Metro Vancouver, located in the lower mainland of British Columbia, is home to nearly 2.3 million people, making it the third largest city in Canada.
Metro Vancouver draws water from three different sources: the Seymour, Capilano, and Coquitlam Reservoirs. The Greater Vancouver Water District owns and operates the Coquitlam Water Treatment Plant (WTP), which has a rated treatment capacity of 1,200 million litres (317 million gallons) of drinking water per day. The watershed for the Coquitlam Reservoir is protected and therefore, filtration is not required at the Coquitlam WTP. However, in 2005, in response to changes to the Canadian Drinking Water Quality guidelines, the Greater Vancouver Water District Board approved a proposal to upgrade the Coquitlam WTP with UV treatment technology to act as the primary means of treatment. Engineers evaluated the existing treatment train of ozone/chlorine for treatment and soda ash for corrosion control. After review, it was decided that UV treatment was needed to provide sufficient multibarrier protection to ensure the residents of Metro Vancouver were receiving the highest quality water possible.
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Trojan’s UV drinking water systems are installed at treatment plants around the world to help provide multi-barrier protection against microorganisms like Cryptosporidium and Giardia.
