Treated Effluent Reuse At Cenovus Energy Inc.S Foster Creek Site

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to look at a real life environmental problem for a company and the ways in which they can innovatively come up with solutions. Cenovus currently faces an increased regulatory and economic burden with respect to their current methods of effluent disposal at their Foster Creek site. Therefore, realistic reclaimed water reuse applications are needed for the company to better deal and manage this ‘wasted’ resource. From many different perspectives (regulatory, social, economic, energy, environmental, etc.), this report attempts to portray the problem that the company faces while also posing a number of different wastewater reuse applications that are available to Cenovus. Finally, some of the better and most realistic ideas are elaborated on to show that wastewater reuse is something that can be done and is something that the company should really consider going forward.