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.