EPCOR Water Services Inc. (EWSI) provides quality water and wastewater services to more than 85 communities and industrial sites across Western Canada.
EWSI builds, owns and operates water and wastewater facilities, working in partnership with governments, municipalities and industrial clients.
We are enlisted by municipalities and industry to help address the challenge of providing top quality water and wastewater services in a reliable, safe and environmentally responsible manner. Our partners also look to us for design, build, operate and finance options when constructing and upgrading infrastructure.
EPCOR’s partnerships have allowed small communities the option to maintain public ownership and regulation of their infrastructure, while gaining access to EPCOR’s expertise in innovative design, construction, and cost-effective technology.
We have been providing water to the residents of Edmonton for more than 100 years. Edmonton's first water treatment plant was constructed near downtown in 1903. The current downtown Rossdale water treatment plant was built in 1947. A second water treatment plant, E.L. Smith, was constructed in southwest Edmonton in 1976.
In 1996, the City of Edmonton’s Water Branch became part of EPCOR and was incorporated as a separate legal entity called Aqualta Inc. In 1999 Aqualta was re-named EPCOR Water Services. In 2009, the City of Edmonton transferred ownership of the Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment Plant to EPCOR Water Services.
