In October 2011, a 
notification was distributed to residents.
The Rossdale site in Edmonton’s North Saskatchewan River valley has provided power and water to the people of Edmonton for over 100 years. Today, the 36.4 acre (14.7 hectare) facility at the heart of the city is a well-known historical site.
While Rossdale still supplies almost half of the drinking water to residents in Edmonton and surrounding communities and counties, the electricity generation functions have been replaced by newer, more efficient, and cost effective equipment.
Rossdale Decommissioning
EPCOR is committed to preserving the heritage and history of Rossdale, providing more open and public space and minimizing impacts to the community.
EPCOR has been working on the decommissioning plan for the Rossdale site and has filed an application to Alberta Environment, the regulator, to amend the Rossdale Thermal Electric Generation Station Approval for Decommissioning and Land Reclamation. The Rossdale Generating Station stopped providing power at the end of 2008.
The application to Alberta Environment presents a Decommissioning and Land Reclamation Plan for the Rossdale generating station site in Edmonton, Alberta. This plan calls for a multi-disciplinary approach that will take place over several years. The initial phases will be focused on engineering and contractor demolition tasks.
An open house was held on February 10, 2010, to provide information about the Rossdale Decommissioning Project and the Rossdale Water Dechlorination Project. The results of the open house are now available in the Rossdale Open House Summary Report.
In mid-late 2010, EPCOR anticipates removing the non-historical generating buildings. The Low Pressure Boiler house and Steam Turbine house, provincially designated historic buildings, will be preserved. The site is archaeologically and culturally significant; as a result, any excavation on the site will be appropriately managed and an archaeologist of record will be on site during all ground disturbance.
EPCOR also operates the Rossdale Water Treatment plant in close proximity to the Rossdale Power Plant. This facility and the switchyard and two substations will continue in operation. All decommissioning activities will not impede the operations of the existing facilities and infrastructure.
The project is scheduled to begin in August 2010, following approval by Alberta Environment. The project will be largely complete by September 2012.
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For more information about decommissioning at the Rossdale site, please see the July 2010 Rossdale Public Utility Site Bulletin.
Updated information includes project information including an outline of which buildings are being removed and which are staying, site maps, and a project schedule.
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Rossdale Site Maps