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Project Profile: Prince Rupert MBWS™ Pilot
The City of Prince Rupert accommodates approximately 12,000 residents and relies on a network of sanitary sewer pipes without a dedicated wastewater treatment facility. Updates to wastewater regulations require the City to integrate wastewater treatment prior to discharge into the Pacific Ocean. They engaged MAGNA to develop a conceptual design for a pilot wastewater treatment solution to fit their context.
Blossoming in 2024
MAGNA operates on a 5-year cycle of Planting, “Just Add Water,” Healthy Growth, Blossoming, and Harvest. Each stage represents our annual focus. 2024 was a year of blossoming—and how we blossomed! This year was busy from a company growth and project perspective.
MAGNA’S Poop Don’t Stink: Wastewater Treatment Options and the MBWS™
Not many people like to think about wastewater. We flush our toilets and rarely stop to think about where the water goes or how it effects the environment – this is why wastewater engineers are invaluable to our society
MAGNA has waded into the waters of wastewater treatment, using constructed wetlands as a nature-based treatment solution. We think about wastewater, so others don’t have to.
Project Profile: City of Estevan MBWS™ Demo
The City of Estevan MBWS™ is an excellent example of using constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment. The Demo uses the nature-based MAGNA Biofilter Wetland System to treat wastewater efficiently and in a cost effective manner.
Project Profile: Livingston Pond E MAGNA Stormpark™
The Livingston Pond E MAGNA Stormpark™ project is a beautifully designed and highly functional stormwater management system in Northwest Calgary encompassing 500 ha of serviced development area.
What is a MAGNA Stormpark™?
A MAGNA Stormpark™ is a reimagining of a traditional stormwater pond that integrates ecosystem services, habitat features and park-like amenity elements for the community. This combination of elements offer multiple facets of value, contributing to the environment and community that they occupy.
MAGNA Awarded 2024 Water Emerald Award for Environmental Excellence
MAGNA Engineering Services Inc. (MAGNA) Is proud to announce that it has received the 2024 Water Emerald Award for Environmental Excellence for their Livingston Pond E Stormpark Project. The Emerald Awards showcase organizations who are raising the bar in addressing environmental and climate change issues.
MAGNA Named 2024 Adopter of the Year in Foresight Canada’s Alberta Cleantech Awards
MAGNA Engineering Services Inc. (MAGNA) Is proud to announce that it has awarded the 2024 Alberta Cleantech Adopter of the Year by Foresight Canada. The Adopter of the year awards is awarded to organizations that are championing sustainable practices in their industry.
Introducing the Lagoon Augmentation - MAGNA Biofilter Wetland System
The Lagoon Augmentation – MAGNA Biofilter Wetland System (LA-MBWS) is a modular engineered wetland polishing system proposed as an addition to existing lagoons in small communities. This new technology will provide improvements to the current system’s effluent, allowing communities to continuously discharge, decreasing the impact on receiving streams.
Nature-Based Wastewater Treatment Solutions
Nature-based wastewater treatment solutions are growing in demand to bridge the gap between traditional lagoon and mechanical treatment facilities. It’s important to know, however, that engineered wetlands are a well-established technology that have been used to treat municipal wastewater worldwide since the 1920’s. Popular in Germany and France, there have also been installations in North America including wetlands in …
Preserving Natural Wetlands
In 2020, Brookfield Residential tasked MAGNA Engineering Services Inc. with designing a stormwater solution for Livingston Pond E Storm Park. MAGNA solutions made it possible to preserve the existing 21-ha wetland facility with significant grade challenges and implement state-of-the-art stormwater management techniques. Despite its challenges, we chose to integrate the natural wetland into our solution…