It is discouraging that the politicians are ignoring the research of the oceanographic scientists at the University of Victoria.

They pointed out that there are only two or three other places on the planet that have the water temperature and currents of the Strait of Juan de Fuca that make secondary treatment unnecessary. The B次元官网网址渂ottom feedersB次元官网网址� out in the Strait do it for us, instead of purchased bacteria in a facility on the land.

The ecology of the Strait is very healthy. I am tired of Washington State bullying us by saying we dump raw sewage into the Strait. This is far from the case.

I know it is too late to have politicians change their minds and educate the public both here and in Washington. We are obviously at B次元官网网址渓ow risk,B次元官网网址� but the CRD did not even ask for a deferral. At the New Years Levee this year at Esquimalt Town Hall, I was talking to two of the councillors and they agreed that additional sewage treatment was unnecessary. When I said just vote against it, they said, B次元官网网址渨e have a deadline.B次元官网网址�

If decisions are made that way, it is no wonder government is so inefficient.

Carole Smith

Esquimalt