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<div class="ExternalClass2E8FAB71211442959D3C75C2FE21C65F"><p>Metro Vancouver provides reliable, cost-effective wastewater treatment that protects public health and the environment. Our system consists of over 530 km of trunk sewers, 34 wastewater pump stations and five regional treatment plants that process over 1 billion litres of wastewater every day. Resources are recovered throughout the system, including heat, energy and biosolids.</p><p>This service is guided by the <a href="/about-us/Documents/board-strategic-plan-update-may-2021.pdf" target="_blank">Board Strategic Plan</a> and the <a href="/services/liquid-waste/integrated-liquid-waste-management-plan" target="_blank">Integrated Liquid Waste and Resource Management Plan</a>.</p><p> <a href="/services/liquid-waste/metro-vancouvers-wastewater-system" target="_blank">Learn how the wastewater system works.</a>​<br></p></div>

 

 

Volume of Wastewaterhttps://metrovancouver.org/about-us/dashboards/liquid-waste/annual-volume-of-liquid-waste-collected-and-treated, Volume of wastewaterVolume of Wastewater<div class="ExternalClassF1542C6047DB454A992656B0B80D71F9"><p>of wastewater collected and treated​<br></p></div>427,816MLmv-border-sepia
Recreational Water Not Meeting Criteriahttps://metrovancouver.org/about-us/dashboards/liquid-waste/recreational-water-quality, Recreational water not meeting criteriaRecreational Water Not Meeting Criteria<div class="ExternalClass0F805E6AE28642939F354E70174CEE14"><p>not meeting applicable criteria<br></p></div>0%of recreational water quality resultsmv-border-sepia
Annual Combined Sewer Overflow Volumehttps://metrovancouver.org/about-us/dashboards/liquid-waste/annual-combined-sewer-overflow-volume, Annual Combined Sewer Overflow VolumeAnnual Combined Sewer Overflow Volume<div class="ExternalClassA1A5DF5451F840D19ABADE555548B60F"><p>​overflow volume</p></div>20,158MLmv-border-sepia
Sanitary Sewer Overflow Eventshttps://metrovancouver.org/about-us/dashboards/liquid-waste/annual-number-of-sanitary-sewer-overflows-events, Sanitary sewer overflow eventsSanitary Sewer Overflow Events<div class="ExternalClass8AAA93B2B02446709393C6C7BA543AD5"><p>of wet weather related SSOs from Metro Vancouver sewers</p></div>33eventsmv-border-sepia
Water Quality Indexhttps://metrovancouver.org/about-us/dashboards/liquid-waste/water-quality-index, Water Quality IndexWater Quality Index<div class="ExternalClass545953A717E94D1899F4ED066FFA6EBC"><p>​click for more info<br></p></div>varies by locationmv-border-sepia
Biosolids Usehttps://metrovancouver.org/about-us/dashboards/liquid-waste/biosolids-beneficially-use, Biosolids useBiosolids Use<div class="ExternalClass8C36910C273E41E3B01FD9BFB3FF5C0C"><p>used beneficially</p></div>100%of biosolidsmv-border-sepia

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