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06-29-2009, 09:37 AM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/Canadian_Flag.jpg Aging infrastructure and poor oversight causing eco-disaster (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/levels-of-raw-sewage-increasing-in-waterways/article1200305/)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/sewage_plant.jpgDiana Mehta - THEGLOBEANDMAIL (http://www.theglobeandmail.com) - June 29, 2009
Sadly, it is somewhat expected that contamination levels will rise as economy falters... --Ed.
Billions of litres of untreated sewage are gushing into Ontario's waterways due to aging infrastructure and poor provincial oversight, says a report by environmental group Ecojustice.
The report, Flushing out the Truth, compiles the amount of sewage dumped into lakes and rivers by various Ontario municipalities in 2006 and 2007.
According to Ministry of the Environment figures analyzed by the group, approximately 18 billion litres of untreated sewage veered away from treatment plants and ended up in water bodies across the province in 2006, while 15 billion litres were dumped in 2007.
"It's just not interesting or sexy to invest in sewers and that's part of the problem, but we really need to be doing this," said Elaine MacDonald, author of the report and senior scientist at Ecojustice.
Much of the untreated waste made its way into water bodies through sewage bypasses - diversions that carry excess sewage to lakes or rivers when treatment plants are over capacity or have technical problems.... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/levels-of-raw-sewage-increasing-in-waterways/article1200305/
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/sewage_plant.jpgDiana Mehta - THEGLOBEANDMAIL (http://www.theglobeandmail.com) - June 29, 2009
Sadly, it is somewhat expected that contamination levels will rise as economy falters... --Ed.
Billions of litres of untreated sewage are gushing into Ontario's waterways due to aging infrastructure and poor provincial oversight, says a report by environmental group Ecojustice.
The report, Flushing out the Truth, compiles the amount of sewage dumped into lakes and rivers by various Ontario municipalities in 2006 and 2007.
According to Ministry of the Environment figures analyzed by the group, approximately 18 billion litres of untreated sewage veered away from treatment plants and ended up in water bodies across the province in 2006, while 15 billion litres were dumped in 2007.
"It's just not interesting or sexy to invest in sewers and that's part of the problem, but we really need to be doing this," said Elaine MacDonald, author of the report and senior scientist at Ecojustice.
Much of the untreated waste made its way into water bodies through sewage bypasses - diversions that carry excess sewage to lakes or rivers when treatment plants are over capacity or have technical problems.... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/levels-of-raw-sewage-increasing-in-waterways/article1200305/