Press release - On the eve of the City of Longueuil's eight-day "flushgate" of untreated wastewater, Fondation Rivières calls for six measures to significantly reduce the pollution caused by municipal decisions.
Fondation Rivières was dismayed to learn this week that the city of Longueuil will be discharging 162,000 cubic meters of wastewater into the river.
Press release – The Earth Day team, involved in the Montréal Bathing Committee, is happy to hand over the organization of the Grand Splash to Fondation Rivières. We are currently co-organizing the 2018 edition and we are leaving them in charge for 2019.
The documentary Québec Profond will premiere on Canal D on April 25, 2018 at 10 p.m., with a repeat broadcast on Friday, April 27
Press release - The worrying quality of the river water noted in July 2017 by the canoeists who paddled the Richelieu River during the Le Richelieu en 24h event prompted Fondation Rivières to identify sources of pollution of municipal origin. This study, the first of its kind on a watershed scale, revealed that wastewater discharges are still numerous, and that the lack of planning in the work to be carried out demonstrates haphazard infrastructure management. The report recommends a new approach to support municipalities in identifying and resolving the most significant environmental problems at watershed level.
Press release - On February 1, the Montreal Port Authority (MPA) unveiled details of its plans to build a marine terminal in Contrecoeur. The project would occupy 4 km of natural shoreline on the St. Lawrence River, close to a residential area of Verchères in the middle of the countryside, facing the park-like Île Bouchard. The first phase calls for a 675-meter wharf and a transit capacity of 1.15 million containers per year. Fondation Rivières is concerned about this project, given the scale of the apprehended impacts and its incompatibility with the rural, agricultural and tourist uses surrounding the area selected by APM.
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