INNOVATION November-December 2018

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The main objective of the under-construction North Shore Waste Water Treatment Plant is to provide both primary and secondary wastewater treatment as required under new federal regulations. But it doesn’t stop there. When commissioned late in 2020, the plant will use biogas to heat and power the facility itself, and also recover heat from the effluent for delivery to regional customers. That double benefit is remarkable enough—but it will all be accomplished from a scant 3.5 hectare site.

C onstruction is now underway on the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant (NSWWTP) in North Vancouver. The new Metro Vancouver facility will replace the existing Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant, the regional district’s oldest wastewater facility and one of only two remaining primary treatment plants serving the region. Budgeted at $700 million and scheduled for commissioning at the end of 2020, the new SHANA JOHNSTONE

LEED Gold and ENVISION Gold facility will serve the over 250,000 residents of the District of West Vancouver, District of North Vancouver, City of North Vancouver, and Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations. While the new plant is expected to fulÅll all the duties of a modern wastewater treatment plant, designers are particularly proud of the facility’s novel energy recovery capabilities and low

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