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Showing posts with label Don River. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Don River. Show all posts

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Sewage in the harbour?

Our harbour is dirty enough, so it's not that gratifying to read this report from CityTV about the possibility of sewage leaking into the waterfront.

The report reads:

But, according to a published report, there's a risk Torontonians could be forced to contend with a significant amount of their raw sewage spilling into the Don River and flowing out into the harbourfront.

During an assessment for a Toronto Water project last week, staff discovered a massive sewer line running underneath the Don Valley had split. A robotic camera revealed the cracks along a 60-metre section of the line, just north of O'Connor Dr.

Read the rest of the story here