A Port Coquitlam company that recycles industrial waste has been fined more than $450,000 for contamination in the Pitt River.

Ground X Site Services Ltd., which provides dump truck, disposal and recycling services, intermittently discharged waste effluent into the environment nine times between March and April in 2024, according to B.C.’s Ministry of Environment.

The company collects, handles, and stores waste soil, solids, and liquids, including hydrovac slurry waste, concrete, asphalt, and organic material, according to the ministry. Hydrovac is a process that uses pressurized water and an industrial strength vacuum to excavate and evacuate waste material.

As the pressurized water breaks up the waste material it creates a slurry that is removed by a powerful vacuum into a debris tank

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