In order to address increased infrastructure requirements in Saskatchewan’s oil and gas industry a new pipeline was installed in 2018/2019, a portion of which was bored beneath the north Saskatchewan river. With the aim of minimizing the effect of construction on wildlife a turbidity monitoring project was developed for the North Saskatchewan River. In addition to monitoring of construction activities, X-Terra was responsible for the monitoring of the river water to ensure no drilling fluid was being unintentionally released.
Once completed, construction of this pipeline will update and upgrade the existing infrastructure, and with the help of X-Terra, be constructed in a way that has minimal effects on this environmentally sensitive area and its inhabitants.
To help build environmental careers in the local Indigenous communities where they work, X-Terra Environmental Services Ltd. is incorporating the Eco-Canada Building Environmental Aboriginal Human Resources (BEAHR) Workforce training programs into both the up-front environmental assessment of projects, construction monitoring and subsequent ongoing environmental monitoring.
