Sewer cross-connections are a scourge against which MAMH can play a crucial role. The problem was identified long ago by MAMH, and the solutions put forward are not yielding results, due to a lack of adequate controls.
Press release - Fondation Rivières is delighted that the City of Montreal has chosen the project of an accessible harbour bath in downtown Montreal in its Plan Nature et Sport. And the best place to set it up is in the Jacques-Cartier Basin in Montreal's Old Port: the water is virtually always clean and access is safe.
Current administrative procedures mean that new sewer systems can be built, even if the downstream sewer system receiving the additional water is unable to carry it to the treatment plant without overflowing. Here's why.
Communiqué de presse – Des images captées par des citoyens depuis deux jours à Longueuil et diffusées sur les réseaux sociaux montrent une eau polluée sortant d’un bassin de décantation de la Ville. L’émissaire s’écoule directement dans un ruisseau d’une eau limpide, dans le boisé du Tremblay, un refuge faunique d’importance de la rainette faux-grillon au Québec. Des grenouilles et des poissons morts y ont été observés et un silence complet régnait alors qu’en temps normal le cri des rainettes se fait entendre en pleine saison printanière. La Fondation Rivières demande au ministre de l’Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques de revoir les autorisations émises par son ministère et qui font en sorte que des dépôts à neige laissent s’écouler des panaches de pollution dans les cours d’eau.
Press release - Fondation Rivières and Eau Secours, in collaboration with master's students in environmental studies at the Université de Sherbrooke, are launching a new Web portal on water management in Quebec. The public is invited to help improve and update the portal, to ensure that it is as complete and up-to-date as possible.
Press release - Fondation Rivières and the Ville de L'Assomption have released the results of continuous monitoring of water quality in the Rivière L'Assomption at the Centre de traitement Jean-Perreault intake and at the Léo-Jacques Park recreation area in L'Assomption. This pilot project has yielded astonishing information, enabling us to make three main observations.
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