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Assign 1.1: Victoria 's Ugly Stain
Introduction:
The purpose of this assignment is to give you an opportunity to apply some of the critical reading strategies you have evaluated.
Resources:
Go to Writing on the Run! to review the “Writing Process.” You may also want to review your English 11 Introduction Assignment for a tutorial on how to write a paragraph.
Instructions:
Complete the assignment by following the steps outlined below.
STEP A: Read the article “Victoria’s Ugly Stain”; then answer questions by filling in the table that follows.
Victoria’s Ugly Stain
Victoria’s sewage treatment is at third-world standards. Some BC politicians and other interest groups claim that the 34 billion litres of raw sewage spewing into the Strait of Juan de Fuca every year from the Capital Regional District (CRD), which covers Victoria and surrounding areas, has no harmful affects on the marine ecosystem. It is also suggested that the cold tidal currents of the ocean flush away raw waste with little environmental impact and that the natural oxygenation of the ocean “treats” the sewage. This side of the debate also argues that the approximately $450 million dollars proposed to build a new sewage treatment plant in Victoria would be better spent on parks, hospitals, and urban transit systems; however, they fail to consider the serious environmental and human health costs of not treating Victoria’s sewage.
The Georgia Strait Alliance, Sierra Legal Defense Fund, Victoria Sewage Alliance, and People Opposed to Outfall Pollution (POOP), have banded together to draw attention to Victoria’s deplorable environmental offences. These groups claim that by flushing Victoria toilets right into the ocean, seabed sites have been contaminated with unsafe levels of toxins such as copper, mercury, and lead. Some of these heavy metals are naturally found in human sewage. Other pollutants include toxic byproducts from motor oil and vehicle runoff, and heavy metals such as zinc from grooming
Introduction:
The purpose of this assignment is to give you an opportunity to apply some of the critical reading strategies you have evaluated.
Resources:
Go to Writing on the Run! to review the “Writing Process.” You may also want to review your English 11 Introduction Assignment for a tutorial on how to write a paragraph.
Instructions:
Complete the assignment by following the steps outlined below.
STEP A: Read the article “Victoria’s Ugly Stain”; then answer questions by filling in the table that follows.
Victoria’s Ugly Stain
Victoria’s sewage treatment is at third-world standards. Some BC politicians and other interest groups claim that the 34 billion litres of raw sewage spewing into the Strait of Juan de Fuca every year from the Capital Regional District (CRD), which covers Victoria and surrounding areas, has no harmful affects on the marine ecosystem. It is also suggested that the cold tidal currents of the ocean flush away raw waste with little environmental impact and that the natural oxygenation of the ocean “treats” the sewage. This side of the debate also argues that the approximately $450 million dollars proposed to build a new sewage treatment plant in Victoria would be better spent on parks, hospitals, and urban transit systems; however, they fail to consider the serious environmental and human health costs of not treating Victoria’s sewage.
The Georgia Strait Alliance, Sierra Legal Defense Fund, Victoria Sewage Alliance, and People Opposed to Outfall Pollution (POOP), have banded together to draw attention to Victoria’s deplorable environmental offences. These groups claim that by flushing Victoria toilets right into the ocean, seabed sites have been contaminated with unsafe levels of toxins such as copper, mercury, and lead. Some of these heavy metals are naturally found in human sewage. Other pollutants include toxic byproducts from motor oil and vehicle runoff, and heavy metals such as zinc from grooming