Proposed Updates to the Plan

The key changes to the Section 5 Goals and the CRD commitments are to:

• Clarify efforts to reduce sub-five-year return period overflows on an appropriate timeline. The proposed approach of reducing and eliminating overflows during sub-five-year storm events is intended to be a practical solution that meets regulatory requirements while ensuring long-term environmental protection.
• Complete a study assessing the impacts of storm event overflows from the Clover Point long outfall.
• Assess storage and treatment options to reduce overflows caused by I&I at the Clover Point outfall.
• Create a mass balance model/tool to assess, document and improve the effectiveness of the CRD and municipal asset management plans for eliminating overflows at the Clover Point long outfall by 2045.

The key changes to participant (local governments) commitments are to:

• Prepare drainage improvement plans for those areas where building foundation drains are unable to connect to the storm drainage system.
• If sanitary sewer flows exceed allotted flows in Bylaw 4304, consider implementing private sewer lateral replacement bylaw to replace laterals that have exceeded their service life and separate combined storm and sanitary sewer connections.