Sewage
Green stormwater management gaining ground
For fifty years, stormwater engineers have considered rain a nuisance. It is something best evacuated quickly from roads and sidewalks and diverted into concrete gutters and underground pipes.
A Great Lakes year
This has been a remarkable year for Great Lakes protection. As 2008 comes to a close, we reflect on some of the achievements citizens and organizations across the region deserve to celebrate.
Sewage in the St. Lawrence: Solutions
In the last edition of Great Lakes News, we discussed some of the problems facing Quebec’s wastewater system. Overcoming these challenges can be met by a mix of infrastructure upgrades and ‘green’ solutions that prevent rainwater from reaching overburdened storm sewers.
Sewage in the St. Lawrence: Problems and Solutions
Only forty to fifty years ago, it was possible to swim in the St. Lawrence River, even around Montreal. However, the rapid growth of Quebec’s population from the 1950s to the 1970s brought with it an increase in industrial wastes, domestic sewage, and agricultural pollution. The deterioration of water quality was coupled with urban and rural development which destroyed many natural habitats.
In part 1 of a 2 part series exploring sewage in Quebec, we review the problems facing six cities.
Community struggles to upgrade sewage treatment
Behind a high chain link fence lie three rows of hulking circular black metal equipment. These components are meant to upgrade the sewage treatment plant in Nipigon, Ontario, but instead they lie unused while Nipigon’s sewage system continues to dump hundreds of thousands of litres of poorly treated water into the bay each year.
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