City of Surrey's 2022-2026 Financial Plan

UTILITY OVERVIEW SEWER

MISSION STATEMENT To provide engineering services for the City’s sanitary sewer system to support the building of a healthy, sustainable community. KEY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES The Sewer Utility’s primary responsibility, in partnership with the Operations Division and Metro Vancouver, is to collect and convey liquid waste to the Annacis Island Wastewater Treatment Plant for treatment. The Sewer Utility provides safe conveyance of wastewater for properties and over 590,000 residents through a 1,613 km distribution network and 50 pump stations and other facilities. The Sewer Utility serves all the residents, businesses, and visitors to Surrey, providing sewer collection to homes, industry and our civic parks and facilities. This is achieved while planning to accommodate growth in the sewer system and to continually improve service in areas with aging infrastructure. In addition, the Sewer Utility strives to be stewards of the environment by advancing regional and provincial goals in the region’s Integrated Liquid Waste Resource Management Plan. This work includes long range planning, medium range capital growth, financial planning, facilitation of new construction, and management of inflow and infiltration and other source control. The rates charged by the Greater Vancouver Sewerage & Drainage District (“GVS&DD”) for sewer are projected to increase significantly over the next 10 years, with continued construction of new treatment facilities as shown in the chart below. In comparison, Surrey’s proposed metered rate increases are projected to be at a lower rate.

Source: City of Surrey Finance Department

City of Surrey | 2022—2026 Financial Plan | Utilities Operating Fund | Sewer

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