Guidelines for Discharging Stormwater from Construction Sites into the Drainage Systems

Stormwater Discharge Guidelines

Municipal, Districts & Provincial

No normal weather / rain-events.

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Municipality

Turbidity

TSS

pH

Abbotsford

< 25 NTU / < 100 NTU

-‎ ‎ 

6.5 – 9.0

Burnaby

49 NTU: Trigger Value

<25 mg/L / <75 mg/L

6.0 – 8.5

Coquitlam

< 25 NTU / < 100 NTU

-‎ ‎ 

6.5 – 8.0

Delta

< 25 NTU

-‎ ‎ 

6.5 – 9.0

Langley (City)

< 25 NTU

< 75 mg/L‎ ‎ 

6.5 – 9.0

Langley (Township)

< 25 NTU / < 100 NTU

-‎ ‎ 

6.5 – 9.0

Maple Ridge

<  20 NTU

< 25 mg/L / < 75 mg/L

6.0 – 9.0

New Westminster

< 65 NTU

< 75 mg/L

6.5 – 9.0

North Vancouver (City)

< 25 NTU / < 100 NTU

-‎ ‎ 

6.5 – 8.0

North Vancouver (District)

<25 NTU

< 25 mg/L / < 75 mg/L

6.5 – 9.0

Pitt Meadows

<25 NTU

-‎ ‎ 

6.5 – 9.0

Port Coquitlam

<25 NTU

-‎ ‎ 

6.5 – 9.0

Port Moody

<25 NTU

< 75 mg/L

6.5 – 8.0

Surrey

60 NTU: Trigger Value

< 75 mg/L

6.5 – 9.0

Vancouver

45NTU: Trigger Value

< 75 mg/L

6.0 – 9.0

West Vancouver

< 25 NTU

< 25 mg/L / < 75 mg/L

6.5 – 9.0

White Rock

60 NTU: Trigger Value

< 75 mg/L

6.5 – 9.0

Metro Vancouver ByLaw

<25 NTU

-‎ ‎ 

6.5 – 9.0

BC Provincial ByLaw

-‎ ‎ 

< 45 mg/L

6.0 – 9.0