2025 Top 50 Water Projects Report - Report - Page 8
TOP 50 WATER PROJECTS 2025
WASTEWATER
1
Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Projects
$10 billion
Location: Richmond, B.C.
Owner: Metro Vancouver
Program Management Consultant: Stantec
Engineer: AECOM, Jacobs; Mott MacDonald
(consulting)
Architect: Space2Place, Local Practice
Other Key Players: Musqueam Indian Band; WSP
(geotechnical services/permitting); McElhanney
(site surveyor); EY (management consultant);
Graham (contractor); INTECH (risk advisor)
Legal: Bennett Jones SLP
Funding: Public
Substantial Completion: 2035
Phase 1 Early and Enabling Works: 2026
Phase 2 Treatment Plant and Related Works: 2026+
THE EXISTING Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant provides
primary treatment for communities in Vancouver, the UBC Endowment
Lands, and parts of Burnaby and Richmond. As the facility reaches
the end of its service life, Metro Vancouver has a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity to positively contribute to the health and well-being of
people, as well as the ecological health and biodiversity of the Fraser
River Estuary and the Salish Sea. The plant upgrade will provide
tertiary-level treatment and meet the latest seismic standards,
account for future sea level rise, and incorporate cutting-edge
technologies for resource and energy recovery, greenhouse gas
reductions, odour reduction and energy efficiency. Metro Vancouver
is working to ensure the new facility contributes positively to the
community and is working closely with stakeholders and 14 local First
Nations, particularly the Musqueam Indian Band. The upgrade project
also includes a suite of 20 ecological projects to enhance freshwater
wetland habitat for birds and wildlife. •
8
WATER C AN ADA’S TOP 50 WATER PRO JEC T S
WAT E R C A N A D A . N E T
