Supply of Acetic Acid to the Wastewater Treatment Plant

The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) is inviting experienced, reliable, and qualified suppliers (Proponent) to provide a proposal for the supply and delivery of 60% Acetic Acid to the RMOW Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). The RMOW’s WWTP uses a sophisticated, enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) process. This system builds on the carbon and nutrient loads entering the plant to grow a specialized biomass able to withdraw phosphate from the water. The removal of
phosphate from the water relies on a food source “bugs” that comes from the system’s fermenter. Currently the fermenter at the WWTP is offline and it has become necessary to introduce acetic acid into the bioreactor as a food source.