PEI Site Assessor Pre-course Quiz
ETC collecting names for the next PEI Site Assessor Course
ETC is currently collecting the names of individuals who are interested in taking the next PEI Site Assessor course. Once we get enough people who are approved by the Province of PEI to take the course, we will finalize dates and open registration. We typically require a minimum of 15 attendees to put on the […]
Registration for PEI Site Assessor Course June 20-28, 2023 by ETC Ltd.
The dates for the 2023 Site Assessor Course are now confirmed for June 20-23, with June 26 and 27 as alternative field dates or optional extra help/practice days. The exam will be written the morning of June 28, 2023 (see details below). There are a limited number of seats which will be available on a […]
News Release – ETC to receive investment funding to commercialize Septic Sitter
For Immediate Release: March 31, 2015 Stratford, Prince Edward Island Engineering Technologies Canada Ltd. (ETC) is pleased to announce that our product division, Dynamic Monitors, will receive a financial investment from Innovation PEI to help commercialize our patented Septic SitterTM system. ETC is one of five companies selected to receive funding through Innovation PEI’s Development […]
“Wonderful Women of Wastewater” Forum to promote STEM to girls
Free Online Forum: Wonderful Women of Wastewater September 23rd., 2014 2pm – 4pm Eastern Time (3pm – 5pm Atlantic Time) Twelve Wonderful Women of WasteWater (Twitter #WWofWW) will gather online to talk directly to girls about what makes them passionate about their careers, how they got to their current positions, and what the future holds […]
ETC solves sewage challenge for owner of Burnside Community Care Home
Engineering Technologies Canada Ltd. (ETC) was retained by Hartshire Holdings to design a state-of-the-art, cost effective and green onsite sewage system for the Burnside Community Care Home in Clyde River, PEI. The new Burnside Community Care Facility in Clyde River, PEI The new 40 bed community care home features both single and double-bed rooms. The […]
Redox or Not?
The dominant surficial geology in my region of Prince Edward Island, Canada is glacial till soil, rich in iron, so our mineral soil horizons are typically very reddish-brown in colour. This can make it hard to detect redoximorphic features in the soil profile. Where the soil is seasonally saturated, often all we get for redox […]
PEI Department of Environment – (UPDATED) regulations regarding septic licensing
This is our understanding of the current policies regarding the various licenses issued by the PEI Dept. of Environment related to on-site sewage disposal. In summary, the Department issues site assesors licenses ($250), septic contractors licenses ($250) and septic installers licenses ($25). The septic contractors license ($250) is generally issued to the owner of a […]
Alternative Sewers: A Good Option for Many Communities
Note: The following article was excerpted from Pipeline, published by National Small Flows Clearinghouse. For an example of how alternative sewers were used to provide a cost effective solution for one rural Maritime community, read ETC’s Project Profile of the award winning, Victoria Water and Wastewater Project. Those who are fortunate enough to own a […]
Victoria Water & Wastewater Project – Village of Victoria, PE
3 Minute long video overview of the project: (Photo credit: Ron Garnett, AirScapes.ca) The Village of Victoria, PE is a quaint, rural village and picturesque tourist destination with many period buildings, artisans, restaurants and a bustling waterfront. Residential lots were subdivided in the mid 1800s and most are not large enough to accommodate modern septic […]