"jps" wrote in message
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Bloody hell! I can't believe they finally bit the bullet. This is
one issue I've had a hard time understanding. Our northern neighbors
are customarily kind and genteel in their dealings. This was a sore
spot and it's finally going away.

Wonder how long it'll take to build the plants...



After years of bad publicity - including a campaign by "Mr. Floatie" -
the British Columbia capital of Victoria plans to stop pouring
millions of gallons of untreated sewage into the marine waters between
Vancouver Island and Washington state.

Regional politicians last week approved a $1.2 billion plan to build
four treatment plants to handle about 34 million gallons of raw sewage
that Victoria and six suburbs pump into the Strait of Juan de Fuca
each day. The cities are home to about 300,000 people.

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What the $%^%$
We only paid $385 mill CDN for our new 'advanced stage 1' sewage treatment
system for a bit more people.
No wonder it broke down and flooded a month after the city took possession
of it.