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Sewers & Urban Runoff
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Sewer systems have an extraordinary ability to both protect and destroy the natural environment. Poorly planned systems will displace groundwater during construction, altering natural flows of water. They can leak, accidently carrying pollution into the environment, or they can overflow, intentionally dumping raw sewage into our rivers and lake. A well planned, properly maintained sewer system, on the other hand, can be used to protect the environment from the harmful impacts of raw sewage, landfill leachate, and industrial wastewater.
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RENOVATIONS: City moving ahead with revitalization of Richardson Beach, its bath house and Macdonald Park
Nearly two years after a mass swim for action, the city is moving ahead with a $400,000 plan to revitalize Richardson Beach, the bath house and Macdonald Park.
City councillors have approved spending $280,000 on improving the park and beach area and $100,000 on... (more)
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We are just two months into the year 2010 and the City of Kingston has dumped the equivalent of 58 Olympic-sized swimming pools of sewage into Lake Ontario. The City has bypassed 29,526 m 3 from pumping stations (that's about 11 pools, if you're keeping track) and 118,747 m 3 from combined sewer outfalls (47 pools).
The data is on the City's website if you want to review it.... (more)
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Waterkeeper.ca Weekly
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Wet weather means massive amounts of sewage pouring into Lake Ontario. Fraser Riverkeeper still seeks an end to sewage pollution in Vancouver. The feds are forging new rules for wastewater treatment plants in Canada. We talk about Kingston’s ongoing sewage problems, prosecutions in Vancouver, and new regulations under the Fisheries Act. Our guests are Colin Mosier and Doug... (more)
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Highway 401 runoff is main culprit, study says
The tiny particles of salt that blanket the roads during harsh winter storms bring temporary relief to drivers racing down icy roads, but wreak havoc on vulnerable ecosystems a short drive away.
In some cases, road salt is destroying them altogether.
An extensive five-year study published this week by researchers at the... (more)
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Trent Hills – Empire Cheese and Butter Co-op will use $187,000 in provincial funding to upgrade its infrastructure to protect local drinking water. By the time the project is completed, the Campbellford-area business will surpass current environmental standards that have been the bane of small cheese makers.
The matching funding being provided by the Ministry of... (more)
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Quinte Region
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An east Hamilton citizens group is asking the province to order a full environment assessment of its plan to build a sludge incinerator at the Woodward Avenue sewage treatment plant.
Community Action Parkdale East notes the city asked the province to require the same thing of Liberty Energy, which plans a $170-million Strathearne Avenue power plant fuelled by sewage sludge... (more)
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Norwalk affects millions annually
Norwalk virus, a gut-wrenching fixture of Canadian winters whose source and seasonal nature have long been a mystery, may originate in drinking water drawn from lakes whose cool winter temperatures keep the microbe nicely preserved, suggests a new study.
University of Toronto researchers, comparing Norwalk outbreaks to river water flow... (more)
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SUSTAINABLE WATER AND WASTE WATER SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE ACT, 2010 / LOI DE 2010 SUR LA VIABILITÉ ET L'AMÉLIORATION DES RÉSEAUX D'APPROVISIONNEMENT EN EAU ET D'EAUX USÉES
Mr. Caplan moved second reading of the following bill:
Bill 237, An Act to sustain and encourage improvement in Ontario's water and waste water services and to establish the Ontario... (more)
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