Wreck Beach Preservation Society

UPDATE: the clerk responsible for forwarding briefs is cutting off submissions by 10 p.m so DO NOT WAIT until 11:59. Get your submissions in before 10 p.m.!!!!!! To submit your comment about the Tilbury LNG storage expansion proposal, you can submit online here: https://projects.eao.gov.bc.ca/p/5df7f1bfb7434b0/commenting

Even a few sentences expressing your concerns will be good. Send comments to: 1. Minister [email protected] 2. Malcom Brodie, Mayor of Richmond at [email protected] 3. [email protected]

Here is an excellent opportunity to learn about this proposal and how it will increase fracking and affect people and the environment in BC. with regional impacts to our air quality, our health, our environment, our precious salmon, and the safety of our communities if it goes ahead. This webinar will be hosted by a variety of environmental and social justice groups. There will be a chance to ask questions too. click the image below for more info, and register to join the webinar here: https://us02web.zoom.us//regist/WN_StWByViVRnylQjzlFnv9Hw

The Iona Wastewater Treatment Plant (you can see the outflow from WB) is soon to be upgraded. Unfortunately, they will not be using World Class Pollution Prevention with regards to polluting the waters just off Wreck. For 10% extra cost they could implement this new technology to protect our waters. Let's ask them to. To find out more Info about this project: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CBRgkYPBqJU/

In 2012, the Federal Government mandated that all wastewater treatment plants be a minimum standard of secondary treatment level by 2030. Four out of five of Vancouver’s wastewater treatment plants meet the minimum standard, but the Iona Wastewater Treatment Plant, in Richmond, is the last primary treatment facility. It uses an outdated form of sewage treatment, removing only fifty to sixty percent of wastewater solids. The plant discharges the under-treated wastewater into the Georgia Strait, at the mouth of the ecologically-sensitive Fraser River. The plant is undergoing upgrades to meet the minimum federal standard secondary treatment level by 2030, but harmful pathogens, antibiotics, fertilizers, and microplastics can still escape secondary treatment: https://vancouverbc.surfrider.org/treating-our-salish-sea/