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Thursday, August 6, 2009

Feds Rolling Out New Waste Water Treatment Standards


(Federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice speaking to reporters following Board of Trade speech - photo by Gary MacDonald)
The federal government is rolling out new national standards for waste water treatment. Federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice made the announcement during a noon hour speech to the Board of Trade -- and -- he says those regulations will be backed by enforcement.Prentice says the new regulations should be in place by some time next year -- and -- he says the federal government is also making low cost infrastructure loans available to cash strapped municipalities to help with upgrades to meet the new standards.

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