April 20, 2014

​ACTIONS:
                 
- Hear "Superbugs Breed in Secondary Sewage Treatment Plants"
- Sign: petition to demand review of CRD sewage plan
Come to SeaTerra sludge pipe sessions NEXT week!
- Send: in your letters!
How it went -  Another great Ogden Point table display
CRD SEWAGE NEWS
         
 Audio-video:
Mayor Desjardins on CFAX 16 April
Fleming flubs sewage awareness 101 on CFAX
Isitt's swimming-in-sewage story
The RITE Plan's Youtube Channel
News stories:
- Fleming flubs sewage awareness 101 on CFAX
Comment: CRD selected best possible sewage-treatment plan
LETTERS
Time to let go of sewage-plant plan (Boothman)
Science backs validity of ocean discharge (Burchill)
Sewage-treatment site is not the issue (Ferguson 2)
Sewage-treatment plan lacks true consultation (Ferri)
Subject sewage plans to independent analysis (McGuire)
- CRD has no respect for the law (Morrison)
 Scrap sewage plant, build rail transit (Nonen)
Clover Point could be sewage-plant site (Pittman)
Sewage plan accepted against expert advice (Riddell)
Action group provides positive input (Witter)
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EVENTS AND ACTIONS:

Hear presentation by RITE Planner Thom:

"Superbugs Breed in Secondary Sewage Treatment Plants"

Thomas Maler, Ph.D.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Vancouver Island Chapter of the Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA).
REGISTER HERE: http://www.pnwis.org/vancouverisland/

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Sign petition to demand review of CRD sewage plan

The communities have created a petition that we are sponsoring:

http://sewagepetition.ca/

Every signature will be presented in the Legislature by local MLAs.

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Come to SeaTerra sludge pipe sessions NEXT week!

Residual Solids Conveyance Pipe
Seaterra Program staff are working with local community associations to coordinate information sessions about the Residual Solids Conveyance Pipe in the communities that are in close proximity to the conveyance pipe.

Monday, April 28, 2014
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Archie Browning Sports Centre - Crow’s Nest
1151 Esquimalt Road, Esquimalt


Wednesday, April 30, 2014
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Prospect Lake Community Hall
5358 Spartan Road, Saanich (off W. Saanich Road)

Thursday, May 1, 2014
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Spectrum Community School - Gymnasium
957 Burnside Road, Saanich

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How it went -  Another great Ogden Point table display
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SEND IN YOUR LETTERS!

- Click here to send letter to Focus
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CRD SEWAGE NEWS

Audio-visual news:

Mayor Desjardins on CFAX 16 April

Mayor Barb Desjardins was on CFAX 1070 this morning with Al Ferraby correcting some of the misinformation out there and highlighting the opportunities that exist to remedy the sewage situation:
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Fleming flubs sewage awareness 101 on CFAX

Richard's note from 14 April:

.MLA Rob Fleming was on CFAX 1070 with Al Ferraby this morning:

http://theriteplan.ca/media/140414_CFAX_Rob_Fleming.m4a

1) Rob doesn't seem to be aware that the CRD sewage committee is stacked with directors from Victoria and Saanich. It is NOT a democratic body.

2) The word fine is not mentioned in Bryson's letter...

https://crd.bc.ca/docs/default-source/news-pdf/2014/1chairlettertomoeforwebunsignedwithattachments.pdf?sfvrsn=0

...and any fines under the Fisheries Act are already in place today. I'm going to chock this up to scare mongering, the same that we routinely hear from Young and Blackwell and Brownoff.

3) Esquimalt DID NOT offer up McLoughlin point for a large centralized plant. To say otherwise is factually incorrect.

Does Rob know there were almost 3 years beyond the planned end of construction before hitting the Dec 31, 2020 deadline?

4) Esquimalt council did not base its decision on the coming election. The rezoning application didn't meet the standards set out by the community and its legally binding bylaws.

5) Rob misses that far more people contributed input than those who spoke at the hearings. Many emails and written correspondence was received by council.

6) The Lion's Gate sewage plant comparison has been heard before at the CRD meetings from Jack Hull and Judy Brownoff

During that entire clip there wasn't a single criticism of the CRD but plenty heaped on Esquimalt and its council. That's not very MLA like and it was somewhat of a repeat of what we heard Monday night when Maurine Karagianis came on CFAX before the decision.

If Rob had taken an interest in the hearings and had not hit the air with what appears to me to be someone else's speaking notes, we might have heard something new.
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Isitt's swimming-in-sewage story

Watch Ben Isitt from 27m50s insist that McLoughlin Pt is the only option.

http://crd.ca.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=143

Isitt's retells a story of how went swimming in the polluted waters off James Bay this winter.

Isitt still thinks that sewage is flowing onto the beaches. Well, it certainly does when it rains but not from the normal functioning of the sewage system. That why the deep marine outfalls were constructed.

We really need CRD Directors that read the CRD's own reports.
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RITE Plan's Youtube Channel

Frequently updated with the most vital and interesting snippets that show the best and the worst of the CRD's sewage planning process

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News stories:

Comment: CRD selected best possible sewage-treatment plan

USMAN KHAN , TOM TIEDJE AND CATERINA VALEO
TIMES COLONIST
APRIL 16, 2014 

The fiercest opposition to the Capital Regional District’s proposed sewage-treatment plant has also been the least constructive.

In a matter of months, the so-called debate from the opponents shifted from not needing sewage treatment at all to demanding higher levels of treatment. The fate of the treatment plant then rested on whether or not Esquimalt council would allow minimal encroachments to the shoreline buffer and allowable building height at McLoughlin Point.

READ MORE HERE: 
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/op-ed/comment-crd-selected-best-possible-sewage-treatment-plan-1.964733
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LETTERS

Time to let go of sewage-plant plan (Boothman)

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Science backs validity of ocean discharge (Burchill)
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/letters/science-backs-validity-of-ocean-discharge 1.976347
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Sewage-treatment site is not the issue (Ferguson 1):
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/letters/sewage-treatment-site-is-not-the-issue-1.976368
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Sewage-treatment plan lacks true consultation (Ferri)
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/letters/sewage-treatment-plan-lacks-true-consultation-1.975124

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Subject sewage plans to independent analysis (McGuire)
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/letters/subject-sewage-plans-to-independent-analysis-1.976352

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Scrap sewage plant, build rail transit (Nonen)

Clover Point could be sewage-plant site (Pittman)
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/letters/clover-point-could-be-sewage-plant-site-1.975123

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Sewage plan accepted against expert advice (Riddell)
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/letters/sewage-plan-accepted-against-expert-advice-1.976348
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Ferguson 2 and Morrison 2