Prim Canadian City to Stop Dumping Poop into the Sea

The city of Victoria, British Columbia has been dumping raw sewage into the Puget Sound for years, much to the consternation of anti-poop-dumping activists who waged a campaign starring ‘Mr. Floatie’, a mascot who looks suspiciously like a relative of Mr. Hankey.

Well, Mr. Floatie’s hard work is finally being rewarded, as the city decided to stop pouring millions of gallons of untreated sewage into the Strait of Juan de Fuca between Vancouver Island and the North Olympic Peninsula.

Officials in British Columbia have approved a plan that will build four treatment plants to handle the raw sewage.

From the Peninsula Daily News:

For years, the effluent issue has been a sore point on both sides of the border.

It contrasts with Victoria’s position as the capital of British Columbia and its self-promotion as a tourist center, a gateway to the wilderness forests and rugged marine coast of Vancouver Island, and a city of prim and proper homes, shops, gardens and tea rooms worthy of its royal namesake.

“It’s the only city in Canada where people resolutely cling to the notion that Victorian waste is different from other waste,” said Lara Tessaro, a staff attorney with Ecojustice in Canada.

Efforts to shame politicians into adopting sewage treatment were marked by a humorous yet failed attempt by Mr. Floatie — the 7-foot-tall brown-clad mascot for POOP, People Opposed to Outfall Pollution — to run for mayor of Victoria.

You gotta love how the group found a way to call themselves POOP.

Link [Peninsula Daily News]

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