{"id":28551,"date":"2021-10-27T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/?p=28551"},"modified":"2023-01-16T12:13:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T17:13:09","slug":"fondation-rivieres-rend-public-le-triste-palmares-des-municipalites-2020-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/fondation-rivieres-rend-public-le-triste-palmares-des-municipalites-2020-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fondation Rivi\u00e8res releases the sad list of 2020 municipalities"},"content":{"rendered":"

PRESS RELEASE
<\/strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Montreal, October 27, 2021<\/strong> \u2013 For a second year, Fondation Rivi\u00e8res is making public a tool allowing you to discover the list of municipalities that stand out in terms of the intensity of their wastewater spills in 2020<\/a>. It also updated, on its website, the interactive map of discharges with new data from 2020 which reveals that there were nearly 53,000 wastewater spills last year in Quebec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sad 2020 ranking highlights the intensity of spills in nearly 700 municipalities, which makes it possible to distinguish those which have improved since 2019 from those where the situation has deteriorated. This year, we are innovating through the use of powerful software that allows us to compare the performance of municipalities of similar size and also to know their ranking in their respective regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parmi les grandes villes, Trois-Rivi\u00e8res devance tout juste Longueuil\u00a0en premi\u00e8re position dans le classement des 10 plus grandes villes du Qu\u00e9bec. Elle occupe cette position parce que la Ville a connu un bris majeur en septembre 2020 qui a provoqu\u00e9 un d\u00e9versement continu durant 16 jours. N\u2019e\u00fbt \u00e9t\u00e9 de cet accident, Longueuil serait encore une fois la pire ville au Qu\u00e9bec en ce qui a trait au d\u00e9versement des eaux us\u00e9es et ce, pour une deuxi\u00e8me ann\u00e9e cons\u00e9cutive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can also see a significant deterioration in L\u00e9vis and Trois-Rivi\u00e8res between 2019 and 2020. We also note an improvement in Laval, Quebec, Gatineau and Saguenay. On the surface, Sherbrooke presents positive results, but in reality, the City is given a D grade in terms of the quality of the measure, since it has not completed the installation of electronic recorders on nearly half of his works overflowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The quality of the measurement illustrates the degree of transparency of municipalities, since it indicates the proportion of major overflow structures that are equipped with electronic recorders. A municipality that properly measures the intensity of its spills is therefore at a disadvantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for medium-sized cities, it is the municipalities connected to the Longueuil agglomeration network which take pride of place in this sad list, followed by Thetford Mines, Saint-Hyacinthe, Shawinigan, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Mercier. Note a notable improvement for Victoriaville. Mid-sized municipalities have absolutely unacceptable per capita intensity levels and this is probably where most of the work remains to be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for small municipalities, Saint-Tite, Caplan, Marsoui, Waterloo, Manseau and Chandler sit at the top of this sad list. Saint-Tite and Manseau saw their performance deteriorate between 2019 and 2020, just like Saint-Joseph-du-Lac and Saint-C\u00e9saire. Note an improvement in L'Ange-Gardien, Disraeli, Bedford, Normandin and Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon. Montebello, which topped the list in 2019, ranks 30th this year, an indication that the source of the spills has been partly resolved there: a stream that flowed into the sewer network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cette ann\u00e9e, le triste palmar\u00e8s nous donne acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des informations qui n\u2019\u00e9taient pas visibles auparavant, dont la qualit\u00e9 de la mesure et le nombre de journ\u00e9es dans l\u2019ann\u00e9e o\u00f9 il y a eu des d\u00e9versements. La Ville de Qu\u00e9bec, par exemple, a connu 318\u00a0 jours avec des d\u00e9versements sur les 365 jours de l\u2019ann\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No notable improvement since last year and permission to pollute for another ten years<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Le nombre de d\u00e9versements s\u2019\u00e9levait \u00e0 52\u00a0794 en 2020, contre 60\u00a0663 en 2019. Cette diminution s\u2019explique par des pr\u00e9cipitations moindres en 2020. La m\u00e9t\u00e9o plus cl\u00e9mente a aussi permis une r\u00e9duction globale de l\u2019intensit\u00e9 des d\u00e9versements, mais ces r\u00e9ductions ne sont pas structurelles, puisqu\u2019on autorise encore et toujours la construction domiciliaire sans exiger une augmentation de la capacit\u00e9 des infrastructures, comme on a pu le constater avec le cas de Saint-Lin-des-Laurentides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The results are neither worse nor better than last year and they are not about to improve. In a ministerial position of September 22, 2021, the Ministry of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change (MELCC) recalls that its objective is not to reduce wastewater spills, but simply not to increase them. the number beyond 2014 levels. In this same ministerial position, it grants municipalities until January 1, 2030 to achieve this objective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn other words, municipalities have permission to increase pollution in our rivers for the next ten years. The MELCC announces that in ten years, it will crack down on those which have not reduced their pollution level to that of 2014. Why wait until 2030? Why not target delinquent municipalities and tackle the most glaring problems now? That does not make any sense. As the rankings and the map demonstrate, we know exactly where the most glaring problems lie. Prime Minister Legault likes to call himself pragmatic. How pragmatic is such a wall-to-wall measure?\u201d \u2013 Andr\u00e9 B\u00e9langer, general manager of Fondation Rivi\u00e8res.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit our website<\/a><\/strong> to discover the ranking of the 10 largest cities in Quebec, as well as the TOPS 50 municipalities ranking, according to your selection. If you want to take your analysis a little further, the expert ranking is also at your disposal with more indicators to consult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Spill Intensity Index<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Le triste palmar\u00e8s est r\u00e9alis\u00e9 sur la base de l\u2019indice d\u2019intensit\u00e9 des d\u00e9versements d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 l\u2019an dernier par Fondation Rivi\u00e8res. Cet indice donne une id\u00e9e de l\u2019importance\u00a0 des d\u00e9versements puisqu\u2019il tient compte de la taille des ouvrages qui ont d\u00e9bord\u00e9 et de la dur\u00e9e des d\u00e9versements. En divisant cet indice d\u2019intensit\u00e9 des d\u00e9versements par le nombre d\u2019habitants, il est alors possible de comparer les performances des municipalit\u00e9s entre elles, peu importe leur taille.
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Updated: November 8, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For informations :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christian G\u00e9n\u00e9reux
Responsible for communications, development and mobilization
514 272-2666, ext. 302
communications@fondationrivieres.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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