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Water Watch
Communities throughout B.C. and across Canada are facing pressure to privatize their water systems.
Water Watch raises awareness about the risks of privatizing water and encourages maintaining public water systems.
Capital Regional District Public Sewage Treatment Campaign
Say NO to private sewage treatment for Greater Victoria. Sign the petition! For more information on this campaign, please click here.
CUPE works closely with community organizations and the Council of Canadians to protect water and wastewater systems from privatization.
If you would like to help protect public water, contact the Water Watch Coordinator.
Latest Story
March 19, 2010
Public sewage treatment could be over $100 million cheaper
VICTORIA - A new report by B.C.’s most respected forensic accountant, Ron Parks, finds in favour of public operation of sewage treatment in the Capital Regional District (CRD). Parks’ review of the business case in support of provincial funding for sewage treatment finds that the assumed cost of public operation is inflated in a number of ways, including double-counting risk, unjustified assumption of higher public costs, and using a discount rate that is too high. The business case uses an assumed ...