Clearford Water Systems Inc. (TSX-V: CLI), today announced that it has signed a contract to supply a state-of-the-art wastewater treatment facility for the new one-million-square-foot YOW1 Warehouse that will be constructed in Ottawa’s east end on Boundary Road near Highway 417.

The Ottawa-based provider of water management solutions will design and build an advanced membrane bioreactor (MBR) wastewater treatment plant to process all the sewage generated by up to 1,000 workers when the new warehouse project is operational. The site requires its own treatment plant because it is located outside of the sanitary sewer service area for the City of Ottawa. The Clearford M-brane™ plant will achieve the highest level of treatment for environmental protection of local water resources.

The site developer, owner and constructor, Montreal-based Broccolini, selected the Company’s water treatment subsidiary Clearford Koester Canada to provide a full turnkey solution including engineering, design, and installation of a Clearford packaged MBR plant. Installation of the plant is planned by the end of 2018, with commissioning in the spring of 2019. “Clearford’s treatment technology and project delivery model fit our requirements and timeline for delivering an operational facility by 2019,” said Broccolini’s Project Manager.

“This is an exciting project to showcase Clearford’s model for integrated water services in our own backyard,” said Kevin Loiselle, President & CEO of Clearford. “Land developers, businesses, and municipalities are all benefitting from the innovative clean technology solutions being developed right here in Ottawa, Ontario.”  

Sustainable Water Investments Inc. (“SWI”), a Vancouver-based investment vehicle formed and capitalised by a European bond issuance platform, continues to support Clearford with the implementation of qualified water and wastewater-related infrastructure development projects, including ongoing operations and maintenance contracts, under Clearford’s Pay-for-Performance (P4P^®) delivery model, up to an aggregate value of $100 million (the “Project Finance Facility”).

SWI was granted a right of first refusal on the financing of each qualified project until February 28, 2020. The Project Finance Facility continues to support the execution of the strategic business plan originally announced by the Company on June 22, 2017 and supplements the Company’s recent acquisition of Koester Canada Inc. (now “Clearford Koester Canada”) and its subsidiary, Team Aquatic Operations Group (now “Clearford Waterworks”).

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About Clearford Water Systems Inc.

Clearford Water Systems is a provider of unified water management solutions for the design, deployment, finance and operation of water infrastructure systems. The Company’s technology-based water solutions include Clearford One^® wastewater infrastructure systems, Clearford M-brane™ packaged treatment solutions, and a full range of UV Pure^® water disinfection products. Clearford is the winner of the Frost & Sullivan 2017 Enabling Technology Leadership Award for Global Decentralized Water & Wastewater Treatment.