Motion picture technology provider IMAX Corp. is using permeable pavement and stormwater treatment technology to retrofit the parking lot at its Mississauga, about 30 kilometres west of downtown Toronto. Its part of the Ontario government Showcasing Water Innovation program and involves Credit Valley Conservation.
In a press release, the provincial government stated the IMAX project, involving Credit Valley Conservation, is one funded by the Showcasing Water Innovation program, which funds projects that manage drinking water, wastewater and storm water systems.
Credit Valley Conservation is one of 36 provincial conservation authorities. Its mandates include protecting the watershed of the Credit River, which runs south from the Orangeville area, draining into Lake Ontario in Mississauga.
“IMAX plans to make their site accessible to future potential customers in the design, construction and property management industries that are interested in learning more about how they can implement similar technologies on their own properties,” according to a backgrounder published on the Credit Valley Conservation website.
The IMAX head office is on Speakman Drive, north of the Queen Elizabeth Way and east of Winston Churchill Boulevard, about five kilometers northeast of the Ford Motor Company Oakville Assembly Plant. To the north and east of the IMAX office is Sheridan Creek.
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In its press release, the Ontario government stated the infrastructure at the IMAX office “will help prevent flooding and reduce contaminants entering Sheridan Creek and Lake Ontario.”
Credit Valley Conservation described the design as experimental and says it “will help address specific technical challenges, such as choosing the appropriate types of engineered media to optimize treatment performance, reduce construction costs and provide better environmental protection.”
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