The Districts of Coldstream and Lake Country have resolutions to discuss at the annual Interior municipal convention, though none were expected to be supported.

One of note for the onsite wastewater community is the “Ministerial Oversight of Proposed Sewage (Septic) Systems.” 

The resolution was to:

• Have the UBCM request that the Ministry of Environment be required to review all applications for onsite sewerage systems when there is more than one onsite system to be installed on a parcel of land, or where the sewerage system is proposed to be on a parcel adjacent to a water source.

The agenda document stated the SILGA Resolutions Committee recommended both Coldstream’s requests not be endorsed, saying increasing the regulatory complexity around septic and sewer systems may burden rural communities.
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