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Christiana Wilhelmson, spokesperson for B.C.’s Georgia Straight Alliance, speaks with Jordan Poppenk about her group’s campaign to install complete sewage treatment facilities in Victoria. Working under the mantra, “the solution to pollution is dilution”, the city has long sent raw sewage directly into the Pacific ocean. Christiana discusses the arguments for treating city sewage as well as the challenges to be overcome in combating outfall pollution.

You can see the complete episode here: TGM #147: Outfall (July 24, 2009)