CRD Core Area and West Shore Sewage Treatment Decision Information Report

The Capital Regional District has been directed by the BC Minister of Environment to submit an amendment to the CRD Core Area Liquid Waste Management Plan (CALWMP) detailing a fixed schedule for sewage treatment for the seven municipalities that are participants in the plan. Prior to that submission, the CALWMC needs to make decisions about the timing of treatment, the number and locations of treatment plants and the resource recovery options that will be incorporated into the design of the facilities. The CALWMC will consider economic, social and environmental factors prior to making its decisions. This study will provide detailed information about both established and innovative technologies for wastewater treatment, with particular emphasis on technologies that are amenable to recovery of resources. The CRD also plans to issue a world-wide request for expressions of interest for emerging and innovative technologies that can provide resource recovery opportunities. The decisions that follow from this exercise will form the basis for design of one or more wastewater treatment facilities with resource recovery, conveyance facilities and possibly a new marine outfall, with a total capital cost expected to be in excess of $500 million. The preferred solution will be incorporated into the Capital Regional District Core Area Liquid Waste Management Plan.