Public Works
The Wiikwemkoong Public Works Department encompasses four separate departments, namely:
with a total of 26 full-time employees.
The Wiikwemkoong Public Works programs are funded by Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), the Ministry of Transportation (MTO), and other (FNIIP, OFNLP, LDM, OW) to maintain our valuable infrastructure thereby prolonging our investments and ensuring roadways are safe, and that water is clean, safe and available for our community and satellite communities.
Water and Wastewater Treatment Department
The Water and Wastewater Treatment Department has 6 employees.
The Water Treatment Plant is a communal microfiltration water treatment plant that has water supplied from Smith Bay. The water is conveyed from the bay through the intake piping to a low lift station and then pumped into the water treatment plant for processing. High lift pumps would then supply the communities in-ground reservoir, elevated water storage reservoir, community distribution system and to the water truck filling station.
Wastewater treatment is a process which removes and eliminates contaminants from wastewater. It thus converts it into an effluent that can be returned to the water cycle. Once back in the water cycle, the effluent creates an acceptable impact on the environment.
Water Delivery
The Water Delivery Department has 4 employees.
The water delivery department is responsible for delivering potable water to over 420 homes within the community with 730 deliveries per week.
Roads Department
The roads department has 12 employees.
The roads department is responsible for maintaining our infrastructure in Wiikwemkoong. This includes winter road maintenance, road repair and maintenance, culvert instillations and repairs, etc.
Listed below are the total amount of roadways that the Roads Department maintains.
Maintained Roads
| Roadside Environment | Total KM |
|---|---|
| Rural Earth | 76.7 |
| Rural Gravel | 50.8 |
| Rural LCB | 53.7 |
| Rural HCB | 11.6 |
| Semi-Urban Gravel | 0.1 |
| Semi-Urban LCB | 7.1 |
| Semi-Urban HCB | 9.4 |
| Total System | 211.7 |
LCB – Low Class Bituminous (Surface Treatment)
HCB – High Class Bituminous (Hot-Mix Asphalt)
Waste and Recycle Transfer Station
The Waste and Recycling Transfer Station have 4 employees.
The Waste and Recycling Transfer station is responsible for all the household waste for the community. Household waste includes, Hazardous Waste, Recyclables, Tires, Fridges, and Stoves, and E-Waste.
This is the average monthly amount of material that leave the Wiikwemkoong Waste and Recycling Transfer Station. 1200 Tonnes of household waste, 8 Tonnes of cardboard, 3.5 Tonnes of plastics and cans, 1.4 Tonnes of e-waste, 63 Tonnes of metal and 600 liters of used oil.