Responses

I recently emailed a number of groups that I knew had taken an active role in lobbying the city of Victoria to change its liquid waste management policy. I asked these groups what they thought of the amendment, and Victoria’s promise to begin treating its sewage.
So far, only one group, the People Opposed to Outfall Pollution (POOP), has responded.

The response from People Opposed to Outfall Pollution was fairly positive. The representative who emailed me expressed that although he was fairly happy with the amendment, he did have some concerns. The representative of POOP stated that the 2016 deadline seemed a bit too drawn out, although he recognized that because some of the land had to be acquired from the federal government, the land acquisition process could be a lengthy endeavour. He goes on to express his concern about the passage in the amendment: "If anaerobic digestion is used to treat the sludge, the CRD intends to capture the methane gas for use as a source of energy." The representative believes that the “if” should be removed from the passage and that capturing methane gas for energy use should be a mandatory aspect of the amendment. He expresses that if Victoria choses to pass on a plan to capture the methane gas, or simply delay the introduction of such a measure, it may never happen.