Shxwha:y Village Soil Management Facility

The Shxwha:y Soil Management Facility is a facility located on the Shxwha:y First Nation near Chilliwack, BC. The Soil Management Facility occupies a footprint of approximately 8 Ha and the completed area of closure is approximately 6 Ha. It is a secure, engineered soil management site that is fully lined with a HDPE bottom liner, an effective leachate collection and treatment system and off site leachate disposal at the Chilliwack Wastewater Treatment Plant. The site also has a soil management gas collection and flaring system and a comprehensive environmental monitoring program. The Soil Management Facility is conformant with the B.C. Landfill Criteria.

A soil remediation biocell has been constructed at the facility. The secure biocell is on a lined footprint. Petroleum contaminated soils (PCS) in excess of Shxwha:y Soil Management Facility disposal standards will be treated in this cell prior to disposal in the soil management facility.

Currently, the Soil Management Facility is directly managed by the Shxwhá:y Indian Band as a Land Code Band (See Shxwhá:y Indian Band Land Code) with authority to fully administer the environmental issues on their traditional territory under Shxwha:y Village Soil Deposit Permit issued to Headlands Environmental Inc.

2019 – Present 

Shxwha:y Village

Chilliwack, British Columbia

Soil management including testing, remediation and disposal. 

Landfill management, leachate treatment and disposal.

Material screening and crushing.

Gravel production and sales.

Water quality testing.

Flood protection management and berm construction.

Headlands Environmental Inc.