Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Project

Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant

Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant is one of Metro Vancouver’s Liquid Waste Treatment Facilities. Located in Richmond at 1000 Ferguson Road, the plant provides primary treatment to wastewater from about 600,000 residents in Vancouver, the UBC Endowment Lands and parts of Burnaby and Richmond.

For more information regarding the plant’s treatment standards and resource recovery from wastewater, visit Metro Vancouver’s website.

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Project Information

Metro Vancouver plans to upgrade the Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant to meet regulatory requirements by 2030.

Community engagement sessions were held for this project between March 2018 and February 2022; information on past engagement sessions and meeting summaries are published on the Metro Vancouver website. Metro Vancouver will develop an engagement and communications plan to provide the public, key stakeholders, and First Nations future opportunities to inform the design and construction of the project.  For further information regarding this project or to sign up for project updates, visit Metro Vancouver’s website.