sewage from Victoria [B.C.] and its suburbs meets provincial requirements and will reduce contaminants.
The region discharges about 34 million gallons of raw sewage into the Strait of Juan de Fuca each day, and the issue has been a sore point on both sides of the border….
Forty years ago, the community decided not to treat its sewage. Now we're back to where we should have been," said Christianne Wilhelmson, executive director with the British Columbia-based Georgia Strait Alliance, which has pushed for sewage treatment for years.
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