Okay, check this out.
http://clkapps.winnipeg.ca/DMIS/perm...40304(RM)WW-12
Re: sewage pipe rupture into Red river near Bishop grandin.
The City is asking the Province to fine them $4 per litre for incompetence. I can hear Russ wyatts voice behind the text in this motion. $4 per litre, 228 million litres. Is ~$1 billion correct??
Agenda – Standing Policy Committee on Water, Waste and Environment – March 4, 2024
REPORT
Item No. 5 Financial Penalties for Accidental Sewage Discharge
COUNCIL DECISION:
On February 22, 2024, Council ruled automatic referral of the following motion to the Standing
Policy Committee on Water, Waste and Environment:
Moved by Councillor Wyatt,
Seconded by Councillor Allard,
WHEREAS the City of Winnipeg is once again experiencing a so-called ‘accidental’ or
‘unexpected’ break in our Wastewater Distribution System that is dumping raw sewage into a
river;
AND WHEREAS the present raw sewage discharge has dumped over 228 million litres of raw
sewage into the Red River and is still flowing as of this Council Meeting;
AND WHEREAS the City is too often experiencing such ‘accidental’ discharges of raw sewage
into one of our rivers, rivers which ultimately flow into Lake Winnipeg and therefore negatively
affecting the health of this important body of water, not to mention the communities that rely on
Lake Winnipeg for their livelihoods;
AND WHEREAS the Province of Manitoba regulates and licenses the City of Winnipeg and has
the authority to issue severe fines on the City of Winnipeg for clear and irresponsible
environmental violations;
AND WHEREAS due to the continual incompetence of the City, and complete disrespect and
disregard for the environment, the City must now be subjected to clear, active, and irrevocable
Province of Manitoba Penalties, as only such penalties, namely fines, will act as a deterrent to
future sewage discharge accidents;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Winnipeg request the Province of
Manitoba to:
A. Immediately fine the City the equivalent of $4 a litre for every litre of raw sewage
accidentally dumped into a river, from a preventable source, namely a broken pipe or
broken valve or a piece of broken sewage system infrastructure;
2
Agenda – Standing Policy Committee on Water, Waste and Environment – March 4, 2024
COUNCIL DECISION (continued):
B. Direct all revenues achieved from paid penalties and/or fines against the City of
Winnipeg, toward assisting with conservation efforts to clean and save Lake Winnipeg,
and/or to the communities that are being affected by needless pollution caused by the
City.
Prev
Linear Mode
