Mine Closure Water Management Starts Before Closure: What to Plan During Operations
Mine closure does not begin when production ends. The decisions made during operations—how water is separated, stored, treated, redirected, and managed around waste rock and tailings—shape the practical obligations a site carries into closure and post-closure. For mine operators, that makes water management a core closure-planning issue, not a final-stage task. As a site transitions, […]
Winterizing Landfill Operations: A Practical Plan for Canadian Sites
Canadian winter does not pause landfill operations. It changes the practical conditions under which every part of the day must be delivered: access, working-face control, cover placement, equipment readiness, material handling, and safe traffic movement. The strongest winter plans are built before the ground freezes. They translate approval conditions and operating procedures into an executable […]
Water Treatment for the MSC Baltic III Wreck Removal in Newfoundland
The removal of the grounded MSC Baltic III from Cedar Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, is a complex marine response operation requiring careful coordination, specialized equipment and strong environmental controls. As part of the current wreck removal phase, KBL Environmental is providing the on-site water treatment system used to manage contaminated water removed from the vessel’s […]
CELL 17 CONSTRUCTION
CLIENT Confidential LOCATIONS Rosser, Manitoba CONTRACT VALUE $4MM SCHEDULE Start Date: May 2023End Date: September 2023 PROJECT PROFILE As part of the ongoing operations and growth at their waste management facility, the client required construction of an additional waste cell to increase their facility capacity. SCOPE OF WORK Excavation and grading; Geosynthetic Clay Liner Installation; […]
St. Paul’s Hospital Excavation
CLIENT Jacob Brother Construction LOCATIONS Vancouver (Downtown), BC PROJECT RELEVANCE Carbon filtration projectSupply, changeout,and disposal of GAC CONTRACT VALUE $250,000 SCHEDULE Start Date: 2022End Date: 2023 PROJECT PROFILE KBL was retained by Jacob Bros for water treatment at St. Paul’s Hospital which involved addressing total suspended solids (TSS), pH, and total metals from a well […]
Transmountain Drill Mud Dewatering & Treatment
CLIENT Transmountain LOCATIONS Spread 5b, Hope BC PROJECT RELEVANCE Drill mud treatmentESGWater treatment CONTRACT VALUE $1,200,000 SCHEDULE Start Date: February 2023End Date: May 2023 PROJECT PROFILE KBL was contracted to treat drill mud from the 2,295m horizontal drill crossing at Mountain 3 as part of the Transmountain Pipeline. The waste mud had a high solids […]
BESSBOROUGH LANDFILL CELL 4A CONSTRUCTION
CLIENT Peace River Regional District LOCATION Dawson Creek, BC CONTRACT VALUE $2,000,000 SCHEDULE Start Date: May 2024End Date: September 2024 PROJECT PROFILE KBL was awarded the project based on a combination of price and experience. The site is an existing municipal solid waste landfill. SCOPE OF WORK The work to be undertaken generally involves, but […]
NANAIMO LANDFILL NORTH SLOPE CLOSURE
CLIENT Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) LOCATION Nanaimo, BC CONTRACT VALUE $1,900,000 SCHEDULE Start Date: August 2022End Date: August 2023 PROJECT PROFILE KBL (previously SECURE Energy) was awarded a contract of perform the installation of final cap materials over a portion of the North Slope at the Nanaimo Regional Landfill identified including anchor trench construction […]
GIANT MINE REMEDIATION PROJECT
CLIENT Parsons Inc., on behalf of Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) / Crown and Indigenous Relations Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) LOCATION Giant Mine, Yellowknife, NT PROJECT RELEVANCE Project ManagementMulti-OfferingsTeamwork and CommunicationSchedule and Budget Management SCHEDULE Start Date: 2020End Date: Ongoing PROJECT PROFILE The Giant Mine site, located near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, is a historic […]
Suncor Carbon Filtration Project
CLIENT Suncor Energy LOCATION Sherwood Park, AB CONTRACT VALUE $2,200,000 SCHEDULE Start Date: April 2023End Date: Present PROJECT PROFILE Suncor’s process and storm water ponds at the Edmonton Refinery exceed Alberta’s Tier I guideline in mercury contamination (0.005μg/L) for aquatic life discharge. The analytical data suggests the mercury contamination is approximately 2 – 5 times […]