Unfortunately, lately I haven't had the chance to use this site much for Windsurfing, but I do often work on the water and it's the first place I look before planning any trip in the area.

I would agree with many of the people on this forum that suggest there is a significant value that this site ...

I haven't read The Deniers, however don't forget that CO2 has many other observed impacts to the planet such as ocean acidification.

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/co2/OA/A_Sea_C ... xcerpt.mov


http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/co2/OA/

You could have the oil analysed yourself. I would start by talking to someone like CanTest (see link below).

http://www.cantest.com/cms/page1596.cfm?ptc=1770

Here is a bit of hard data. This is a link to reports on monthly water quality testing for the Clover and Macaulay Point outfalls conducted by the CRD. I haven’t hade a chance to go through all of it, but it sounds like 99% of the time the sewage will not even reach the surface.

http://www.crd.bc ...