Monday, April 13, 2026
Metro Vancouver announced April 10 it has finished work on the Fleetwood Reservoir, a key component of the City of Surrey, B.C.’s drinking water infrastructure.
The Fleetwood Reservoir, which can hold 13.6 million litres of water, is connected to a new Metro Vancouver valve chamber and water main, as well as the City of Surrey’s Fleetwood Pump Station, which will send water through the municipal system to people’s taps, a Metro Vancouver release said.
“The Fleetwood Reservoir is a great example of how careful planning and thoughtful design — along with collaboration with our member municipalities, community partners, and local First Nations — can deliver necessary infrastructure on time and under budget,” Metro Vancouver board of directors chair Mike Hurley said.
Metro Vancouver collects and stores rainfall and snowmelt in three reservoirs located in the Capilano, Seymour, and Coquitlam water supply areas. The water goes through two treatment plants to ensure it meets rigorous drinking water quality standards, and then travels to these in-system reservoirs via Metro Vancouver’s network of water mains, the release said.
The project was completed for $60 million, approximately $1 million under the approved budget, the release added.
q̓ʷɑ:n̓ƛ̓ən̓ (Kwantlen First Nation) and Nɬeʔkepmx (Shackan First Nation) artist Elinor Atkins created a large glass mural for the reservoir maintenance building and Metro Vancouver also restored nearby Meagan Anne MacDougall Park by planting twice as many trees as were removed, adding benches, and planting over 2,000 diverse shrubs, grasses, and groundcover plants, the release said
