Water & Wastewater
Water System
Sussex currently has five (5) production wells within its potable water distribution system which are capable of supplying the demands of the system users and beyond with up to 9,964 cubic meters per day or 2,192,000 imperial gallons per day.
Sussex has three (3) reservoirs with the capacity of 6,340 cubic meters or 1,394,800 imperial gallons of water to help with high peak demand and firefighting.
The potable water distribution system is comprised of over 63.5 km of watermains varying in size from 150 mm (6”) to 355.6 mm (14”) in diameter for the delivery of water to its customers and includes over 432 fire hydrants.
Sussex endeavors through daily monitoring and sampling to provide quality drinking water to its residents that surpass the “Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality“.
Annual Water Quality Report 2019
Annual Water Quality Report 2020
Annual Water Quality Report 2021
Annual Water Quality Report 2022
The Department of Environment and Local Government published a report in October 2021 summarizing historical data on drinking water quality from 70 New Brunswick municipalities for the period1994 to 2017.
Drinking Water Quality in My Community
Wastewater System
Sussex sanitary sewer collection system is comprised of over 57 km of sewer mains varying in size from 150 mm (6”) to 525 mm (21”) and eight (8) sanitary sewer lift stations in the system that deliver the wastewater to the treatment lagoon.
The treatment lagoon has an average combined retention time of 23 days during which the use of dissolved oxygen and microbial action are used to reduce the pollutants in the wastewater, as a final step the treated wastewater is disinfected with UV lights before it leaves the treatment plant.
Sussex endeavors through daily monitoring and sampling to provide a high quality treated effluent.
Through technology, training, and teamwork, the Utility department has certified operators that are responsible for maintaining the operation of the Water and Wastewater facilities.