The Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant provides primary treatment to wastewater from approximately 600,000 people (in Vancouver, the University Endowment Lands and parts of Burnaby and Richmond) before discharging it through a 7.5 km, deep-sea outfall into The Strait of Georgia.

The description above was copied from or heavily based on Swim Guide, with permission.

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• Swim Guide - Weather and water quality for Iona Wastewater Treatment Plant and 8,000 other beaches.