Funding commitments for Phase 3 of Winnipeg’s north end sewage treatment plant are conspicuously absent from the provincial budget, released on March 20, 2025.

Instead of deflecting its responsibility for achieving phosphorus compliance at Winnipeg’s largest sewage treatment plant, Manitoba’s government must take action to implement a cost-effective solution.

Thanks to the tireless advocacy of concerned citizens, chemical phosphorus reduction is now happening at Winnipeg’s north end sewage treatment plant – the single most important step the city has taken to protect Lake Winnipeg.

Manitoba Environment and Climate Change Minister Mike Moyes must work with his cabinet colleagues to put in place a fully funded, accelerated, evidence-based plan for phosphorus compliance at Winnipeg’s north end sewage treatment plant.

Manitoba’s environment minister must accelerate phosphorus compliance at Winnipeg’s north end sewage treatment plant.

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Our five-year plan charts an ambitious path forward for evidence-based advocacy.

Our five-year plan charts an ambitious path forward for evidence-based advocacy.

Together with our partners, we are urging Manitoba’s minister of Environment and Climate Change to accelerate phosphorus compliance at Winnipeg’s North End Water Pollution Control Centre to protect Lake Winnipeg.

Phosphorus compliance at Winnipeg's north end sewage treatment plant will protect Lake Winnipeg.