Google Translate
Translation – Explanation and Caution

The electronic translation service on the City of Surrey’s web site is hosted by Google Translate. The quality of the translation may vary in some of the languages offered by Google. The goal of the basic translation is to capture the general intention of the original English material.

Google Translate is a free service and currently offers translation in over 50 languages. Unfortunately, not all the languages spoken in the City of Surrey are translated. Punjabi is one of the languages not currently offered, and to remedy the situation, the City has been in contact with Google and they have committed to making Punjabi available in the future.

The City of Surrey cannot guarantee the quality, accuracy, or completeness of any translated information. Before you act on translated information, the City encourages you to confirm any facts that are important to you and the decisions you make.

The City of Surrey offers interpretation services at all its facilities. If you have a question about the material you read on our web site, we encourage you to stop by a City facilities to discuss it. You can also contact the City at (604) 591-4011 to receive interpretation support.

The City is committed to enhancing the accessibility of its web site to all its citizens, and appreciates any feedback that it receives.

Chinese, Korean, Punjabi, Tagalog, Hindi

Sanitary Sewer

 

The City services most of its population through its sanitary sewer system while a relatively small percentage dispose their waste water via their on-site septic field disposal system. The City has one of the largest sanitary sewer networks in the Province with a over 1,500 km of sewers pipes ranging in diameter from 150mm to 1200 mm, 40 pump stations, 22,000 manholes, 74,000 connections which serves approximately 130,000 customers. The average dry weather flow from Surrey is 143 million litres per day with an annual discharge of 59 million cubic metres.

Report a Problem

A summary of contact information is provided for various issues relating to Sanitary Sewer problems.

Homeowner Responsibilities

Information about property-owner's sanitary sewer maintenance responsibilities

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

List of sanitary sewer most frequently asked question

Utility Rates

Information on annual utility rates for water, sewer, drainage, and garbage.

Treatment

Information about City of Surrey’s sewer treatment and sewer collection system

System Overview

Information about sanitary sewer projects, maintenance programs, infiltration, LPS, service connections, criterias, sewer areas

Engineering Infrastructure

In order to meets the needs of the City's current and future residents, the Engineering Department has an annual capital construction program, and a 10-Year Servicing Plan.