Re: “Victoria sewage-dumping creates a new stink,” comment, June 10.
The indignant gist of this criticism from Seattle is factually wrong. I was at a meeting three or four years ago when maps of the flows of water in Puget Sound and the Juan de Fuca Strait were shown. The information was from an oceanographer in Washington state.
She clearly showed that the daily inflow of water through the strait followed mainly the southern (Port Angeles) shore. The daily outflow from Puget Sound passed closer to the northern (Victoria) shore of the strait.
Recently, I read that politicians in the Seattle area are worried that their storm sewers are contaminating Puget Sound.
So Victoria is responsible for none of the Puget Sound pollution, but the Seattle area might be sending pollution to Victoria. Perhaps the Seattle Times editors should check their facts.
Dr. Michael J. Platts
Victoria
