Winnipeg, MB - Public meetings will be held in September to allow Winnipeggers to share their views on potential strategies to control combined sewer overflows (CSOs). The City is required to limit CSOs to meet provincial legislation. Depending on the option selected, controlling CSOs could be the largest and most expensive infrastructure project in Winnipeg's history.
CSOs are temporary sewer discharges to the river during periods of heavy rainfall or snow melt. There are a range of control options being considered. Each would entail significantly different costs and environmental impacts, and would involve different levels of interruption to City services due to construction.
Historically, combined sewer overflows happen about 22 times a year in each sewer district in Winnipeg.
Event details
Citizens can learn more about the options to reduce CSOs, and can provide their feedback at the following meetings:
Dates:
Monday, September 14, 2015
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location:
West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Avenue
Format:
The first 30 minutes of each session will be devoted to registration, followed by a 30 minute presentation on combined sewer overflow options. The final hour of each meeting will be devoted to a question and answer period, where residents and stakeholders can provide their opinions on which control options they prefer.
Registration
Those who wish to attend are asked to register in advance by:
- calling 311
- emailing 311@winnipeg.ca
- by visiting wwdengage.winnipeg.ca/cso-mp/
Comment online
Comments can also be provided before October 5, 2015:
- on our website at wwdengage.winnipeg.ca/cso-mp/
- by email at wwdfeedback@winnipeg.ca
- by regular mail to 1199 Pacific Ave, Winnipeg MB, R3E 3S8, Attention: CSO Master Plan
Citizens can join the conversation online and get more information, including an interactive animation about combined sewer overflows, by visiting wwdengage.winnipeg.ca