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Victoria Sewage Campaign

Mr. Floatie hams it up in Victoria

Letter from Ecojustice to Core Area Liquid Waste Management Committee, legal analysis & support for moving forward with sewage treatment (pdf) - Nov 22, 2012
Funding the CRD's sewage treatment plan: open letter to Provincial MLAs.
Candidates' survey: what CRD Core Area candidates think about the plan for sewage treatment - Oct/Nov 2011
Province's provisional approval of CRD's sewage plan - February 24, 2010
The solution to pollution - is no longer dilution: interview on Green Majority radio - July 24, 2009
CRD Water Treatment Options - April 2009
From Sea to Stinking Sea - Alive Magazine - November 2008
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Mr Sinky's last stand - Focus Magazine - July 2008
Province approves sewage delay - July 9, 2008
CRD sewage planning website - June, 2008
New approach to managing waste brings praise - May 26, 2008
No turning back on sewage treatment - Times Colonist opinion piece - December 21, 2007
GSA comments on site selection process - September 10, 2007
CRD Polling: site selection - October, 2007
The Path Forward - CRD's plan for treatment - June 13, 2007
Paying the price for the sins of our past - Focus magazine article - May, 2007
Strong support for sewage treatment - polls:
- Ipsos Reid (November, 2006)
- Environics (February, 2007)

Updated information supporting sewage treatment - November 2012
- Updated FAQ
- Updated Q&A
Why build Mr. Floatie a home? - Business Examiner - October 2008
Contaminated sites report: sediment quality around Victoria's outfalls
Independent panel’s (SETAC) report on Victoria’s sewage management
- Summary of panel’s findings
- SETAC presentation to CRD board
- Report Appendices (pdf, 443 p)
SETAC submission by Stephen Salter: Treatment through resource recovery - April 18, 2006
GSA and Sierra Legal Defence Fund’s joint submission to the SETAC public review of Victoria’s liquid waste management issues - April 7, 2006
Victoria sewage backgrounder - May 13, 2005
Information on Victoria Sewage Alliance and answers to key questions (PDF)
Transcript from Victoria Sewage Forum: Separating Myth from Fact (PDF) - September, 2005
- Panel response to John Newcomb critique of forum content
CRD's sewage and PCBs - July 2003
Memo from Environment Canada staff to former Minister David Anderson regarding CRD sewage - March 2003

New approach to managing waste brings praise - May 26, 2008
Groups pleased with new money for Victoria sewage treatment plan - February 19, 2008
Province intervenes on Victoria sewage treatment - July 21, 2006
Groups applaud SETAC panel report on Victoria sewage - July 13, 2006
Province missing the boat on Victoria sewage - Februrary 22, 2006
Groups urging BC to clarify its stand on CRD sewage - February 8, 2006
Contaminated sites created by Victoria's sewage - Nov. 15, 2005
- Backgrounder on contaminated seabed around Victoria outfalls - November 16, 2005
Where do CRD municipal candidates stand on sewage treatment? - November 10, 2005
BC Government thwarts years of effort to force CRD to upgrade sewage facilities - April 21, 2005
BC Ignored Evidence in Approving Victoria’s Sewage Plan - April 13, 2005
National Sewage Report Card - BC falling behind rest of Canada in treating sewage - September 8, 2004
Groups petition Auditor General to demand sewage treatment upgrades in Canada’s coastal cities - April 28, 2004

Turn sewage treatment into resource recovery by Denise Savoie – July 27, 2006 (Special to the Times Colonist)
It's time to get inspired about sewage treatment by Stephen Salter – May 16, 2006 (Special to the Times Colonist)
The poop on raw sewage: Victoria, for shame, well behind other cities by Stephen Salter, Victoria Sewage Alliance - August 7, 2005
Let's pay now, not later, to stop fouling the ocean by Christianne Wilhelmson - January 24, 2003
Stop postponing the inevitable - Letter to the editor, Times Colonist, July 2003

National Sewage Report Card #3 - grading the sewage treatment of 22 Canadian cities - September 8, 2004
National Sewage Report Card #2 - August, 1999

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