95.9PU Sewage Treatment/Wastewater Facilities
Whereas, Sewage contains, in addition to human excrement, a mix of heavy metals and organic compounds as a result of urban run-off, storm water volume, household and industrial discharges; and,
Whereas, Many heavy metals and synthetic organic compounds cannot be removed by conventional sewage treatment methods; and,
Whereas, Combined sewer outlets carry domestic sewage and run-off in one pipe to a treatment facility but, when the flow is too large, the overflow, without previous treatment is discharged into a receiving body of water; and,
Whereas, Numerous proposed plans, solutions and future objectives have been formulated but implementation and enforcement has not been realized; therefore be it,
RESOLVED, That The National Council of Women of Canada urge the Government of Canada to:
- Effectively address the national environmental issue of sewage by allocating funds for the upgrading of wastewater management facilities, to end the discharge of untreated sewage into Canada’s rivers, lakes, seas.
- Enforce existing legislation such as the Fisheries Act, the Canada Water Act and the Canadian Environmental Protection Act where these acts relate to sewage disposal.
- Promote provincial and territorial development and enforcement of municipal and industrial sewage abatement plans.
- Continue public education on source control and pollution prevention methods.