The design of Metro Vancouver’s Lions Gate Secondary Wastewater Treatment Plant is now complete. The $700-million plant will be located on a 3.5-hectare site, about two kilometres east of the Lions Gate Bridge and the existing Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant.

The new secondary wastewater treatment plant includes: full enclosure with a robust two-stage odour control technology; resource recovery including energy from treated wastewater and digested solids; and reclaimed water and design that can respond to natural disasters, rising sea levels, population growth and changing regulatory requirements

The new plant design will also support sustainable operations, such as rainwater harvesting, and include a green roof.

Procurement for the design and construction phase of the facility is scheduled to this year. Construction and commissioning is to take place between 2017 and Dec. 31, 2020.