At a news conference in Victoria, a new network of mining-affected communities, experts, and organizations released the first-ever images of a pipeline discharging contaminated mine wastewater. They also launched a roadmap to clean up mining in B.C. that focuses in three areas: water pollution, the polluter-pays principle, and the need to respect local community decisions.
![Image of the pipe discharging wastewater from the Mount Polley mine into Quesnel Lake in B.C.](https://reformbcmining.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Quesnel-Lake-discharge-pipe-2.jpg)