Together with the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the Lake Winnipeg Indigenous Collective, we reiterate our call for accelerated phosphorus compliance at Winnipeg’s North End Water Pollution Control Centre.

Our letter to Manitoba’s newly appointed Environment, Climate and Parks Minister Jeff Wharton reiterates the urgency with which the provincial government must act to accelerate compliance with phosphorus limits at Winnipeg’s North End Water Pollution Control Centre.

Along with the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the Lake Winnipeg Indigenous Collective, we call for accelerated phosphorus compliance at Winnipeg’s North End Water Pollution Control Centre – and present concrete action the Manitoba government can take to achieve this.

Presenting to the Standing Policy Committee on Water and Waste, Riverbank Management and the Environment, we urge councillors to approve funding for interim phosphorus removal, accelerate the implementation timeline and ensure phosphorus removal is optimized in the design and construction of the new biosolids facility.

Presenting to the Standing Policy Committee on Water and Waste, Riverbank Management and the Environment, we remind councillors of the need to reserve biosolids capacity for the effective implementation on interim phosphorus removal at the north end sewage treatment plant in order to protect Lake Winnipeg.

Together with the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the Lake Winnipeg Indigenous Collective, we stress the need for continued urgency to meet previous commitments and identify two opportunities to reduce phosphorus levels in Winnipeg north end sewage treatment plant effluent well before long-term upgrades are slated to be complete.

In response to increased investments in infrastructure through the Manitoba Restart Program, our letter to Premier Pallister advocates for the immediate prioritization of upgrades to Winnipeg’s North End Water Pollution Control Centre.

Together with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), we are recommending an interim retrofit to Winnipeg’s largest sewage treatment plant. A chemical system could be implemented quickly and at low cost to significantly reduce the facility’s phosphorus contribution to Lake Winnipeg.