CRD sewage

Synagro, which built and operates a CRD facility that helps produce the region’s biosolids, has responded to a lawsuit brought on by Texas farmers who said the company’s product made them sick. Pictured is the CRD’s residuals treatment facility at Hartland landfill. (Courtesy of Synagro)

B.C. biosolids maker denies claims its products harmed Texas farmers

Synagro says treated sewage end-products met requirements and benefit agricultural lands

 

The maker and operator of the residuals treatment facility at Hartland landfill is being sued by Texas farmers over the alleged impacte of biosolids. (Courtesy of Synagro)

B.C. biosolids maker sued by Texan farmers over animal deaths

Lawsuit claims ‘forever chemicals’ in fertilizer made by company operating Greater Victoria facility

 

Years after it started operating, odour complaints about the $775-million McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant continue to come in. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

This $775M wastewater plant in B.C. is still seeing odour complaints

Neighbouring residents doubt the sewage treatment site’s smells will ever go away

 

The McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant in Esquimalt, B.C., is seen on Friday, January 8, 2021. The Greater Victoria area no longer uses surrounding ocean waters to flush away raw effluent now that a $775 million sewage plant has started treating the equivalent of 43 Olympic-sized pools of waste daily. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

For its neighbours, Greater Victoria’s wastewater plant woes flow through the nose

Those living nearby say CRD hasn’t kept its promise of an odour-free McLoughlin treatment facility

The McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant in Esquimalt, B.C., is seen on Friday, January 8, 2021. The Greater Victoria area no longer uses surrounding ocean waters to flush away raw effluent now that a $775 million sewage plant has started treating the equivalent of 43 Olympic-sized pools of waste daily. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito