The operation and maintenance of major trunk and interceptor sewers, pumping stations, and wastewater treatment plants to serve approximately 2.0 million people are responsibilities of the GVRD's, Operation and Maintenance, Sewerage and Drainage function.
Wastewater is used water.
It includes substances such as human waste, food scraps, oils, soaps and chemicals. In homes, this includes water from sinks, showers, bathtubs, toilets, washing machines and dishwashers. Businesses and industries also use water for a wide variety of purposes. Although many people assume that stormwater runoff is clean, it isn't. Contaminants like hydrocarbons wash off urban surfaces such as roadways, parking lots and rooftops and can harm our rivers, lakes and marine waters.