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Water, sewers & drainage

The City of Vancouver's 2022 capital expenditure budget puts $140M into water, sewers & drainage, 20% of the year; the largest program is “2019-2022 Sewer Main Reconstruction”.

Source: City of Vancouver open data, capital budget 2022.

$140M
capital expenditure budget, 2022
20% of the year · $92.3M new multi-year budget · number 1 of 13 services in 2022

By year, 2021–2026

$129M in 2021 · $203M in 2026

Click a year to see its amount.

Its programs, 2022

2019-2022 Sewer Main ReconstructionSewerage & Drainage$39.3M2019-2022 Distribution Main replacementPotable Water$18.2M2019-2022 Growth-Related Utility upgrades - SewerSewerage & Drainage$12.8M2019-2022 Upgrades & replacement - Pump StationSewerage & Drainage$11.0M2019-2022 Growth related Utility upgrades - Green InfrastructureGreen Infrastructure$7.1M2019-2022 Sewer & Water Combined ConnectionsSewerage & Drainage$5.3MResidential Water Metering AccelerationPotable Water$5.3M2019-2022 Utility ModelingSewerage & Drainage$3.4M
Show 38 more2019-2022 Green Infrastructure Implementation - Public RealmGreen Infrastructure$3.4M2019-2022 Aging Water Meter replacementPotable Water$3.0M2019-2022 Growth Related Utility upgrades - WaterworksPotable Water$2.9M2019-2022 Clean Water PlanningGreen Infrastructure$2.4M2019-2022 Integrated Water ManagementPotable Water$2.4M2019-2022 Pressure Reducing Valve replacement/refurbishmentPotable Water$2.0M2019-2022 System Extension & Minor Improvements (One Water)Potable Water$1.8MTidal Gates replacementSewerage & Drainage$1.5M2019-2022 Utility PlanningSewerage & Drainage$1.5M2019-2022 Aging Sewer ConnectionsSewerage & Drainage$1.5M2019-2022 Flood Management - Drainage Studies/OutfallsSewerage & Drainage$1.5MHydrovac Facility ImplementationSewerage & Drainage$1.4M2019-2022 Sewer Commercial ConnectionsSewerage & Drainage$1.4M2019-2022 Water Commercial ConnectionsPotable Water$1.4M2015-2018 Upgrades & Replacement - Pump StationSewerage & Drainage$1.4M2019-2022 Sewer Separation On Private PropertySewerage & Drainage$1.0M2019-2022 Water Quality MonitoringGreen Infrastructure$662k2019-2022 Telemetry System - New and ReplacementPotable Water$615kFlood and Watershed Planning, Policy and EngagementGreen Infrastructure$611k2019-2022 Catch Basin And Lead RenewalsSewerage & Drainage$600k2019-2022 Sewer TV InspectionSewerage & Drainage$595k2019-2022 Engineering And Site InvestigationPotable Water$465k2019-2022 Aging Hydrant ReplacementPotable Water$458k2019-2022 Investigation For DesignSewerage & Drainage$421k2019-2022 Green Infrastructure Asset renewalGreen Infrastructure$400k2019-2022 East Fraser Land Shoreline Protection - design/constructionSewerage & Drainage$300k2019-2022 Sewer Residential & At-Cost ConnectionsSewerage & Drainage$290k2019-2022 Watershed Planning & HydrogeologyGreen Infrastructure$277k2019-2022 Dedicated Fire Protection SystemPotable Water$253k2019-2022 Water Pressure and Loss ManagementPotable Water$233k2019-2022 Sewer Main & Manhole rehabilitationSewerage & Drainage$190k2019-2022 Water Quality CapitalPotable Water$186k2019-2022 Forcemain rehabilitation/renewalSewerage & Drainage$186k2019-2022 Emergency Preparedness (One Water)Potable Water$175k2019-2022 Access To WaterPotable Water$107k2019-2022 Water Conservation Capital ProjectPotable Water$104k2019-2022 New Water MetersPotable Water$100kGreen Infrastructure establishmentGreen Infrastructure$23k

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 2022 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.