Sewers & Urban Runoff (1287 articles) 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.
|  | A minor explosion happened at the Ashbridge's Bay waste water treatment plant on Saturday morning, according to Toronto Police.Toronto Water confirmed that a fire started at the pelletizer facility of the treatment plant at about 8:45 a.m. The pelletizer is operated by Veolia Water Canada Inc. on behalf of the city, turning sewage sludge into pellets the company sells as... (more) | | (0 comments) Drink Fish Greater Toronto Region Sewers & Urban Runoff Waste Management |
|  | LOCKPORT — It appears discharges from the City of Lockport wastewater treatment plant may not to be to blame for the frequent closing of an Olcott beach this summer.Instead, Niagara County Health Department officials said Thursday that suspicion now points to seagull droppings on old piers flanking the beach as the source of bacteria that caused eight beach closings in... (more) | | (0 comments) Drink Environmental Law Fish New York State Sewers & Urban Runoff Swim |
| | | Regional councillors got a glimpse Wednesday of 20 years' worth of pending multimillion-dollar pipe plans.Councillors were walked through the Region's master plan for water and wastewater services, a "road map" for sprucing up those systems through to 2031. All told, it outlines close to $240 million in spending over the next 20 years, which could be pieced in budget by... (more) | | (0 comments) Drink Environmental Law Fish Niagara Region Sewers & Urban Runoff Swim |
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