Re: "Move carefully on sewage plant," Aug. 15.
The editorial correctly states that the debate on sewage treatment is over. A political decision has been forced over sound, scientific objections.
However, the editorial refers to the "flawed" 2006 report. Having actually read the report several times, I disagree with the writer's interpretation. The report was not flawed - seabed contamination was minor and localized and the surface effect of rising sewage plumes also minor and also limited to certain conditions. The evidence did not justify the probable $1-billion cost of the proposed system.
Be that as it may, the decision to proceed has been made - by politicians, not experts. However, the editorial expresses concern that the project will be implemented by experts, not politicians. Perhaps the further politicians are removed from the scene, the better.
Although, on reflection, our local politicians can scarcely make things worse than the provincial and federal politicians who landed us in this cesspool to begin with.
Then again, it was a provincial politician who announced that experts, not local politicians, would implement the plan. Oh dear.-
M.R. Barr
Victoria
