B.C. storm causes sewage overflows in Greater Victoria

Health | 206963 hits | Nov 13 9:38 pm | Posted by: Hyack

The Capital Regional District is advising people to stay away from several Greater Victoria beaches due to sewage overflows caused by Thursday's storm.

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by BeaverFever
Sat Nov 14, 2015 9:40 pm
Does this mean Victoria is Montreal's new sister city?
by ShepherdsDog
Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:35 pm
Bellingham will love it
by Hyack
Sun Nov 15, 2015 5:11 am
Bellingham lives on shit like this.....the place is a sewer at the best of times....
by Jabberwalker
Sun Nov 15, 2015 6:18 pm
Montreal's is a one time dump to solve a problem. They used to dump all of their sewage into the lower St.Lawrence, hence to the ocean up until the early 1980's, though.

Victoria has gotten away with it, up to now. Time is probably running out on the dumping of raw sewage into the ocean, except in an emergency.
by Hyack
Mon Nov 16, 2015 1:48 am
Not justifying it, but Victoria has been able to get away with dumping their sewage directly into the Pacific because it is by most standards nothing more than a large town with it's population of only approximately 350,000.
by Jabberwalker
Mon Nov 16, 2015 11:15 am
"Hyack" said
Not justifying it, but Victoria has been able to get away with dumping their sewage directly into the Pacific because it is by most standards nothing more than a large town with it's population of only approximately 350,000.

Halifax is the same size but they got around to treating sewage. The difference, I suppose is the nature of the harbour. Halifax harbour is narrow, goes deep inland and ends with a dead end. The tide doesn't completely flush it out and some of it comes back up, each cycle.

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