Oh shit! Our map of wastewater spills on the cultural agenda
December 21, 2022
Our water spill map is on the cultural agenda. It is presented in the exhibition Ô shit! at the Musée de la civilization de Québec.
Our water spill map is on the cultural agenda. It is presented in the exhibition Ô shit! at the Musée de la civilization de Québec.
Press release – For a third year, the Fondation Rivières is making public the list of municipalities that stand out in terms of the intensity of their wastewater spills.
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!
Les réseaux d’égouts nous sont invisibles… jusqu’à ce qu’ils ne le soient plus! Vous avez en effet certainement déjà vu des bouches d’égout de grands
Every spring in Quebec, melting snow causes the combined sewer systems to overflow. Result? Untreated wastewater ends up directly in rivers! Here are 3 actions you can take at home to help reduce wastewater overflows.
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!.
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