Wastewater treatment: Getting younger since 2005, but still oldest in the country

Wastewater treatment assets in Prince Edward Island have had a long-term trend toward ageing. This trend has stopped lately, but has raised the average age from 14.8 years in the early 1980s to 22.8 years in 2007. The recent reduction in age is mainly attributable to the discarding of older investments. As a result, this asset accounted for 8% of total infrastructure stock in the province, down from 11% in 2001.

The wastewater treatment asset in Prince Edward Island has passed 81% of its useful life compared to 63% on average at the national level. This is the highest percentage recorded for this asset in any province.