Letter to Minister Ian Bushie
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Our post-election letter to Manitoba’s minister of Municipal and Northern Relations emphasizes the importance of focusing on phosphorus reduction to improve the health of Lake Winnipeg. We reiterate our call for accelerated phosphorus compliance at Winnipeg’s North End Water Pollution Control Centre (NEWPCC), and urge the provincial government to increase funding for treatment-plant upgrades – contingent on these additional provincial funds being used to meet and sustain phosphorus compliance through the construction of NEWPCC’s new biosolids facilities. We recommend that NEWPCC’s provincial operating licence be amended to require that the provincial phosphorus limit be met upon completion of the biosolids facilities.