Global warming means more raw sewage in local water: report

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http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=5febeafc-f8ce-4db8-8329-907dbaa59285

cott Simpson, Vancouver Sun
Published: Thursday, July 31, 2008

Public health and safety threats are escalating in Metro Vancouver because an aging sewage handling and treatment system will fail more often as a result of climate change, according to a federal report uncovered by The Vancouver Sun.

The report says heavier rainstorms will frequently overwhelm portions of the region's sewage system and accelerate the spill of raw sewage into Burrard Inlet and the Strait of Georgia.

That means more raw sewage will be dumped into the ocean more often, in apparent violation of the Fisheries Act.