Help Serve Your Community: Join our Board of Directors
Though we operate a water treatment plant, we’re really in the business of health.
Yes, water is what we do. But our impact is so much bigger. A healthy water supply leads to healthy people. Healthy people create healthy communities. The work we do every day touches every citizen, every home, every school, every business, every living thing that relies on water.
We want you to help us do this good work by joining our Board of Directors.
We are currently seeking up to two individuals with board governance or senior executive experience to serve as members of our Board of Directors. This is an incredible opportunity for highly qualified individuals to serve Regina and Moose Jaw.
Benefits of becoming a Board Member include:
- Significant leadership and networking opportunities with a diverse group of professionals
- Ability to have real impact on a governance board
- Work with a strongly skilled and capable network of people
- Receive appropriate training to foster competency and growth
- Grow professionally through the technical, financial, and organizational challenges facing the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Corporation through operations and growth
- Compensation in accordance with the Saskatchewan Crown Investments Corporation Tier 2 rate structure
We value diversity in our workforce and on our Board of Directors. This includes gender, ethnicity, orientation, occupation, and physical ability. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates in Regina or Moose Jaw before the application deadline of Thursday, October 31, 2024.
Recruitment Process
The recruitment process will involve a number of steps including:
- Application Submission
- Candidate Short-Listing
- Interview and Reference Checking
- Recommendation of Nominees to the City of Moose Jaw and City of Regina Councils
Please include the following information in your submission:
1. Cover letter which addresses the following questions:
- Why are you interested in serving as a Director for the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Corporation?
- What are your areas of greatest expertise related to board governance? How will it serve the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Corporation?
- What other Board Memberships do you currently hold?
- Are you aware of any potential conflict of interest you might encounter as a Board Member for the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Corporation? If so, please provide details.
2. Attach a resume outlining your qualifications.
- Candidates are requested to identify all attributes, skills and experience they possess which have been identified in our Board Responsibilities.
Apply Today
To apply to be a member of the board, please email your completed application to:
Application deadline: October 31, 2024
All applications will be acknowledged. Only those candidates who are short-listed will be contacted for further follow-up.
Successful candidates will need to provide a criminal record check.
Regina and Moose Jaw Tap Water Safe Despite Unusual Taste and Odour: Improvements Underway
Many citizens in Regina and Moose Jaw are noticing that their tap water has an unusual taste and odour but it is safe to drink and meets all regulatory drinking water requirements.
Buffalo Pound Lake is the source water for Regina’s and Moose Jaw’s drinking water and is currently experiencing its usual annual algae bloom which is causing the high levels of taste and odours. The plant is currently using powdered activated carbon in its process to decrease the intensity of taste and odour but it does have limited effectiveness. The construction team, programmers, and plant staff are working diligently to get the new and complex deep bed carbon filter system in service within the next month. When the carbon filters are commissioned and put on-line, the taste and odour will no longer occur.
The BPWTP is currently undergoing a $325M renewal and construction will be completed in early 2026. The renewal includes additional process improvements in addition to the deep bed carbon filters that will provide taste and odour removal year-round. The BPWTC asks that the citizens of Regina and Moose Jaw be patient as the new processes will soon provide year-round removal of taste and odours from their drinking water.
$4 Million Solar Power Project Unveiled at Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant
The Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Corporation (BPWTC) along with the Cities of Regina and Moose Jaw, today unveiled a $4 Million Solar Power project at the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant! The project will power the plant’s administration building, enabling the reduction of the Plant’s energy consumption by approximately 10%. Click here to read more
Patricia Warsaba, K.C was elected as the incoming Chair of the BPWTC Board of Directors, at the 2024 AGM, replacing Dale Schoffer who has served as the BPWTC Board Chair since 2018.
Patricia has been a member of the BPWTC board since 2020. She has a wealth of knowledge, board experience and expertise. She retired as a lawyer and partner with McKercher LLP in 2023. In 2011, Patricia was recognized as a Woman of Influence in Saskatchewan for her contributions as a professional in her community. She is the Honorary Consul by the Embassy of Iceland in Regina, with jurisdiction over the Province of Saskatchewan, and received the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal in 2022.
We want to thank Dale Schoffer for his skillful leadership of the BPWTC Board of Directors over the past eight years. His guidance and insight through the pandemic and into plant renewal have positioned the corporation well for the future. We are fortunate that Dale will be continuing with the BPWTC board as a director.