Ecological planning of water reuse: A case study of the feasibility of wastewater reuse facilities re-design, in Grant Park Shopping Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Recycling of water in cities is a viable strategy to address anticipated water shortages, but this aspect of contemporary urban design has been under-examined. Considerable investigation of wastewater reuse in the planning discipline has been conducted on a theoretical level; however, a comprehensive study of a local scale application regarding the potential of a solar aquatic facility implemented in a shopping centre appears to be lacking. This practicum addresses the question "Is water reuse in a typical shopping centre redevelopment environmentally and socially beneficial, and economically feasible?" The structure of this research follows the ecological planning approach, and is based on a review of literature, interview results and conceptual design applied in a case study of Grant Park Shopping Centre (Winnipeg, Manitoba). An ecological framework, simultaneously incorporating the long-term environmental, economic and social values into urban planning and development, is the approach adopted.;Three challenges associated with the implementation of a solar aquatic facility in Grant Park Mall are the difficulties involved in designing the biological process treatment, high capital cost of the intervention and unfavourable public perception towards wastewater reuse. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)...