在一个偏远的北海岸小社区的限制下，该项目的目标是:找到一种简单的处理工艺，以解决微生物污染，如贾第虫、消毒副产品，如三卤甲烷、家庭管道中使用的铅焊料腐蚀导致的铅污染，以及符合加拿大饮用水质量准则的产品水；并设计一个全尺寸的处理厂，以证明该工艺的有效性，并作为其他社区建设类似水处理厂的培训中心。这是一个挑战，原因有几个。首先，北海岸社区通常只能乘船或飞机前往。第二，他们通常缺乏经过培训的人员来管理操作和维护，因为他们规模较小（100-2000人）。因此，任何处理设施的操作和维护都应简单、可靠、经济。 梅特拉卡特拉村位于鲁珀特王子以东7公里处，是北海岸最小的社区之一，因此被选为水处理厂的所在地（pop.135）。从鲁珀特王子到梅特拉卡特拉的渡轮距离短，交通便利，这也使得梅特拉卡特拉成为其他北海岸社区建设类似工厂的培训中心的理想地点。该项目的工程分两个阶段进行。第一阶段涉及研究和开发处理北海岸地表水的简单有效方法。第二阶段涉及设计一个全尺寸工厂，以证明所选处理工艺的有效性。

Within the constraints of a small, remote north coast community, the objectives of this project were to: find a simple treatment process to address microbiological contamination such as giardia, disinfection byproducts such as trihalomethanes, lead contamination resulting from the corrosion of lead solder used in household plumbing, and product water meeting the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality; and design a full-scale treatment plant to demonstrate the effectiveness of the process and serve as a training center for other communities building similar water treatment plants. This presented a challenge for several reasons. First, north coast communities are generally only accessible by boat or float plane. Second, they often lack trained people to look after operation and maintenance because they are small (100-2,000 pop.). Consequently any treatment facilities should be simple, reliable, and economical to operate and maintain. The Village of Metlakatla, 7 km east of Prince Rupert, was selected as the location for the water treatment plant since it is one of the smallest north coast communities (pop. 135). The short distance and easy accessibility by ferry from Prince Rupert also makes Metlakatla an ideal location for a training center for other north coast communities building similar plants. The engineering for this project was carried out in two phases. The first phase involved research and development into simple effective methods of treating north coast surface waters. The second phase involved the design of a full scale plant to demonstrate the effectiveness of the treatment process selected.