Mayor Greg Moore (70p)
Complete Lions Gate by 2020 and Iona Island as soon as is reasonably possible after that. This approach gives Metro Vancouver the flexibility to go as fast as possible with senior government funding, or slowly without funding.
Johnny Carline
It is better for Metro Vancouver to get its act together and everyone aligned in support of a lofty positive goal, to get public support for it so there is press in favour of it, then go to Ottawa to ask for cash.
Philadelphia – report cover
The plan reimagines the city as an oasis of rain gardens, green roofs, permeable pavements, thousands of additional trees, and more. Announced in September 2009, and 12 years in the making, the new plan would 'peel back' the city’s concrete and asphalt and replace them with plants.
Mayor Malcolm Brodie (120p)
The overall impact of constructing both treatment plants by 2020 is comparatively small. The incremental difference in the annual financing cost of one versus two plants is not that much. The biggest hit is the first one.
List emphasizes reducing polluted rainwater runoff that flows off farm fields and paved streets and parking lots; and making sure there is no net loss of forests and trees on lands that drain into the Chesapeake.
Draft National Lakes Assessment Report – Dec 2009 (360p)
US EPA
Implementation of green infrastructure policies and practices is a key strategy for increasing groundwater recharge, improving water quality, reducing flooding, preserving habitat, and protecting lake quality.
REAC Presentation (Feb 2009) – Christianne Wilhelmson (120p)
Implementation of the Canada-wide Strategy creates an obligation on the part of the senior governments to support communities that believe it is imperative to improve sewage treatment as soon as possible.
Paul OCallaghan
Decentralized wastewater management as an alternative approach to centralized wastewater management encourages the use of satellite and catchment-based treatment options.
Regional politicians have pushed forward with Greater Victoria’s sewage treatment project, voting in favour of building four plants at a cost of around $1.2 billion.
The Capital Regional District has been considering three options for treating sewage in Victoria: four plants at a cost of $1.2 billion, six plants for $1.6 billion and 11 plants at a cost of $2 billion.
