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Money, science continue to hold readers’ attention Tens of millions of dollars have been spent on the Capital SPECIAL REPORT Regional District’s sewage treatment program since 2006, but not all of those expenditures are easily IN TH E accounted for. And taxpayers have since 2013 been contributing to the CRD’s sewage fund, designed to help defray the final cost of the treatment, but the $30 million so far put into that account has been exhausted. In today’s third instalment of our fivepart series, Sewage in the CRD, we look at what’s been spent and what taxpayers are projected to pay for the option currently on the table. In recent days, we’ve also heard from many letter writers who have implored us to address the science behind the need to treat – or not. We hear from a pair of former University of Victoria marine environment specialists about Victoria’s unique ocean characteristics, and describe the various types of treatment communities can undertake. We appreciate the feedback so far and encourage readers to talk about the subject with their family and friends, as well as engaging the politicians who represent them at the CRD board table. See pages A12 and A13

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Health struggles take financial toll on family Travis Paterson News Staff

Just as quickly as Emma Smith’s face lights up with smiles, it can also turn quiet. The 12-year-old Lansdowne middle school student chatted gleefully on Tuesday afternoon about how many times she’s read the entire Harry Potter series (four) while sitting next to her father Darrell on the living room couch of their Lakehill area home. She also jokes nervously about what it will be like when

her 10-year-old brother Charlie joins her at Lansdowne next year. After three-and-a-half years of chemotherapy treatments, pain killers, brain operations and various medications, the cancer in Emma’s brain and spine just Emma Smith won’t go away. Her family is currently awaiting the platelet count in her blood to restore to the minimum level for yet another round of

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A local church’s effort to find homes for Syrian refugees has resulted in more than 100 houses for some feathered friends. On Tuesday, the St. George’s Refugee Sponsorship Project is hosting There’s No Place Like Home, a fundraiser at the Inn at Laurel Point where more than 140 birdhouses will be auctioned off to raise money for Syrian refugees. Each birdhouse has been decorated by a local artist, with a wide variety of designs and styles up for bidding. “This evening is really going to be a celebration of all of the incredible efforts that the artistic community and the general community have put into this project,” said Ginny Glover, co-chair of the fundraising committee. “The name ‘There’s No Place Like Home,’ that whole concept of home and safety and welcome is what’s reflected in this response from the artistic community,” said Jennifer Handley, who co-chairs the project with David Stuart. Spearheaded by St. George’s with support from five local parishes, the event is an offshoot of a fundraiser that Glover organized in Calgary a few years

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Jennifer Handley (left) and Ginny Glover of the St. George’s Refugee Sponsorship Project will have more than 140 elaborately decorated birdhouses up for bidding on Tuesday at the There’s No Place Like Home fundraiser for Syrian refugees. The birdhouses were painted and designed by local artists, and will be up for grabs in live and silent auctions. back, where about 150 artists painted chairs in extravagant ways for auction. “I brought it here when we were sponsoring a refugee family,” said Glover. “I talked to Rev. Canon Richard LeSueur and said, ‘I’d be happy to do another fundraiser with chairs,’ but I couldn’t find chairs, so he said, ‘Well, why don’t you try birdhouses?’ It was a fabulous idea.”

Glover and committee member Sheryl Fisher reached out to local artists and arts groups, who were more than willing to take on some birdhouses and spread the word to others. Before long, a group of 11 people built 110 birdhouses and distributed them to the artists, with an array of creative results. The response has been incredible, with Glover noting some artists have opted to design

and build their own birdhouses for the auction. “We ended up getting owl houses, glass houses, seaweed houses, architectural ones from the sculpture guild that I’m a part of – they just kept coming,” she said. “I’ve had birdhouses dropped off on my door, from people who aren’t even on my list.” The birdhouses will be up for grabs in a live auction, as well

as two silent auctions, at the fundraiser. The group will also be raising money for the refugees through the sale of grab bags and tickets for a date night giveaway at Laurel Point. The evening also includes live music from the Tom Vickery Trio with Rob Johnson and Kelby MacNayr, as well as light refreshments and a cash bar. More than 40 of the artists are expected to be on hand at the event, and Glover noted that for some of them, the fundraiser hits particularly close to home. “There are a number of people who were refugees and have come to Canada and made this their home, and if it’s not them, their parents were refugees,” said Glover. “They’re now creating a birdhouse for the new refugees.” The fundraiser starts at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29 at the Inn at Laurel Point, located at 680 Montreal St. Tickets are $50 and are available at the door or online at birdhousesforrefugees. brownpapertickets.com. Handley said they hope the fundraiser elicits the same charitable response from the general community as it has from the artistic community that has put much of their time and effort into the birdhouses. “Victoria has really stepped up and is welcoming all these newcomers,” said Handley. “People really have been very open and responsive in helping out, and this is just another way that they can get involved and make a difference.”

Donation provides boost for Camosun horticulture students A donation from the Saanich Fruit Growers Association will allow Camosun College horticulture students to continue Saanich’s legacy of farming and food production. The $125,000 donation is the largest ever made to Camosun’s horticulture technician program. It will fund a perpetual bursary in horticultural studies, and enhance learning resources through purchases of equipment

and planting stock. “This donation comes at a very important time, when interest in local food production and food security is heightening, and economic pressures have impacted the traditional family farm,” said Eric Sehn, dean of Camosun’s School of Trades and Technology. “The gift allows us to encourage students to pursue careers in horticultural trades and introduce

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Society seeks single authority to oversee Gorge Waterway Travis Paterson News Staff

After more than a decade away, John Roe is putting the band back to together, and he’s not particularly happy about it. Roe is behind the Veins of Life Watershed Society that formed in 1995 with the goal of cleaning up the Gorge Waterway. It took thousands of hours of work from the society, the community, various municipalities and other groups to meet the goal of a swimmable Gorge Waterway – which they achieved – in 2000. But by then, Roe and the group of volunteers John Roe had put so much time into the project that, eventually, fundraising for the non-profit dried up as the team was “burned out.” Roe lived here at the time but now lives on Salt Spring Island where he makes a living as a motorcycle mechanic. He’s been visiting periodically, however, and the list of environmental abuses along the waterway scream out for the need of an authoritarian body along the Gorge, something Veins of Life sought more than 15 years ago. “That’s the problem, having one uniform organization in place to oversee the Gorge [and the watershed],” Roe said. “We tried to get that in place in 2000/01 and thought this would be resolved. It became a war between homeowners. I ran out of energy, a lot of us had worked 80 hours a week for years to get things done.” The first order of business

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The Colquitz River is lined with far more docks than there are provincial licences for, according to Veins of Life Watershed Society’s John Roe. is the number of illegal docks along the Gorge Waterway and the Colquitz River. The waterway is part of the Victoria Harbour Migratory Bird Sanctuary and the eel grass along the mouth of the Colquitz and Portage Inlet, which thrives in a mix of salt and fresh water, is a crucial spawning ground for herring. Nurturing the shore for the eel grass is crucial as the herring that use it attract dozens of species to the area. Recovering salmon populations also use the Colquitz to spawn. “The loss of foreshore is so critical for habitat for wildlife. It’s nearly the 100th anniversary [1923] of the federally recognized bird sanctuary, and we have species at risk,” Roe said. In a recent letter to Saanich, Roe recounted Veins of Life’s 1997 success when it confirmed only three owners had provincial tenure for docks. There are some dock leases grandfathered from before the 1986 bylaw that legislated a strict process for new docks. In 1997 Veins of Life identified 26

illegal docks and helped remove nine derelict docks, with the owners’ blessing. A recent count totalled 60 or more docks in the Colquitz, Gorge and Portage Inlet, as they’re “mating like rabbits,” Roe said. “In 1996 no one wanted to live along the Gorge waterfront or Portage Inlet. The waterfront value was down compared to one block away, and now it’s 60 to 70 per cent higher.” Amongst the returning members to Veins of Life is Rob Wickson, the current president of the Gorge Tillicum Community Association. With such a vast network of tributaries which flow into the Gorge, including Elk, Beaver and Prospect lakes, Wickson says the watershed itself needs to be included in a management protocol for the waterway. “It’s a lot of communities, there’s stormwater draining there from all over, not just the main four which surround the Gorge [Victoria, Esquimalt, View Royal and Saanich],” he said.

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Troubled youth face tragic deadline What are the limits of compassion in our society, and specifically B.C.? Can we put a price on it? Does it stop at a certain age? Right now, young people in care in the province are being virtually cut adrift in our society as soon as they reach the age of 19. While children in foster care – or in a youth agreement to receive financial help – may continue to receive some support and referrals after this deadline, government help largely dries up as soon as they ‘age out’ of the system. It’s time enough for them to fend for themselves, our society evidently believes. It’s a convenient solution for many of us, but it forgets that there are good reasons, often profoundly complex, why these individuals were placed in care as children. These problems – often the result of generational cycles of poverty and physical abuse – don’t disappear the moment a child is 19. “So what?” our society seems to say. “It’s not my problem and I shouldn’t have to pay for it.” It is Stephanie Cadieux’s problem, however. The minister of children and family development is well-aware of the challenges of young people aging out of the system, and says her ministry is doing everything it can to increase support for the transition. But whenever the death of a young person formerly receiving government help is discovered, it seems to serve as a tragic reminder of how the system is failing some of our most vulnerable. Patricia Lee Evoy, 19, was discovered in a Burnaby apartment March 10, the apparent victim of a drug overdose. She had been on a youth agreement to receive financial help, but it expired when she turned 19 in October. It is obvious that more needs to be done for children in government care. As a society, we can espouse many things, but, ultimately, our level of compassion must be judged by our actions. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@saanichnews.com or fax 250-3862624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The SAANICH NEWS is a member of the National Newsmedia Council, which is an independent organization established to deal with acceptable journalistic practices and ethical behaviour. If you have concerns about editorial content, please contact: editor@ saanichnews.com or call 250-480-3262. If you are not satisfied with the response and wish to file a formal complaint, visit the web site at mediacouncil.ca or call toll-free 1-844-8771163 for additional information.

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Reader looks forward to details in series It is great to see some attention being paid to the sewage treatment dilemma. Great layout and timeline to get some points across. I would caution against the use of “the majority, however, argue that it’s just the right thing to do,” as taxpayers have not been afforded the referendum that could back up this highly speculative “fact.” Although a Canadian city, Halifax is an awfully long ways away to draw any pointed comparisons as well. Closed beaches, murky waters and general disgust along its harbour are testament to the fact that the Halifax dilemma was worlds apart from the Victoria circumstance. It would be great to see some articles that point to the question of where pressure is coming from on this issue? The fact that “the government requires us to treat our sewage” is pretty glossy. Exactly whom is making this case and what is the evidence? What is “treatment” specifically? Readers will require a bit more than this hand waving that we must do as we are told and that $327 million bought Halifax a couple cleaner beaches nearly a decade ago.

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Rabbits are not Easter toys Easter is just around the corner and this is the time that many youngsters have the urge to adopt a rabbit. If that is the case in your family, please give this some serious thought. Rabbits are great creatures and make wonderful pets, but unlike a cat or a dog, are high maintenance. A child may accept the idea of caring for a rabbit at first but the novelty quickly wears off and the chore of cleaning a cage daily usually falls onto the parent. Rabbits should not be kept in a cage and need exercise. Otherwise it would be like living in a prison. A rabbit does not purr nor does it fetch, and frankly, rabbits do not like being held. Before long a parent who has taken on the task of caring for a rabbit finds they are taking up a lot of their time, and the rabbit, although it may be loved, is no longer wanted. Many times the rabbit is taken out to a highway or a campus and dumped. This is a death sentence in more ways

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than one. Please, before you choose a rabbit for your child, look into what it entails. Talk to other rabbit owners or the SPCA. And if you have decided to adopt but find that you can no longer care for the creature, then take it to a humane society. Do not dump it. Rabbits want to be loved for what they are and not just as Easter toys. William Jesse Victoria

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Let citizens decide how to spend their money I have minimal knowledge about sewage systems and the attendant costs. But I have to ask why, when a dozen or so scientists from the U.S. and Canada have stated that the Clover and Macaulay point sewage outfalls are working just fine and are the most sensible solution to the sewage disposal problem, do we continue to ignore their advice? What’s the point of having scientists if we don’t listen to them? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has allowed more than 100 cities larger than ours to use the method we are now using. We are being forced into this by the federal and provincial governments and some political pressure from Washington state. None of these entities seem to want to listen to their scientists. They want us to build a billiondollar system that experts say will be outmoded in 15 to 20 years. What then? If the federal and provincial governments insist on going against scientific expertise, then let them pay for it and not increase my taxes, even though I am on a septic system. What are they going to do if Victoria just says

Follow Halifax solution Thank you for the interesting articles on sewage treatment. The one concerning Halifax was especially good. Having lived in Halifax for several years on three occasions, I can safely say that they got the sewage treatment done for only one reason. The reason is obvious. There is only one municipal council thanks to the visionary provincial government under the late premier John Savage, who had the courage to force the four previous municipalities to amalgamate. Now there is only one council which is capable of making decisions without being

no? This has been one of the most botched-up exercises I have ever witnessed. The CRD spent money on consulting fees, hiring a CEO, buying a building they can’t use for $17 million and property from DND they can’t use, plus a huge amount of civil servants’ time and costs. Nothing but waste. The big problem is the storm drain outfalls around the coast, which is not being addressed. Complete a cost-benefit analysis of the present system vs. the proposed systems. Consider environmental impact, CO2, disruption of neighbourhoods and whatever other issues crop up. Present it to the public and let us citizens decide how we want to spend our money. Maybe hospitals, schools, subsidized housing, outfalls and a few other things make more sense. Let the March 31 deadline pass. Tell the feds and province we will let the citizens decide what they want to spend their hard-earned money on and don’t force us to do something that makes no sense. Bill Day Langford

beholden to numerous noisy undemocratic neighbourhood “NIMBY associations” and protest committees. Our provincial government could do the same thing. They have nothing to lose since this area votes NDP anyway. They could leave a lasting legacy for efficiency, democracy and environmental improvement by forcing amalgamation and sewage treatment. Eric Nielsen Oak Bay

Focus on the costs I’m looking forward to reading the rest of your series on sewage treatment.

One thing that you might have included in your Halifax article is the (at the time) estimated additional cost of three plants vs. the one plant mentioned in the article. This is of course an issue in the Victoria discussion. And indeed, given the difference in costs between the Victoria and Halifax proposals, surely your article should have addressed the overall cost estimates. Don’t leave these issues to a summary article at the end, do the work now. Your article is interesting, but too short by one imagines a factor of two. Ian Thompson Pasadena, Calif.

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Where has your tax money gone?

There’s one plant to treat CAPITAL COSTS the sewage and$1,088,000,000 another to ANNUAL OPERATING treat COSTSthe political sensibilities, (2030) and that’s not good public $22,810,000 policy.

LOCAL COSTS Capital residents may have after Grants noticed a sewage levy on their $605,500,000

— Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen TOTAL ANNUAL COSTS $69,331,955

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Money at heart of treatment issue ESTIMATED ANNUAL COSTS

Two-plant solution was a compromise Dan Ebenal

Nailing down a firm number, however, is easier said than done. The consultants were asked to come up with cost Money is the overriding estimates for the current issue in finding a solution to proposal in a very short time the Capital Region’s sewage frame – the Clover Pointtreatment challenge. And McLoughlin option surfaced only the big fear for the region’s a few days before the core area residents and their political liquid waste management representatives is seeing tax committee voted dollars flushed down to move forward the toilet. with that option. That fear is SPECIAL The hope well grounded REPORT around the in reality, with board table more than $65 is that the million spent $1.05 billion so far on the cost can project, which be reduced remains in the IN TH when preliminary E submissions design stage. are invited from Almost half of the private sector. those funds ($27.79 “I think we truly million) are for land are looking at a worst-case purchases – including $17 scenario,” said Saanich Mayor million for a Viewfield Road Richard Atwell, vice-chair of the property no longer in the CRD’s committee. plans for sewage treatment – Bartlett argues the final costs while $12 million was spent to could easily go the other way. complete the Craigflower pump “It seems rarely do projects station in View Royal. come in on budget, it’s the Those costs have caused nature of the business. The Blue trepidation about the estimated Bridge is an example of that,” $1.05-billion cost for the he said, pointing to rising steel preferred two-plant option at costs or a tumbling Canadian McLoughlin/Macaulay and dollar as variables that cannot Clover points. be controlled. “It’s a huge drain on the Brian Grover is among the taxpayers’ pockets, and basically local residents who have been the numbers are in a bloody closely following the issue in muddle,” said Stan Bartlett, with recent years. Grover, a civil Grumpy Taxpayers of Greater engineer specializing in water Victoria. resources, said residents are Bartlett, a Victoria resident looking for value for their money. who chairs the group of several “My impression is that up until hundred taxpayers, said it’s the very recent days, that’s been CRD’s responsibility to provide kind of a foreign concept for detailed and understandable most of the policy-makers and numbers to the public. their consultants,” he said. “My “With the numbers being hope is that the (people) who bandied about, are these sewage are making a decision will be treatment costs soft numbers? looking to get the best bang for Are they hard numbers? Are the buck, meaning the highest they outright guesses? That’s necessary level of treatment at certainly the bottom line for us.”

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water bills or property taxes for the past several years. But the $30 million raised so far won’t be going towards the billion-dollar solution to the region’s sewage woes. That money has already been spent, along with another $7 million in temporary borrowing. The Capital Regional District began ramping up to cover treatment costs in 2013, implementing a $5-million per year levy on commercial and residential users in the seven communities. That regional levy rose by $5 million a year, but was held at $15 million a year for 2016 with the project paused. The CRD’s plan is for the public contribution to grow by $5 million to $20 million a year in 2017, with the levy reaching a peak of $35 million a year by 2020 and continue at that rate. CRD staff estimate that $7 million to $8 million of the public contribution goes toward annual operating costs for the current system, with the other $10 million or so going towards consultants and engineers, as well as the public consultation process. Estimates for the eventual sewage treatment costs in 2020 range from a low of a $352 average annual charge for Saanich residents to a high of $741 a year for those living in Colwood, with the funding apportioned based on population. The estimates project the $800average annual household cost as $439 for Esquimalt, $570 for Oak Bay, $495 for Victoria, $415 for View Royal and $400 for Langford. Colwood is hoping to see a more equitable system for its taxpayers, given that 70 per cent of the community’s homes are connected to septic. A complete breakdown of the more than $65 million spent on the project since 2006 was not provided by CRD staff, but the figure includes $27.79 million in land purchases. A category listed as “other Seaterra program expenses” totalled $29 million, with no further explanation of where the costs were directed. Black Press is in the process of securing that information through a Freedom of Information request. The project expenditures also include $1.9 million in legal fees, $260,000 in interim financing costs, $1 million for contract terminations – including $500,000 for former Seaterra program director Albert Sweetnam – and another $1 million for the Eastside and Westside select committee activities. The cost of the twoplant option for Clover and McLoughlin/Macaulay points is currently estimated at $1.05 billion.

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the lowest possible cost.” Some directors believe the committee rejected a lowercost option when they ruled out revisiting a lone plant at McLoughlin Point. Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen said that decision added $250 million to the project’s cost. “This is a political compromise. If we left it to the economists and engineers, we would be looking at a single plant. There’s one plant to treat the sewage and another plant to treat the political sensibilities, and that’s not good public policy,” he said. Other directors said measuring the current options against a lone McLoughlin plant is comparing apples to oranges, pointing to the dramatic decline in the Canadian dollar. Victoria Coun. Ben Isitt was critical of the arbitrary nature of the decision based on “very flimsy financial information,” suggesting the committee was “growing the project scope to create windfall profits for the construction sector.” While the cost to local taxpayers is far from settled, the commitments from senior levels of government have been established: $248 million from

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the B.C. government and another $253 million expected from Ottawa. Those funds represent about two-thirds of the cost of the original proposal for a plant at McLoughlin Point, but only account for about half of the current estimated costs. While there may be other federal or provincial funds the project could tap into, Atwell said, he doesn’t expect the previously announced grants to be increased. “They don’t want to update it, they don’t want to provide any more,” he said. “If they did, there would be no incentive to bring in any project at budget.” It’s clear from the discussion around the table that taxpayers have made their concerns clear to their political representatives. Saanich Coun. Judy Brownoff said she has received numerous comments and emails from her constituents, most of them focused on the financial implications. “At the end of the day, this is about the cost to our taxpayers,” she said. “When you have a senior call you and she’s crying because she’s worried about the cost of this facility and she may lose her home – cost is the No. 1 issue to me.”

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Secondary vs. tertiary treatment

Dave Gardner, senior operator with the CRD’s Integrated Water Systems, looks over the water that has just been through the screening process inside the Clover Point Pumping Station. Don Denton/Black Press

Scientists question need for expenditure CRD monitoring shows outfall areas not in compliance with federal regulations Pamela Roth Black Press

Jack Littlepage can’t help but feel appalled whenever he thinks about the Capital Regional District spending hundreds of millions to construct a sewage treatment system. Working with other area scientists, the former University of Victoria oceanography professor has spent years researching the environmental impact of dumping untreated sewage into the ocean and whether treatment is necessary here. The answer is always no. But the federal government plans to spend billions over the next several years in support of national standards meant to eliminate raw sewage from being pumped into Canadian waterways. Those rules mandate secondary wastewater treatment in coastal cities like Victoria, but Littlepage said the regulations are mainly good for freshwater and don’t allow any variances on the discharge. “We are forced to obey freshwater regulations that have nothing to do with our problems here. They need to be interpreted in light of the environment into which they are being discharged,” he said. He noted the CRD could fight the

regulations, since the effects of wastewater discharge aren’t the same everywhere. “It’s beyond belief that someone hasn’t said, ‘OK government, this is wrong, it’s wasting your money, our money and accomplishing nothing.’ We are listed as a critical discharge into the ocean and yet there is no data to support this and there has never been an environmental impact on the comparison of on-land treatment discharge.” Scientists have long debated whether Greater Victoria needs to change its way of streaming sewage into the ocean, writing numerous reports touching on sediments in the vicinity of the outfalls, chemicals and pharmaceuticals found in the effluent, impacts on marine life and risks to public health. According to the reports, the outfalls pose no public health hazard since effluent only comes to the surface once or twice a year. As for the marine environment, the effluent has some measurable impact on the invertebrates living in sediments around the outfalls, but Littlepage noted the impacts aren’t necessarily negative – the environment is rich and thriving due to nutrients in the effluent. Marine scientists conclude

Regulations make secondary treatment mandatory n In July 2012, the federal government revealed the Canada-wide Strategy for the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent – a long list of regulations intended to “protect human health and the receiving environment” by reducing the 150 billion litres of sewage dumped into Canadian waterways each year. n The regulations apply to any wastewater system designed to collect an average volume of 100 cubic metres or more of influent (water flowing into a plant for treatment) per day, and requires all Canadian municipalities (except those in the north) to move towards at least secondary treatment. n At an estimated cost of $6 billion, the strategy is being implemented across the country, starting with high-risk locations by 2020, then medium-risk by 2030 and low-risk by 2040. Victoria has been deemed high risk. n 2,650 wastewater systems in Canada are subject to the regulations and an estimated 75 per cent of the existing systems are already at the secondary level of treatment. Those that don’t come into compliance by the targeted date could face enforcement.

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Scientists Jack Littlepage, left, and Chris Garrett shared their views on the Victoria sewage treatment issues. that conditions off the present outfalls are similar to those off the outfalls from secondary treatment plants in other municipalities. A treatment plant, however, would be effective in removing or metabolizing a variety of potentially toxic chemicals (from household products and pharmaceuticals) in the effluent that would be concentrated in sludge. Scientists have found no indication that chemicals discharged in the past have caused harm to the marine environment, but agree a number of issues still require further investigation. Critics cite a litany of environmental concerns, from oxygen depletion and toxic contaminants in the liquid waste being absorbed by the marine food chain, to fecal coliforms near outfalls posing a hazard to humans. Glenn Harris, a senior scientist with the CRD, is tasked with compliance monitoring. He’s heard arguments from scientists about the lack of necessity for treatment, but noted the region is out of compliance with federal and provincial regulations – which were put in place for a reason. According to Harris, the volume of effluent at each of the two outfalls is just over 40,000 cubic metres per day and Victoria exceeds the regulations

on a number of things, such as effluent toxicity and bacteria. Adding a secondary treatment system will not only bring Victoria in line with government regulations, it will reduce the concerning contaminants. “We’ve had that argument with the feds. They said ‘here is our benchmark, here’s our regulations.’ They’ve been tasked with defining what protecting the human health and environment is and our monitoring shows we are not in compliance with that,” Harris said. “You can see the discharge of contaminants into the ocean. We can see that in the food chain. Killer whales are highly contaminated … and we know the contaminants are a significant stress and risk to those species.” Chris Garrett, a former professor of ocean physics at the University of Victoria, is amazed there hasn’t been a detailed analysis of the real or potential problems. Instead of constructing an expensive plant, he said, the money should be spent on looking at pollutants and how to get rid of them. “If you said to a marine scientist, one of our primary goals is to protect the marine environment and we can spend several hundred million, this (sewage treatment plant) would not be high on our shopping list,” he said.

One consideration being discussed by the core area liquid waste management committee has been whether to treat the region’s wastewater to a secondary or tertiary level. The option identified by the committee will see secondary or tertiary treatment plants constructed at Clover and McLoughlin points. Currently, the area’s sewage receives only preliminary treatment. Screens filter out particles larger than 6mm such as rocks, rags and plastics, which are collected and sent to landfill. Primary treatment uses gravity to allow solids to settle, with grease, oil and fat skimmed off. Screening traps solid objects, and sedimentation by gravity removes suspended solids. Secondary treatment removes dissolved organic matter that escapes primary treatment and uses bacteria to convert it into bacterial cells. The wastewater is then filtered by separating the treated liquid from the cells. Secondary treatment, the federal standard for a marine discharge, removes about 85 per cent of the suspended solids and biochemical oxygen demand. Tertiary treatment improves the quality of the effluent using methods such as membrane filtration, ultraviolet disinfection and advanced oxidation. It can remove more than 99 per cent of impurities from wastewater, producing an effluent with almost drinking-water quality. Tertiary treatment would further reduce the contaminants in the liquid effluent destined for the ocean. While each level of treatment results in a cleaner effluent, tertiary is more expensive. One estimate suggests that treating wastewater to a tertiary level would cost about $100 million more than secondary – an additional $84/year cost on average for households.

In Wednesday’s report: In the fourth instalment of our five-part series on sewage treatment we turn our attention to the West Shore, as well as plans to deal with biosolids. Read your community paper March 30 to find out more.

Share your thoughts Get the dialogue going. Send your opinions on this series to don.descoteau@blackpress.ca, or call 250-478-9552 ext 224. You can also post comments to the Facebook or Twitter pages of your Black Press community newspaper. Please include your name and a telephone number for verification.

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Custom car shop, 360 Fabrication, in Abbotsford, will mount an “in progress” display of the restoration of a rare 1932 Desoto. Collector auto auction company Barrett-Jackson has become synonymous with the world’s ‘go to’ place for ultimate automotive finds. The show highlights the Dueck Vintage Garage and seven vehicles that were all purchased crossing the Barrett block. The NOS Energy DUB Show Tour has developed an international reputation as the home of the coolest aftermarket vehicles and products. The DUB Tour was founded by the creators of the exceptionally popular DUB Magazine, makes its premiere Canadian Stop at the Auto Show with a number of highly customized vehicles. DUB is located both inside and outside the Convention Centre on the Pacific Terrace.

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Rising home prices, Victoria’s low rental vacancy rates and new mortgage regulations have all combined to create a market for homes in which revenue suites either already exist or where their development is a possibility. The upward pressure on Victoria’s housing prices has pushed the average cost of a new home up by 14.7 per cent in the past year to an average value of $638,700, according to the Victoria Real Estate Board. When coupled with the new down payment rules that came into effect on Feb. 15, it has become increasingly difficult for firsttime homebuyers to get into the market. The new rules require a five per cent down payment for the first $500,000 of value on a new home and 10 per cent down on the next $500,000. For a property valued at $750,000, it means that a buyer will have to scrape together an additional $12,500 for the down payment. Buyers also need to think about closing costs. Legal and transfer fees can amount to another 1.5 per cent to four per cent of a home’s costs. Those costs include lawyer fees, GST and PST. “It’s all contributing to having them [first-

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Steadily rising housing prices and a low vacancy rate has many potential homebuyers in Saanich and throughout Greater Victoria considering rental suites to generate additional revenue. time buyers] look toward revenue suites as part of their purchase. A portion of that revenue can be applied to their own income to allow them to qualify where they otherwise might not,” said Carolyn Maycock, mortgage broker for Mortgage Alliance. That qualification is based upon the stip-

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