For the first time, secondary treatment of wastewater in Victoria, British Columbia, could become a reality.
The minister of environment for the province of British Columbia approved the Capital Regional District’s (CRD) Core Area Liquid Waste Management Plan in August. Andy Orr, communications manager for the district, says a request for proposals on a new $738-million wastewater treatment facility will go out this fall. Construction on the facility is expected to start in 2011 and could be finished as early as 2016, Orr says.