1. Metro Vancouver’s Seymour Capilano Filtration Project
Howard Dallimore
Senior Project Engineer
Metro Vancouver

2. The largest filtration plant in Canada and one of the biggest of its kind in North America.
Treats water from two watersheds and includes a 16,000 HP pumping station, twin tunnels each 7.1 km long and a 2 MW energy recovery facility.
Spent filter backwash water is treated and over 98% is recycled to the head of the plant.
The world’s largest ultraviolet disinfection system.

3. Includes a series of features to maximize energy efficiency.
Extensive use of sustainable and environmental technologies used in its design and construction.
The plant is fully automated and integrated with Metro Vancouver’s SCADA system.

4. Water Sources Wholesaler to over 2 million people
3 protected lake supplies:
Capilano
Seymour
Coquitlam

5. Water Quality Concerns
Corrosion
Waterborne Disease
Turbidity
Re-growth

7. Turbidity Events

8. Seymour-Capilano Filtration Project

9. Elements of the Seymour-Capilano Filtration Project (SCFP)
Capilano Pumping Station
Capilano Energy Recovery & Break Head Tank
Twin Tunnels linking Seymour and Capilano sites
Seymour-Capilano Water Filtration Plant

11. Filtration Project Rendering

12. Artist’s Rendering of Seymour-Capilano Filtration Plant

14. Seymour- Capilano Filtration Plant

15. Seymour- Capilano Filtration Plant

16. Filtration Plant

17. Guard House

18. Pre-Treatment Building

19. Pre-Treatment

20. Flocculators and Filters

21. UV Units - Filter Gallery

22. UV Disinfection Unit

23. OMC Building

24. OMC Lab

25. OMC Control Room

26. Filtration Plant Post Treatment

27. Geothermal System

28. Inside Clearwells

30. Back Wash Water Treatment Tanks

31. Residuals (Sludge) Collector

32. Residuals Building

33. Residuals

34. Residuals

35. Sustainable Technologies
Economic
Prosperity
Community Input
Aggregate mined from Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve
Concrete batch plant located north of plant
Eco Smart concrete
Stormwater management
Protected stand of mature trees
Amphibian pond conservation
Green Building Design – LEED
Geothermal Heating and Cooling
Energy and water conservation strategy
Green roof technologies
Environmental
Integrity
Social
Well - Being

36. Siting, Development and Protection
Protected Tree Stands
Frog Pond
LSCR Parking Lot

37. Plant Salvage 2003 Municipal Salvage Non-profit Organizations
Evergreen School Salvage Event
Public Salvage Day

38. Landscaping and Habitat Creation

39. Site Restoration

40. Landscaping on Clearwell
Sept. 29, 2009