Editing Victoria, British Columbia (section)

==Infrastructure==
The [[Jordan River Diversion Dam]] is Vancouver Island's main hydroelectric power station. It was built in 1911.<ref>Newcomb, John. A source of Victoria's power, 18 March 2001 (pdf 140K). geog.Uvic.ca [http://www.geog.uvic.ca/dept2/faculty/newcomb/JordanRiverPower.PDF] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213134307/http://www.geog.uvic.ca/dept2/faculty/newcomb/JordanRiverPower.PDF|date=13 February 2012}}</ref>
[[File:Diversion Dam near Jordan River - panoramio.jpg|thumb|left|Outside the city limits, on the southeast corner of [[Vancouver Island]], is the [[Jordan River Dam]]. The dam is the main hydroelectric power station for the Island, including Victoria.]]
The city's water is supplied by the Capital Regional District's Water Services Department from its Sooke Lake Reservoir. The lake is connected to a treatment plant at Japan Gulch by the {{cvt|8.8|km}} [[Kapoor Tunnel]]. The lake water is very soft and requires no filtering. It is treated with chlorine, ammonia and ultraviolet light to control micro-organisms.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crd.bc.ca/water/|title=Water Services|publisher=CRD|access-date=2008-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616192938/http://www.crd.bc.ca/water/|archive-date=16 June 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>
Until the tunnel was completed in 1967, water flowed from the lake through the circuitous, leaky and much smaller {{cvt|44|km}} [[Sooke Flowline]].

The [[Hartland landfill]] in [[Saanich, British Columbia|Saanich]] is the waste disposal site for Greater Victoria area. Since 1985, it has been run by the [[Capital Regional District]] environmental services. It is on top of a hill, between Victoria and [[Sidney, British Columbia|Sidney]], at the end of Hartland Avenue ({{Coord|48|32|17|N|123|27|48|W|region:CA-BC_type:landmark|name=Hartland landfill}}) There is a recycling centre, a sewer solid waste collection, hazardous waste collection, and an electricity generating station. This generating station now creates 1.6 megawatts of electricity, enough for 1,600 homes.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=http://www.crd.bc.ca/waste/hartland/index.htm |title=Hartland Overview |publisher=Capital Regional District |date=23 March 2009 |access-date=2009-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705092102/http://www.crd.bc.ca/waste/hartland/index.htm |archive-date=5 July 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The site has won international environmental awards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.civicinfo.bc.ca/practices_innovations/capital_hartland_forest.pdf |title=Hartland Landfill Site Rehabilitation |website=CivicInfo BC |access-date=2013-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219155032/http://www.civicinfo.bc.ca/practices_innovations/capital_hartland_forest.pdf |archive-date=19 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Capital Regional District|CRD]] conducts public tours of the facility. It is predicted to be full by 2045.

As of 15 December 2020 the CRD announced that core municipalities within Greater Victoria no longer discharge screened wastewater into the [[Strait of Juan de Fuca]].<ref name="Wastewater Treatment Project">{{cite web|date=2014-07-07|title=Wastewater Treatment Project|url=https://www.crd.bc.ca/project/wastewater-treatment-project|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Capital Regional District|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Meissner|first=Dirk|date=2021-01-09|title=Victoria no longer flushes raw sewage into ocean after area opens treatment plant|url=https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/victoria-no-longer-flushes-raw-sewage-into-ocean-after-area-opens-treatment-plant-1.5260435|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Vancouver Island|language=en}}</ref> The wastewater treatment facility was required to comply with federal regulations that forbid untreated discharge into waterways.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stewart|first=Briar|date=6 May 2019|title=After decades of debate, Victoria is building a sewage treatment plant|publisher=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/victoria-sewage-treatment-plant-construction-regulations-1.5123974|url-status=live|access-date=6 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506103258/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/victoria-sewage-treatment-plant-construction-regulations-1.5123974|archive-date=6 May 2019}}</ref> The wastewater treatment project included pump stations at Clover Point and Macaulay Point in addition to the wastewater treatment plant at McLoughlin Point and the residuals treatment facility at Hartland landfill.<ref name="Wastewater Treatment Project"/><ref>{{cite web|date=2021-01-26|title=PHOTOS: Check out Greater Victoria's new wastewater treatment facilities|url=https://www.vicnews.com/news/photos-check-out-greater-victorias-new-wasterwater-treatment-facilities/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Victoria News|language=en-US}}</ref> The wastewater treatment plant serves Victoria, [[Esquimalt]], [[Saanich, British Columbia|Saanich]], [[Oak Bay, British Columbia|Oak Bay]], [[View Royal]], [[Langford, British Columbia|Langford]], [[Colwood, British Columbia|Colwood]] and the [[Esquimalt First Nation|Esquimalt]] and [[Songhees First Nation|Songhees]] First Nations.<ref name="Wastewater Treatment Project"/>

The Saanich Peninsula wastewater treatment plant serves [[North Saanich]], [[Central Saanich]] and the Town of [[Sidney, British Columbia|Sidney]] as well as the [[Victoria International Airport]], the [[Institute of Ocean Sciences]] and the [[Tseycum First Nation|Tseycum]] and [[Pauquachin First Nation|Pauquachin]] First Nations.<ref name="crd.bc.ca">{{cite web|date=2013-10-29|title=Saanich Peninsula Wastewater Treatment|url=https://www.crd.bc.ca/service/stormwater-wastewater-septic/wastewater-treatment/saanich-peninsula|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Capital Regional District|language=en}}</ref> This is a secondary level treatment plant which produces Class A [[biosolids]].<ref name="crd.bc.ca"/>