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Water, sewers & drainage

The City of Vancouver's 2021 capital expenditure budget puts $129M into water, sewers & drainage, 17% of the year; the largest program is “2019-2022 Sewer Main Reconstruction”.

Source: City of Vancouver open data, capital budget 2021.

$129M
capital expenditure budget, 2021
17% of the year · $83.3M new multi-year budget · number 2 of 13 services in 2021

By year, 2021–2026

$129M in 2021 · $203M in 2026

Click a year to see its amount.

Its programs, 2021

2019-2022 Sewer Main ReconstructionSewerage & Drainage$39.1M2019-2022 Distribution Main replacementPotable Water$20.0M2019-2022 Growth-Related Utility upgrades - SewerSewerage & Drainage$14.3M2019-2022 Utility PlanningSewerage & Drainage$5.2M2019-2022 Upgrades & replacement - Pump StationSewerage & Drainage$4.8M2019-2022 Green Infrastructure Implementation - Public RealmGreen Infrastructure$4.2M2019-2022 Transmission Main ReplacementPotable Water$4.0M2019-2022 Growth related Utility upgrades - Green InfrastructureGreen Infrastructure$3.6M
Show 42 more2019-2022 Aging Water Service ReplacementPotable Water$2.5M2019-2022 Sewer & Water Combined ConnectionsSewerage & Drainage$2.4MResidential Water Metering AccelerationPotable Water$2.3M2019-2022 Integrated Water ManagementPotable Water$2.1M2019-2022 Aging Sewer ConnectionsSewerage & Drainage$2.0M2019-2022 Green Infrastructure PlanningGreen Infrastructure$1.8M2019-2022 Clean Water PlanningGreen Infrastructure$1.7M2019-2022 Sewer Separation On Private PropertySewerage & Drainage$1.4M2019-2022 Forcemain rehabilitation/renewalSewerage & Drainage$1.3M2019-2022 Water Commercial ConnectionsPotable Water$1.3M2019-2022 Sewer Commercial ConnectionsSewerage & Drainage$1.2M2019-2022 Growth Related Utility upgrades - WaterworksPotable Water$1.1M2015-2018 Upgrades & Replacement - Pump StationSewerage & Drainage$1.0M2019-2022 Pressure Reducing Valve replacement/refurbishmentPotable Water$1.0M2019-2022 Investigation For DesignSewerage & Drainage$1.0M2019-2022 System Extension & Minor Improvements (One Water)Potable Water$1.0M2019-2022 Flood Management - Drainage Studies/OutfallsSewerage & Drainage$900k2019-2022 Aging Water Meter replacementPotable Water$849k2019-2022 Catch Basin And Lead RenewalsSewerage & Drainage$744k2019-2022 Green Infrastructure Asset renewalGreen Infrastructure$685k2019-2022 Sewer TV InspectionSewerage & Drainage$595kTidal Gates replacementSewerage & Drainage$561k2015-2018 Water Commercial ConnectionsPotable Water$507k2019-2022 Engineering And Site InvestigationPotable Water$500k2019-2022 Aging Hydrant ReplacementPotable Water$400k2019-2022 East Fraser Land Shoreline Protection - design/constructionSewerage & Drainage$400k2019-2022 Watershed Planning & HydrogeologyGreen Infrastructure$386k2019-2022 Telemetry System - New and ReplacementPotable Water$345k2019-2022 Water Quality MonitoringGreen Infrastructure$335k2019-2022 New Water MetersPotable Water$270k2019-2022 Dedicated Fire Protection SystemPotable Water$212k2019-2022 Sewer Residential & At-Cost ConnectionsSewerage & Drainage$210k2019-2022 Sewer Main & Manhole rehabilitationSewerage & Drainage$186k2019-2022 Water Quality CapitalPotable Water$185k2019-2022 Emergency Preparedness (One Water)Potable Water$125k2019-2022 Water Conservation Capital ProjectPotable Water$117kGreen Infrastructure establishmentGreen Infrastructure$114k2019-2022 Water Pressure and Loss ManagementPotable Water$103kStill Creek Enhancemnt Conceptual DesignSewerage & Drainage$80k2019-2022 Green Infrastructure Monitoring ProgramGreen Infrastructure$61k2019-2022 Access To WaterPotable Water$52k2015-2018 New Water MetersPotable Water$28k

In the 2023–2026 Capital Plan: $892M, by sub-category

Rainwater & sanitary water16 programs$695M
Potable water19 programs$197M
Prior Capital Plan Items1 programs$0
About these figures

The 2021 budget file (2019-2022 Capital Plan) prints this service as “One Water”.

Each program is listed under the service the year’s budget file gives it; a program can move from one service to another between budgets.