One need only read the Capital Regional District’s own report, “Land suitability for a Biosolids Facility in the Core Area of the Capital Regional District,” prepared by Westland Resources in September 2010 to realize that placing a biosolids treatment facility on Viewfield Road is not only preposterous, but outright offensive.
On page 13, the report clearly states: “Operation of a biosolids facility would not be functionally compatible with a residential neighbourhood.” Perhaps when the core area wastewater treatment committee read the report, they automatically added: “… not functionally compatible with a residential neighbourhood that I live in.”
The nearest home to the Viewfield Road site is 21 metres. Other provinces mandate a 300-metre buffer zone between biosolids facilities and residences.
It seems the committee ignores best practices and the communities it claims to serve. Since they disregard their own report, it stands to reason we can expect them to assume liability for the health, property and environmental damages that arise due to forcing a biosolids plant into a residential area.
Aaren Madden
Victoria
