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Poll: What do you think of the report $1.2 billion Dollar sewage treatment cost. (77 member(s) have cast votes)

What do you think of the report $1.2 billion Dollar sewage treatment cost.

  1. We need it and waited too long that is the cost of waiting too long! (65 votes [23.47%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 23.47%

  2. Local, Provincial, and Federal politicians will find a way to help cut down the price to property owners. (3 votes [1.08%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 1.08%

  3. Out of the question, too expensive for Greater Victoria. (122 votes [44.04%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 44.04%

  4. It expensive, but if we do nothing costs will only rise. (20 votes [7.22%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 7.22%

  5. We need to do it but greatly scale back the project. It has grwon out of hand. (34 votes [12.27%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 12.27%

  6. No opinion, I do not know enough about the project to say of the costs are out of line or not. (33 votes [11.91%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 11.91%

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#5641 todd

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Posted 15 October 2023 - 07:06 PM

“ The District of Oak Bay will be completing an emergency repair of a sewer lateral on Oak Bay Ave between Foul Bay Rd and Mitchell St. See Figure 1 below. The repair project is scheduled to start Monday, October 16th and is expected to be finished within 4 days.

For public safety and for the safety of District staff, Public Works will be closing Oak Bay Avenue to non-local traffic from Mitchell St to Foul Bay Rd. Barricades will be placed on Oak Bay Ave at Foul Bay and West of the entrance to the parking lot at 2014 Oak Bay Ave. Detour routes have been set up down Mitchell and Elgin Rd. Refer to Figure 2. “

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#5642 Mike K.

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Posted 15 October 2023 - 07:18 PM

That’s a great heads-up, thank you.

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#5643 todd

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Posted 22 December 2023 - 06:25 PM

The Capital Regional District is advising residents to avoid entering the waters between Hollywood Place and Cook Street including Clover Point due to wastewater overflows. Melting snow and rainfall has caused combined storm water and wastewater overflows along some shorelines in Greater Victoria on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, posing a health risk.[/size]


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Will this problem reemerge this year?

Edited by todd, 22 December 2023 - 06:27 PM.


#5644 Mike K.

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Posted 12 February 2024 - 10:28 AM

My mom’s City of Victoria water and sewer bill has these rate changes that occurred as of Oct 1:

Sewer Rate increase from $1.83 to $2.62 per unit
CRD Sewer Rate increase from $3.81 to $5.45 per unit

Both up 43%.

What is behind this massive increase?

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#5645 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 12 February 2024 - 10:29 AM

Mr. Floatie.

He’s the *****.
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#5646 Nparker

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Posted 12 February 2024 - 10:30 AM

...What is behind this massive increase?

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#5647 spanky123

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Posted 12 February 2024 - 03:35 PM

My mom’s City of Victoria water and sewer bill has these rate changes that occurred as of Oct 1:

Sewer Rate increase from $1.83 to $2.62 per unit
CRD Sewer Rate increase from $3.81 to $5.45 per unit

Both up 43%.

What is behind this massive increase?

 

Isn't this to pay for the sewage treatment plant? I seemed to recall the plan being escalating rate increases for about 10 years.



#5648 Nparker

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Posted 12 February 2024 - 03:47 PM

I wish the people who make these decisions would just shut up about "housing affordability". It's clearly just a catch phrase to them, since every level of government keeps enacting policies and regulations that have the exact opposite effect.


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#5649 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 16 February 2024 - 04:33 AM

Oak Bay says it now has the funding to finally address outdated underground infrastructure in the Uplands neighbourhood, where sewage from homes and stormwater from street drains mix and can spill into the ocean during periods of heavy rainfall.

 

The district said Thursday that funding from the federal and provincial governments will allow it to replace the single-pipe system that was built nearly a century ago.

 

Just over $8.8 million will go into the sewer separation project, with the federal government ­providing $3.54 million, the ­province $2.94 million and Oak Bay $2.36 million.

 

The Uplands sewer system was built in the 1930s using a single pipe to collect sewage from toilets, grey water from showers and sinks, and storm water from foundation drains and catch basins in the roads, discharging into the ocean at the ends of Humber and Rutland roads.

 

In the early 1990s, the combined systems were redirected into new Capital Regional District pump stations at Humber and Rutland roads and pumped into a trunk sewer main on Beach Drive.

 

However, during large storms, the flow into the pump stations could at times exceed the capacity of the pumps and the excess effluent discharges through the old outfalls into the ocean.

 

“During heavy rainfall, combined systems are susceptible to overflow, causing effluent to be discharged into local bodies of water,” the district said in a statement.

 

 

 

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Edited by Victoria Watcher, 16 February 2024 - 04:34 AM.


#5650 Mike K.

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Posted 16 February 2024 - 07:08 AM

We talked long ago about higher levels of government eventually stepping in.

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#5651 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 20 February 2024 - 03:18 AM

Capital region residents are invited to join a virtual open house Tuesday to learn about and share views on long-term use of biosolids before a report is sent to the province in a few months.

 

It’s a complex and divisive issue with challenging timelines and unclear solutions.

 

“The board is in a really tough position right now,” Colin Plant, board chair, said Monday.

 

Citizens can sign up for the 6 p.m. meeting; it will be recorded for viewing later. The district is running a public survey closing March 6 on the topic.

 

The province requires a long-term plan for beneficial use of biosolids, a byproduct of sewage treatment, to be submitted by mid-June. The solution is supposed to be operational by the beginning of 2026.

 

The district’s board will take into account results from the survey, staff recommendations, provincial environmental regulations, a survey to be carried out by a third-party, and board preferences, Plant said.

 

 

 

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This has been a “very political issue” around the board table, Plant said. The board is split on the best way to handle biosolids.

 

Even so, the province is requiring the district to look at land application as a option in its long-term plan.

 

“The rest of the province, every other area in B.C. that I’m aware of, does have land application as one of their methods of dealing with biosolids,” Plant said. But at this point, the district is unable to point to a definitive workable option, he said. “We are in a bit of a challenging situation.”

 

Those opposed to putting biosolids on land point to scientific literature backing up their concerns about the impacts of various chemicals.

 

Meanwhile, because it has nowhere else to send them, the CRD is ­burying biosolids at Hartland landfill, which is against provincial rules.

 

The original plan to ship biosolids to a Richmond plant to be used as fuel in the production of cement fell through.


Edited by Victoria Watcher, 20 February 2024 - 03:19 AM.


#5652 lanforod

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Posted 20 February 2024 - 07:37 AM

So, uplands will support condos and high rises with a new sewer! Let's go!
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