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Residents in Sooke are concerned about the imminent tax hikes to pay for the new sewer system. |
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Sewage outfall could damage our pristine shoresSooke Basin and Harbour are contaminated by fecal conform bacteria but to what degree septic fields contribute to this is uncertain. All enclosed and weakly flushed embayments on BC's coast are contaminated with fecal coliform bacteria due to droppings in the surrounding watershed from wildlife and domestic animals. Fecal coliform pollution is unavoidable in Sooke, therefore clam digging restrictions will probably never be lifted even if there are no septic fields. On the other hand, discharge of concentrated sewage effluent into Juan de Fuca Strait could close clam digging and mussel harvesting in the outside waters we still have. If sewage collection from Sooke's downtown core is desirable for economic development - not for environment protection because there is no credible argument for that - then pipe the effluent to a collection point, process liquid to ground and market the dried and disinfected sludge as fertilizer. The majority of the population in Sooke's residential areas can continue to use septic fields if compliance to acceptable operating standards is enforced - which the CRD should have been doing. In the meantime, council and the electorate should resist being wooed by self-serving academic prima donnas promising to save us from ourselves by piping sewage into the ocean which is unnecessarily expensive and could irrevocably damage our pristine shores and the tourist industry we depend upon. |
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