Hydro Ottawa Limited - Environmental Compliance Approval (sewage)

Instrument type: Environmental Compliance Approval (sewage)

ERO number
026-0117
Ministry reference number
3359-DP7MCF
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Notice stage
Proposal
Proposal posted
Comment period
February 2, 2026 - March 19, 2026 (45 days) Open
Last updated

This consultation closes at 11:59 p.m. on:
March 19, 2026

Proposal summary

This proposal is for a new Environmental Compliance Approval (Industrial Sewage) for the establishment of sewage works for the proposed transformer spill containment system, at the Ottawa Transformer Station facility, complete with containment drainage associated site development located at 2170 Mer Bleue Road, Ottawa, Ontario.

Location details

Site address

2179 Mer Bleue Road
Ottawa, ON
Canada

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Proponent(s)

Hydro Ottawa Limited
2711 Hunt Club Road
P.O. Box 8700
Ottawa, ON
K1G 3S4
Canada

Proposal details

This ECA application is for the spill containment systems and stormwater management for two new Hydro Ottawa transformers and associated site redevelopment.

The flow from each oil spill containment will be conveyed to a proposed oil water separator via 250 millimetre diameter pipes.

The effluent from the oil water separator will be discharged to a perimeter ditch along the south property line of the development, which eventually outlets to the existing 600 millimetre diameter municipal storm sewers in Mer Bleue Road via the Mer Bleue roadside ditch.

An additional perimeter ditch is proposed at the north property line. Both ditches have been designed to incorporate additional surface ponding storage to permit retention of received runoff and control release to the Mer Bleue outlet to pre-development levels.

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1st Floor
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
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