Sumas Environmental Services Inc.  
Water Treatment Services


Sumas Environmental Services Inc. (Sumas) is the only full service environmental contractor in western Canada to independently offer such a wide range of services, including site remediation, on and off site water treatment, on and off site soil remediation and disposal, and hazardous waste handling and disposal.

Sumas maintains and operates a fully permitted water treatment system at its Burnaby facility. The Burnaby water treatment system can effectively treat and remove a variety of contaminants from hydrocarbons to heavy metals in water and wastewater. Sumas provides our clients with competitive pricing for the off site treatment and disposal of contaminated water, which eliminates the often complicated process of obtaining a site-specific discharge permit.

System components include gravity phase separation, filter press, pH adjustment, heavy metal floculation and settling, and carbon filtration, upon completion of treatment and confirmatory analysis, the water is discharged to the GVRD Sanitary Sewer. The discharge is monitored on a regular basis and fully permitted by the GVRD.
 


Our extensive waste treatment experience can be used to your benefit through our on-site water treatment systems. Sumas owns and maintains a variety of on site water treatment equipment that can be mobilized to the site quickly and efficiently. Our systems are modular, so required components can easily be loaded onto transport vehicles and moved to your site quickly and efficiently. Therefore different components can be tailored to meet the precise project treatment needs efficiently and cost effectively. Any redundant equipment can easily be decommissioned to remove the financial burden on the project.

Sumas has extensive experience in the treatment of groundwater encountered during excavation de-watering activities on contaminated sites. Due to our wide range of capabilities, we offer our clients a variety of competitive options for treating contaminated water, either on or off site. Sumas also offers design/build package treatment systems designed for a specific application. We offer performance based contracts that further reduce the liability to our clients and show our confidence in our ability and the quality of the systems we offer.
Sumas Environmental Services provides the full range of services needed to solve the environmental problems facing industry today. For additional information, or to find out more about Sumas, please do not hesitate to contact us.


Sumas Environmental Services Inc. (Sumas) has the experience to diagnose dewatering challenges and the "know how" to recommend and safely use the proper equipment and techniquesneeded to dewater any wastewater and discharge it "safely" into the environment. Sumas is strongly field oriented, very sensitive to the special needs of the consultants particularly with regard to the timelines of the project. Our technical, sales, and field personnel are dedicated to one principle philosophy - to serve our customer by providing the most effective techniques to control groundwater on time and on budget.



"Turn-Key Contract" puts Sumas in charge of the layout, installation and operation of construction dewatering systems. Sumas will undertake engineering studies including on-site pump tests and furnish design recommendations. This total concept includes a guarantee to provide the needed results.

"Rental or Sale" in which Sumas furnishes the necessary equipment to the customers from Sumas' extensive inventory. Sumas will furnish a field supervisor to advise the client regarding proper installation and operation of the Sumas supplied equipment.

There is a huge difference between renting or buying from Sumas and obtaining equipment from a "hardware" type company which only warehouse equipment. Sumas field supervisors and maintenance specialists are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to assist in solving operational problems.