Registration deadline extended to Oct. 7, 2016 The date for the Site Assessor Course is now confirmed for October 17 to 19, 2016. There are a limited number of seats which will be available on a first come, first serve basis. All applicants who are interested in taking the course are asked to please confirm [more]
NB Contour Disposal System Course Re-scheduled for November 2015!
Registrations are now being accepted for a course for NB licensed septic installers who wish to obtain a non-conventional license to select and install Contour Disposal Systems. The course will be presented in english and will run the third week of November 2015. Si vous désirez suivre le cours en français, veuillez nous envoyer un [more]
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 [more]

“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 [more]

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 40 bed community care home features both single and double-bed rooms. The building has three levels, wheelchair accessible showers, dining room, community [more]
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 [more]
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 [more]
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 [more]
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 [more]
Villa Sur Plage Condominiums – Robichaud, NB
Villa_Sur_Plage View the PDF version here. Villa Sur Plage Condominiums Robichaud, New Brunswick Client: Les Entreprises Mapoma Ltée Engineering Technologies Canada Ltd. (ETC) designed the first private cluster sewage system in New Brunswick to be managed by a condominium corporation. The system includes: Alternative Collection System – Septic Tank Effluent Gravity Sewer ● Innovative Sewage [more]