By DEREK PUDDICOMBE, Sun Media
The enormous amount of rain that fell on the city in two days has resulted in a massive sewage spill.
The city estimates 175 million litres of sewage overflowed into the Ottawa River from Thursday to Saturday. That’s almost double what has spilled into the river since the beginning of the year, and brings the total amount dumped into the river to about 700 million litres, almost double the annual amount.
To help stem future sewage overflows, the city is installing five real-time control systems to monitor and manage the flow of stormwater and sewage into the river.
City officials say the $30-million technology won’t entirely stop the the amount of sewage and stormwater that spills into the river but will decrease it by 65%.
The systems are expected to be installed by next spring.
Original Link: http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2009/07/27/10282236.html
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