As we all know, wastewater affects the health of rivers and streams. So we went to the source, behind the scenes at the Jean-R.-Marcotte wastewater treatment plant, which treats almost all of Montreal's wastewater!
Saguenay anticipates that the construction of a new pumping station near the Consol site this summer will prevent 80 to 85 % of wastewater overflows into the Baie des Ha! Ha!.
Press release - Fondation Rivières has released the report on a pollution survey carried out in Témiscamingue in collaboration with the Organisme de Bassin Versant du Témiscamingue (OBVT).
Olymel operates four swine maternity units in Témiscamingue and, curiously, the water quality of the Rivière à la Loutre and the Petite rivière Blanche is very poor.
In recent days, the Fondation Rivières has received several cases where subsidies awarded by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing within the framework of three programs go against the rules and standards which provide that this financial assistance be dedicated to resolve concrete, current problems, and not to support future real estate development projects.
In August, a citizens' committee from the city of Varennes informed us that the city had undertaken a
to allow the construction of a housing project in the Parc Saint-Charles, by
along the Saint-Charles River.
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