Victoria Sewage Treatment Alliance

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Today, Victoria dumps 130 million litres of raw sewage daily into our world class coastal waters. This pollution harms our oceans, including salmon, shellfish, otters and orcas. Our community now has the opportunity to create a sewage treatment system that will protect human health and our environment.

We ask you to show your support for a sewage treatment system, giving the gift of clean water to our children and our grandchildren.

Clover Point Raw Sewage Outfall, one of two outfalls, where millions of litres of raw sewage is pumped into our world class coastal waters daily.

Polls show strong support

CRD residents were polled by Ipsos Reid (Nov 2006) and Evironic (Jan 2007) both showing strong support for sewage treatment (86% and 89%) and resource recovery(86%).

Posted Feb 16, 2007

BC Gov't Requires Treatment

The BC Government asks Victoria to stop the raw sewage discharge. The combination of SETAC and MESL reports, and the Ministry of Environments water column concerns leaves no room for Victoria's raw sewage discharge.

Posted July 21, 2006

Source: CRD 2000-2004 Clover and Macaulay Annual Reports

SETAC’s independent expert science panel clearly put Victoria in the high risk low cost scenario. As treatment levels increase, total ecological risk goes down. See the final SETAC Report for more details.