Why is Victoria different from Chilliwack?
Minister Penner has been quoted as saying that “if Chilliwack has to have secondary treatment so should Victoria”. But the Chilliwack discharge is into the Fraser River where there is a potential for downstream health hazards, little natural digestion, and minimal diffusion of the effluent. At Victoria the receiving environment is radically different, posing no health hazard and able to naturally treat all of the screened and diffused effluent within the IDZ.
