The Liquid Waste Services
function comprises 17 member municipalities and one electoral area within Metro
Vancouver, serving a population of approximately 2.5 million. The wastewater
collection and treatment system consists of over 530 kilometers of trunk sewers,
33 pump stations and 5
treatment plants that convey and treat an average of 1.2 billion litres of
wastewater per day. The urban drainage function comprises the Still
Creek/Brunette, Port Moody/Coquitlam and UBC
Drainage Areas. Liquid Waste Services is guided by the Board
Strategic Plan and
the Integrated Liquid Waste
and Resource Management Plan.