2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Water: Overview

City of Edmonton, Alberta

Kennedale End-of-Pipe Constructed Wetland

End-of-pipe treatment wetlands are a relatively new, innovative and cost-effective way to treat stormwater runoff from older, built-out communities that would otherwise discharge street runoff directly to rivers. Edmonton's watershed monitoring program demonstrated that over 80 per cent of the suspended solids discharged to the North Saskatchewan River are from the city’s storm sewer system.