Program Update
December 3, 2024
At the November 13, 2024 Liquid Waste Committee meeting, Metro Vancouver staff proposed new trucked liquid waste fee increases in 2025 to allow Metro Vancouver to fully recover all costs associated with its trucked liquid waste program.
The Liquid Waste Committee provided feedback that the extent of the rate increase in a single year was too significant. Following this direction, staff are currently amending the fee proposals and will present revised fees for Metro Vancouver’s Liquid Waste Committee and Board to consider in early 2025.
Effective January 1, 2025, trucked liquid waste discharge fees will increase to the existing 2025 rates currently outlined in the
Trucked Liquid Waste Bylaw and provided in the tables below.
In early 2025, Metro Vancouver will consider phasing in the new fees over two years to achieve cost recovery. If Metro Vancouver’s Board approves the new rates, fee increases could go into effect as early as March 2025.
Moving forward, Metro Vancouver’s Board will adjust trucked liquid waste fees on an annual basis. We will provide a five-year rate forecast to allow the community to plan for future fee changes.
If you have any questions or comments about the proposed fee changes, please contact the project team at LWSbylaws@metrovancouver.org
Metro Vancouver’s
GVS&DD Trucked Liquid Waste Bylaw No. 345, 2021, protects sewer workers, infrastructure and the environment by regulating the management and discharge of trucked liquid waste in the region.
Domestic trucked liquid waste facilities were established in order to provide a location for the discharge of domestic waste from locations that are not connected to a municipal sanitary sewer such as waste from septic tanks, holding tanks and portable toilets.
A non-domestic trucked liquid waste facility was established for waste from businesses that cannot be discharged to the sewer. Authorization for each non-domestic trucked liquid waste source must be obtained prior to disposal.
Haulers and use of Metro Vancouver trucked liquid waste facilities
Residents or businesses must employ a waste disposal company that has access privileges to our facilities, known as a “hauler”, to transport the waste to a trucked liquid waste (TLW) facility for discharge and treatment.
Metro Vancouver currently operates domestic trucked liquid waste facilities at the Annacis Island, Iona Island and Northwest Langley Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) and a non-domestic trucked liquid waste facility at the Iona Island WWTP.
The trucked liquid waste haulers are charged a fee at the disposal facilities based on the type of discharge:
In-region domestic trucked liquid waste discharge fees 2021-2025
Year
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|
| Rate ($/m3) | $8.59 | $17.48 | $26.38 | $35.27
| $44.17
|
In-region non-domestic trucked liquid waste discharge fees 2021-2025
| Year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|
| Rate ($/m3) | $61.30 | $65.80 | $70.30 | $74.80 | $79.30 |
Metro Vancouver’s wastewater treatment Plants are designed and funded based on wastewater generated from within the region. In recent years, Metro Vancouver trucked liquid waste facilities have seen an increase in out-of-region trucked liquid waste. There is a need to address out-of-region waste and ensure that each region adequately plans and manages their own waste.
The Trucked Liquid Waste Bylaw restricts discharges of trucked liquid waste from outside the region. Only in exceptional circumstances within neighbouring jurisdictions, Metro Vancouver may consider and authorize out-of-region trucked liquid waste through a review process.
If authorized, discharges of out-of-region trucked liquid waste will be subject to higher rates than in-region trucked liquid waste to recover the additional costs of processing these requests.
2023 Out-of-region trucked liquid waste discharge fees
| | 2023 Discharge Fees With a valid out-of-region discharge number issued after October 28, 2022 |
|---|
| Domestic Trucked Liquid Waste Discharge Fee Rate ($/m3) | $58.60 |
| Non-Domestic Trucked Liquid Waste Discharge Fee Rate ($/m3) | $101.77
|
2024 Out-of-region trucked liquid waste discharge fees
| | 2024 Discharge Fees With a valid out-of-region discharge number issued after October 28, 2022 |
|---|
| Domestic Trucked Liquid Waste Discharge Fee Rate ($/m3) | $62.64 |
| Non-Domestic Trucked Liquid Waste Discharge Fee Rate ($/m3) | $108.70
|
2025 Out-of-region trucked liquid waste discharge fees
| | 2025 Discharge Fees With a valid out-of-region discharge number issued after October 28, 2022 |
|---|
| Domestic Trucked Liquid Waste Discharge Fee Rate ($/m3) | $65.08 |
| Non-Domestic Trucked Liquid Waste Discharge Fee Rate ($/m3) | $113.04
|
Rates will increase by the consumer price index inflation rate annually on January 1.
GVS&DD Trucked Liquid Waste Bylaw No. 345, 2021,
Trucked Liquid Waste Amending Bylaw No. 352, 2022, and
Trucked Liquid Waste Amending Bylaw No. 360, 2022 describe the specific conditions under which an out-of-region discharge may be authorized. For inquiries regarding out-of-region trucked liquid waste discharge requests, please contact
truckedliquidwaste@metrovancouver.org. Applications will be processed as time permits.