, Ontario.

The stormwater management works consists of the following:

• roof water drainage pipe systems, swales and on-site storm sewers discharging roof top runoff to the stormwater detention pond;
• one stormwater management detention/wet pond having an active storage volume of 20,502 cubic meters with a maximum active water depth of 2.718 metres for the 1:100 year storm event, discharging a maximum release rate of 244 litres per second into the Silver Creek Drain;
• one dewatering pump station located near the southwest corner of the pond; and
• one final outlet structure (CBMH1) located near the southwest corner of the pond containing a 525 millimetres diametres inlet (emergency gravity outlet) and outlet pipe discharging to the Silver Creek Drain, all with a flap gate and containment valve.