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Richmond environment manager Chad Paulin presents the 2019 B.C. Environmental Managers Association Technological Innovation award to Mayor Malcolm Brodie.
Photo courtesy Marcos Badra
Environmental practice earns city award
Innovative environmental practices are earning the City of Richmond high praise.
Innovative environmental practices are
earning the City of Richmond high praise.
The B.C. Environmental Managers Association
has recognized Richmond as the first municipality in the Lower Mainland to
regulate the quality of non-storm discharge water into its sewer system and
watercourses using field-measurable parameters including temperature, pH,
turbidity and dissolved oxygen.
“Richmond’s open watercourses are an integral
part of the city’s ecological network, and this innovative process not only
helps protect the city’s open drainage network from harmful pollutants, but
also provides a cost recovery mechanism that reflects the city’s sustainable
practices,” says Mayor Malcolm Brodie.
The award for technological innovation lauds
the implementing of a simplified non-storm water discharge management program
that safeguards Richmond’s sewers and strengthens environmental protection.
The new process streamlines and enhances
strong environmental protections already in place for Richmond’s watercourses
and the Fraser River. It also reduces unnecessary treatment costs and increases
safeguards to the City’s storm sewer system from the introduction of
contaminants.
The award was formally presented to Council
on July 22.
Visit www.richmond.ca/sustainability/environment/pollution/stormwater
to find out more about the City’s sewerage and drainage infrastructure.
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