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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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Cooling off with a refreshing swim is one of the great pleasures of the Canadian summer.
Unfortunately, as summer moves into its late stages, finding somewhere to go for a dip is becoming harder and harder. This past weekend, only four of 14 beaches monitored by Durham Region were safe for swimming.
(That doesn't include the Rotary Park beach in Ajax, which is closed for... (more)
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Despite millions of dollars spent on pollution control over the past 20 years, St. Catharines' beaches can still get swamped with sewage after a rain. So the city is embarking on another 10-year plan to cut the amount of overflow during storms.
Councillors recently approved a plan to evaluate the amount of raw sewage that is still making its way into Lake Ontario during a... (more)
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Belleville's pollution control plant is on track to recording fewer secondary bypasses of sewage into the Bay of Quinte.
Brad Wilson, the city's director of environmental and operational services, said there have been three secondary bypasses done since the start of the year, puts the plant on track to recording fewer than the average 11 to 13 bypasses usually done on a... (more)
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Is it safe to swim in Lake Ontario? From June to September every year, we are asked this question more than any other. It seems to be the number one "environmental" issue on people's minds when the thermometre soars.
We could answer the question with a "yes" and move on, but where is the fun in that? This summer, we want you to know everything there is to know about your... (more)
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It might look mysterious, but rest assured, there's no oil drilling going on off the shores of Ajax.
A barge is moored several hundred metres off Rotary Park as workers drill bore holes for Durham and York regions.
It's part of the work to expand the Duffin Creek water pollution control plant, located between the Pickering nuclear station and Rotary Park in Ajax. A new... (more)
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Was it a 100-year storm or a two-year storm?
If part of the problem is debris-blocked drains, why isn't someone clearing them regularly and particularly if a lot of rain is expected?
Is it a design flaw or the inevitable result of building a highway through a creek valley?
All valid questions. And we need answers when it comes to the flooding of the Red Hill Valley... (more)
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Hamilton and Region
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Something needs to be done, and quick.
That's the message from Hamilton residents who say they are tired of politicians, engineers and bureaucrats failing to properly deal with the flooding issues on the Red Hill Valley Parkway.
Speaking from a bar stool in a pub on the banks of one of the parkway's flooding flashpoints on Barton Street, Barry Stewart, of Stoney Creek,... (more)
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