It really is time to stop dumping raw sewage (and all the other pollutants “heavy metals” etc associated) in the ocean.
“Exposure to excessive concentrations of cadmium and mercury has produced adverse effects on health in certain communities. Fears exist that some of the other so called "heavy metals" may have similar toxic effects. In addition,some of these elements may have detrimental effects upon crop growth and yield. They may also have adverse effects in the environment on other living organisms if their disposal and dispersal is not regulated in such a manner as to prevent the accumulation of toxic concentrations.”
“Raw sewage contains significant concentrations of "heavy metals" Which are not degraded by the processes of sewage treatment, they may leave the sewage treatment works in either the final effluent or the sludges produced. Monitoring the concentrations of these metals in the various types of samples produced during sewage treatment is a time consuming task. It is necessary if guidelines for the disposal of sewage sludge to agricultural land are to be complied with, and if rivers to which sewage effluent is discharged,and which are subsequently used as sources of potable supply, are to be protected from excessive concentrations of certain heavy metals, which might infringe standard for drinking water quality.
“Almost all of Victoria’s sewage — about 1,500 liters per second — is discharged through two pipes running more than a kilometre off the city’s southern coast. Aside from a 6mm mesh that sieves out condoms, feminine products and other large particulates, the sewage is untreated."
“The new plan, announced last week at an upscale hotel on the Victoria waterfront, would see sewage funneled to a waterfront treatment plant at the entrance to the city’s iconic Inner Harbour. After liquid sewage was filtered away, the remaining “sludge” would be piped 20 kilometres north to a “biosolids digestion facility” at the city’s Hartland Landfill.”
So, it looks the only real question left (since the untreated waste is no longer going to be discharged into the "ocean") how is the "sludge" going to be monitored and what is BC going to do with any "heavy metals" etc, found in that "sludge"?
Not sure what some are thinking when referring to that 100 year timeframe theory? As in:
“The population of the City of Victoria was 80,017 in 2011. The Victoria Census Metropolitan Area, comprising thirteen municipalities informally referred to as Greater Victoria, has a population of 344,615 and is the largest urban area on Vancouver Island. By population, Greater Victoria is the 15th largest metropolitan area in Canada. The Capital Regional District, which includes additional rural areas, has a total population of 345,164.”
The Greater Victoria population now equates to approximately the entire population of British Columbia in 1911, which was 392,480. BC population in 1901 was 178,657. In other words, you currently have almost TWICE the amount of people shitting in the ocean as the total population of BC in 1901.