Overview
Frank Sewage Treatment Plant serves 1,920 residents in the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada. The operational facility treats wastewater from the Frank community before discharge.
Frank Sewage Treatment Plant is a municipal wastewater facility located on Stinky Narrows Loop in Frank, within the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada. The plant serves a population of approximately 1,920 people, making it a small-scale treatment facility in the Rocky Mountain foothills region. As a Canadian wastewater plant, it operates under provincial regulations administered by Alberta Environment and Parks. For small communities like Frank, typical treatment systems include lagoons or mechanical plants designed to meet effluent quality standards under the province's Wastewater and Storm Drainage Regulation. The plant's treatment process and capacity details are not publicly available, but facilities of this scale commonly employ secondary treatment or equivalent technologies. The plant discharges treated effluent into the Crowsnest River watershed, which flows eastward into the Oldman River, a tributary of the South Saskatchewan River system. This river network ultimately drains into Hudson Bay via the Saskatchewan-Nelson River system. The local aquatic environment supports cold-water fish species such as trout and mountain whitefish, and the watershed is important for regional biodiversity.
Environmental context
The plant's treated effluent enters the Crowsnest River, a headwater stream of the Oldman River basin. This watershed is part of the larger South Saskatchewan River system, which flows through semi-arid prairie landscapes before reaching Lake Diefenbaker and eventually Hudson Bay. The Crowsnest River supports a cold-water fishery, including native trout species, and the area is ecologically sensitive due to its mountainous terrain and seasonal flow variations.
Frequently asked questions
The plant is located on Stinky Narrows Loop in Frank, within the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada.
The plant serves approximately 1,920 residents in the Frank community and surrounding area.
The plant discharges treated effluent into the Crowsnest River, which flows into the Oldman River and eventually the South Saskatchewan River system.
The plant operates under Alberta's Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act and the Wastewater and Storm Drainage Regulation, which set effluent quality standards for municipal facilities.
Small communities in Alberta often use lagoon systems or mechanical treatment plants with secondary treatment to meet provincial effluent standards.
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