1. Environmental Initiatives
  2. Greener Together
  3. Greening City Operations

Greening City Operations

Spraypark upgrades use 60% less water while maintaining 100% of the fun.

Sustainability is a core priority for our organization, and is a theme that carries through our purpose, strategic goals, and council priorities in both long-term planning and daily actions.

Check out the annual Service, Savings, Sustainability (SSS) Report for featured sustainability highlights.

With an ambitious target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 and to increase the quantity and quality of natural infrastructure in Saskatoon, the City is greening its own operations.

 

Sustainability Highlights

Water Conservation at Spray Pads With $24,000 and 6.4 million liters of water saved in addition to 2.7 tonnes of CO2 emissions avoided at two spray pads – one on the westside and one on the east side of Saskatoon.

Water Conservation in Sports Fields Savings $65,000 in water costs savings using an evapotranspiration-based (ET-based) irrigation system in seven sports fields in 2023, and an additional $98,000 savings from the 2023 pilot in 46 parks using the same approach.

Landfill Gas In 2023, the landfill gas facility collected and destroyed 6,578,000 m3 of landfill gas which resulted in a reduction of GHG emissions of over 60,455 tonnes equivalent to the emissions from the total energy used by 14,000 average Canadian homes over one year.

Wastewater Treatment Plant By harnessing biogas from the Digesters to heat the WWTP facility and its processes, annual natural gas costs were reduced by $300,000. Additionally, through a comprehensive optimization strategy, an annual savings of $470,000 in energy costs (natural gas and electricity combined) were achieved.