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Wastewater Management

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Scientific & Technical Review

The Core Area LWMP includes the municipalities of Colwood, Esquimalt, Langford, Oak Bay, Saanich, Victoria, and View Royal. The independent review panel will be analyzing the management of liquid wastes within those municipalities.An independent Scientific and Technical Review Panel reviewed the CRD's Core Area Liquid Waste Management Plan (LWMP).

The final report was presented to the CRD Board on July 12, 2006. Background information is provided in the appendices to the report.

The panel reviewed over 200 scientific and technical reports and received 82 written submissions received from the public through a seven week call for technical information.

In accordance with its terms of reference, the final report includes the following:

  1. Assess the current environmental and human health impacts of the Clover and Macaulay points wastewater discharges.
  2. From a scientific perspective, review the need for treatment of leachate from Hartland Landfill
  3. Evaluate future risks of the CRD's wastewater management practices, including the risks associated with emerging contaminants.
  4. Evaluate the effectiveness of the CRD's liquid waste management programs including the source control program, the stormwater quality management program and the seafloor trigger.
  5. Asses the applicability to the CRD of alternative and new liquid waste management systems, including the merits of smaller local sewage treatment systems.
  6. Review the overall effectiveness of the CRD's approach to liquid waste management compared to other coastal communities.
  7. Evaluate the benefits, risks and relative costs of implementing various levels of sewage treatment, from a technical and scientific perspective.

Panel Information

Panel Members

William Stubblefield, Ph.D (Panel Chair)
Parametrix, Inc. in Corvallis, Oregon and courtesy faculty appointment in the Department of Molecular and Environmental Toxicology at Oregon State University

Richard Gersberg, Ph.D.
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University

Craig L. Riley, MSE
Washington State Department of Health

Mark Servos, Ph.D.
University of Waterloo

Ralph David Simpson, Ph.D.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Dan Smith, Ph.D.
University of Alberta

Peter Wells, Ph.D.
Environment Canada

The CRD contracted the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) to select the panel and to provide administrative support.

A selections committee comprised of SETAC members searched throughout North America for qualified individuals before making a recommendation to the SETAC Board on the final panel members.

Panel members have expertise in a variety of technical fields (e.g., public health, environmental engineering, toxicology, microbiology, economics, risk assessment) as well as view points from various employment sectors (government, industry, and academia).

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