Metro Toronto Works

Metro Toronto Works was a department within the former Regional Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto.

The department was responsible for a variety of services:


 * Water filtration plants providing water to all of Metro Toronto
 * Sewage treatment plants
 * Water pumping stations, water towers, and underground storage reservoirs located in Toronto and those located in York Region
 * Public works projects outside of city jurisdiction
 * Landfill sites - Brock Road and Keele Valley
 * Waste transfer stations
 * Public golf courses

These areas are now split amongst departments:


 * Toronto Water (part of Toronto Works and Emergency Services Department)
 * Toronto Solid Waste Management
 * Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division - golf courses

Metro Works yards are now used by the City's Toronto Works and Emergency Services.

Active

 * Green Lane landfill

Inactive

 * Beare Road Landfill - opened 1967 and closed 1983
 * Keele Valley - opened 1982 and closed 2002
 * Brock Road Landfills - used from 1975 to 1996 and closed 1997