Water and wastewater plant tours

Tour a water treatment or wastewater treatment plant to learn more about water treatment and the value of water.

Water treatment plant tours (public)
Wastewater treatment plant tours (public)

Book a tour

Learn about the value of water with a 30-45 minute walking tour at one of our two water treatment plants in Edmonton: Rossdale or E.L. Smith.

By touring our site-specific infrastructure and processes, you'll learn about the journey water takes before it gets to your home.

For more information, email us at epcorprojects@epcor.com.

Please note: All of our plants operate 24/7 so tour capacity is very limited. Public tours will not be conducted in March or April. Priority is given to groups from accredited post-secondary institutions that have a focus on water education.

View a video tour

On a walk through of our E.L. Smith Water Treatment Plant, you'll learn about:

How EPCOR's two water treatment plants in Edmonton provide clean drinking water to 1.5 million people in more than 90 communities
The kīsikāw pīsim solar farm, which helps the plant use clean energy to produce clean water
The processes and technologies used at the plant to treat water from the North Saskatchewan River
The final steps to get the water to you, from testing to distribution

Book a tour

On a 90-minute walking tour of our Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment Plant, you'll learn about:

Gold Bar's innovative infrastructure
The different processes involved in wastewater treatment and how water is safely returned to the North Saskatchewan River
What keeps Gold Bar at the forefront of wastewater treatment technology in North America

Priority will be given to groups from accredited post-secondary institutions that have a focus on wastewater/environmental education.

For more information, email us at epcorprojects@epcor.com.

Please note: All of our plants operate 24/7 so tour capacity is very limited.

View a video tour

On a walk through of our Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment Plant, you'll learn about:

The different processes involved in wastewater treatment
How water is safely returned to the North Saskatchewan River
The journey water takes before it gets to your home

Our partnership with RiverWatch

RiverWatch helps students explore the North Saskatchewan River. We have a longstanding partnership with RiverWatch to support student learning. Over the past 18 years, more than 50,000 students have toured through our Gold Bar plant as part of the RiverWatch program. In the summer of 2018, Gold Bar was part of RiverWatch's new River Ambassador Program, which brought community members by our plant as part of an on-water learning experience.