The Integrated Liquid Waste and Resource Management Plan identifies what the region and its member municipalities intend to do to use liquid waste as a resource, minimize treatment costs and better protect the environment and public health. Approved by the Provincial government in 2011, the plan takes an innovative approach to wastewater, which has traditionally been viewed as simply a waste product. View the Integrated Liquid Waste and Resource Management Plan below.

 Integrated Liquid Waste and Resource Management Plan

Metro Vancouver is reviewing and updating the Integrated Liquid Waste and Resource Management Plan and we want to hear from you. The engagement process started in 2021 and is expected to take three years. To learn about opportunities and to have your voice heard as an individual or organization, visit the Liquid Waste Management Plan Update page linked below.

 Liquid Waste Management Plan Update

Progress and updates

Every two years, Metro Vancouver reviews and reports on what progress has been made towards the plan’s goals (see Biennial Report).

Goals

The plan has three key goals:

• Protect public health and the environment
• Use liquid waste as a resource
• Ensure effective, affordable and collaborative management

The plan also commits Metro Vancouver to replacing the region’s two remaining primary treatment plants, Lions Gate in West Vancouver, and Iona Island in Richmond.