I can't see it being stopped this time; Esquimalt Council might say no, but I'm sure that the Province would step in at that point, and over-rule them..
Before the election?
Posted 17 December 2016 - 04:16 PM
I can't see it being stopped this time; Esquimalt Council might say no, but I'm sure that the Province would step in at that point, and over-rule them..
Before the election?
Posted 17 December 2016 - 04:31 PM
Before the election?
Can't see that the Liberals would get any push-back from NDP in an election because NDP totally support a make-work CRD sewage plant operation. Liberals know that the only disagreement voiced by NDP was over the P3 sludge plant where the NDP CUPE friends expressed angst at the thought of P3 operating anywhere but especially side-by-side at Hartland where CUPE Local 1978 holds sway. Back in 2013, NDP MLA Maureen Karagianis did reject the notion of sludge plant in Esquimalt because to support it would have been her political termination. More recently (2015?) John Horgan announced some sort of CRD MLA group who would assist CRD to get the sewage plant moving but seems like total silence on that.
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Posted 23 December 2016 - 12:19 PM
It will be even obscener by the time the first turd circles the bowl.
Posted 26 December 2016 - 07:40 AM
Every year, 30 billion litres of sewage waste-water is invisibly dumped into the ocean fronting Vancouver’s Stanley Park — enough to fill B.C. Place Stadium to the roof more than 11 times over.
It flows around the clock through a 1.37-metre-diameter outfall pipe leading from Metro Vancouver’s Lions Gate sewage plant out 270 metres into First Narrows, at a depth of 24 metres.
The plant was state-of-the art when it opened in 1961 as the region’s first sewage-treatment plant.
Today, located on four hectares beneath the Lions Gate Bridge and serving almost 200,000 residents of West and North Vancouver, it is an archaic holdover, providing only primary treatment in a world where secondary treatment has become the minimum environmental standard.
As such, replacement of the plant is the region’s latest megaproject — a new $700-million secondary-treatment facility scheduled to be built by 2020 to meet new federal regulations.
“It’s an old plant,” said Metro Vancouver project manager Paul Default. “It doesn’t owe us anything.”
The new plant is planned for a three-hectare industrial site about two kilometres east of the current plant at Pemberton Avenue and West First Street, across from the Pemberton Station Pub. Pub general manager Cameron Isenor said there were rumours that Costco might move onto the site, or even a bus depot, both of which would have been good for business. The neighbourhood got a sewage plant instead.
“Obviously, there are other things I wish it was (rather) than that,” said Isenor, his concerns cushioned by Metro Vancouver’s promise to address nuisance odours. Unlike the current open-air system, the new system will involve covered tanks located under a roof, or in a building with an odour-control system.
http://www.theprovin...8444/story.html
Posted 26 December 2016 - 08:37 AM
The pertinent quote, however, is this:
But $700 million is a lot of money. What will the upgrade actually do for the region’s marine environment?
Surprisingly, Andjela Knezevic-Stevanovic, regional director of environmental management for liquid waste, says that no significant adverse effects can be traced to the existing operation. “We are very fortunate with the location. It’s a high-energy, very-well-mixed area of the outfall.”
Posted 26 December 2016 - 10:02 AM
Vancouver Sun's version of story has couple of photos but missing some points of Province version: http://vancouversun....eatment-upgrade
Posted 26 December 2016 - 10:08 AM
The pertinent quote, however, is this:
But $700 million is a lot of money. What will the upgrade actually do for the region’s marine environment?
Surprisingly, Andjela Knezevic-Stevanovic, regional director of environmental management for liquid waste, says that no significant adverse effects can be traced to the existing operation. “We are very fortunate with the location. It’s a high-energy, very-well-mixed area of the outfall.”
Elizabeth James, columnist for North Shore News is skeptical about the environmental value of the sewage plant:
Excerpt:
So, do we need a secondary treatment plant because the current facility is polluting the environment at its outfall? Absolutely not.
JAMES: Treatment plant doesn't need fixing: http://www.nsnews.co...ixing-1.1933247
Posted 31 December 2016 - 06:48 AM
Posted 01 January 2017 - 04:18 PM
Interesting that CRD holding the meeting in Esquimalt probably because CRD is the project proponent so only they can do that prior to Esquimalt Council's official rezoning hearing?
Public Meeting: Wastewater Treatment Plant at McLoughlin Point
Jan 12, 2017, 6pm-8pm
Esquimalt, Royal Canadian Legion, Esquimalt Dockside Branch
Event Information. The Capital Regional District (CRD) invites
residents to learn more about the Wastewater Treatment Plant at
McLoughlin Point. Meetings will begin with a presentation, followed by
an opportunity to chat with knowledgeable experts one-on-one in an
open house setting.
https://www.crd.bc.c...cloughlin-point
Posted 04 January 2017 - 05:21 PM
Peter Pollen was very civic-minded and he expressed his concern about the CRD's sewage plants by co-signing the Open Letter about the poor sewage plan, published in 2007. Excerpt from the letter (that many of us also co-signed):
Excerpts
...At present, only hypothetical benefits have been identified for proposed land-based treatment. The costs are substantial. This is hardly good evidence for acceptable, rational public policy.
...Before the CRD spends more of our local tax dollars on planning for land-based treatment, it is essential that the evidence be assembled on the costs and benefits of all viable alternatives. We call on the Ministry of Environment to fund, commission, and publish such a study, with no further delay.
Open Letter - What do ordinary Victorians think of this issue? Letter published in the Victoria Times Colonist November 1st 2007 http://aresst.ca/info/open-letter/
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Posted 14 January 2017 - 07:48 PM
^Then she is a delusional idiot.
Posted 15 January 2017 - 07:05 AM
Posted 15 January 2017 - 09:08 AM
CHAIR OF THE CORE AREA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROJECT BOARD DOES NOT ANTICIPATE ANY COST OVERRUNS: http://www.iheartrad...rruns-1.2331569
And if there are cost overruns then it won't cost her a dime.
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