Metro Vancouver has opened the $9 million Annacis Wastewater Centre, offering a real-life lab for wastewater scientists and engineers, reports the New Westminster (B.C.) News Leader newspaper. The facility opened Oct. 21 at Metro’s largest wastewater treatment plant on Annacis Island.
This is the first in a series of sustainability academies where the regional district plans to partner with university researchers and private firms to find leading-edge solutions to regional problems, the newspaper reported.
“Sewage is a source of renewable energy and vital nutrients, and the work that will take place in the academy will allow us to find novel and innovative
