Victoria Raw Sewage and Orca Whales

This story goes WAY back.
Many know that Victoria's sewage is dumped untreated into the ocean off Victoria.
Yes, there is an upwelling effect that mixes, minces and disperses the sewage, but, today there are so many pharmaceuticals and other chemicals in the sewage that most think treatment prior to dumping is essential to the health of the waters.

Looks like there is some movement on that front.

2/10 Victoria Times-Colonist
Feds to bring in sewage rules, another push toward treatment for Victoria
By Cindy E. Harnett, Times Colonist

Proposed national waste water standards for Canadian municipalities were released by the federal government yesterday, providing another push toward secondary sewage treatment for Greater Victoria.

"We are taking action to protect our environment for future generations," said Environment Minister Jim Prentice.

"It is not acceptable that we continue discharging untreated waste into our waterways."

The B.C. government has already ordered Greater Victoria to treat waste water currently pumped into the ocean after screening.

... The CRD plan is to start building sewage-treatment plants this year and have treatment in place by 2016.

If passed by Parliament following public consultation this year, the federal regulations will require Victoria to have sewage treatment by 2020.
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