2020 Annual Report

City of Chilliwack 18 STRATEGIC GOAL #3: ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP Encourage waste diversion and a “zero waste” philosophy, while working to protect waterways, water course riparian areas and the airshed. HOW WE WILL GET THERE WHAT WE ACHIEVED IN 2020 PROTECT WATERWAYS AND RIPARIAN AREAS Enhance fish habitat and maintain Riparian Area Regulation standards  ✓ Effluent exceeded provincial standards. ✓ Inlet Works upgrade at the Wastewater Treatment Plant continued with the underground utility installation complete. Construction of the concrete foundation underway. ✓ Completed High Strength Wastewater Pre-Treatment facility at the Waste Water Treatment Plant. ✓ Collaborated with Fraser Valley Conservancy and the Province to remove invasive species and replant native vegetation in several creeks. ✓ Mitigative measures undertaken to preserve and enhance fish habitats during open channel drainage maintenance. ✓ Enforcement of Development Permit Area #3 rules. ✓ Enforcement of riparian covenants. AIR QUALITY Protect the airshed, measure greenhouse gas emissions and implement energy efficiency opportunities where feasible ✓ Followed provincial Agricultural Environmental Management Code of Practice. ✓ Air emissions and greenhouse gases attributed to agriculture reviewed as part of the Climate Action Plan update in 2020/21. ✓ Utilized methane from Wastewater Treatment Plant to run biogas boiler heat digesters. ✓ Organic Food Waste Receiving and Pre-Processing station procurement process underway. ✓ Expanded gas extraction system at the Bailey Landfill with the installation of five horizontal gas collectors and an additional four to be installed later in 2020.