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As part of our Green Infrastructure planning process, we are developing a Rain City Strategy. The strategy reimagines and transforms how we manage rainwater with the goals of improving water quality, resilience, and livability through creating healthy urban ecosystems.
The strategy will implement sustainable rainwater management across the city with a goal of using rainwater as a resource rather than a waste product.
Green Infrastructure has been proven to be a significant cost-saving investment.
Target: Capture and clean 90% of rainwater in the city
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The Rain City Strategy will bring us into compliance with Metro Vancouver and Ministry of Environment requirements, and will guide how we manage and use rainwater in Vancouver.
Our goal is to capture and treat 90% of the rainwater that falls in Vancouver using a combination of green infrastructure and conventional pipe systems.
Find out what happens to the rainwater 
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