{"id":30447,"date":"2022-02-17T10:36:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T15:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/?p=30447"},"modified":"2023-01-16T12:03:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T17:03:01","slug":"qualite-de-leau-de-la-riviere-chateauguay-une-etude-revele-que-la-baignade-est-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/qualite-de-leau-de-la-riviere-chateauguay-une-etude-revele-que-la-baignade-est-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Water quality of the Ch\u00e2teauguay River: a study reveals that swimming is possible!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>PRESS RELEASE<\/strong><br>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Montreal February 17, 2022<\/strong> \u2013 Fondation Rivi\u00e8res and the <a href=\"http:\/\/scabric.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/scabric.ca\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Society for the conservation and development of watersheds in the Ch\u00e2teauguay area (SCABRIC)<\/a> make public the results of an unprecedented study on the swimming potential in the <a href=\"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/projects\/adoptez-une-riviere-chateauguay\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/projets\/adoptez-une-riviere-chateauguay\/\">Ch\u00e2teauguay River<\/a>. This study reveals that, contrary to popular belief, the water of the Ch\u00e2teauguay River is perfectly suitable for swimming.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THE<\/strong>you<strong>ude allows<\/strong> <strong>conclude that:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In dry weather, the bacteriological quality of the water in the Ch\u00e2teauguay River is generally very good, even excellent in certain places;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only the sector downstream of the river (City of Ch\u00e2teauguay) seems to present a risk of contamination in dry weather, therefore during the summer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For three months last summer, the two organizations ensured continuous monitoring of water quality on nearly 55 km of river by evaluating 10 potential swimming sites with the support of the municipalities of Ch\u00e2teauguay, Mercier, Sainte -Martine, Howick, Ormstown, Dewittville and Huntingdon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de Fondation Rivi\u00e8res, M. Andr\u00e9 B\u00e9langer, n\u2019est pas surpris des r\u00e9sultats de l\u2019\u00e9tude. \u00ab\u00a0Les citoyens ont tendance \u00e0 associer eau brune et pollution alors que ce n\u2019est pas n\u00e9cessairement le cas. En 2020, on avait d\u00e9montr\u00e9 que l\u2019eau de la rivi\u00e8re L\u2019Assomption \u00e9tait de bonne qualit\u00e9 pour la baignade. Aujourd\u2019hui, la Ville y op\u00e8re une plage publique extr\u00eamement populaire et ce, en toute s\u00e9curit\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The general director of SCABRIC, Mr. F\u00e9lix Blackburn, hopes that this study will serve as an inspiration to other riverside municipalities elsewhere in Quebec: \u201cIt is a model of collaboration at the watershed scale. Almost all the municipalities along the river collaborated on the project and we are particularly proud of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Fondation Rivi\u00e8res carried out hybrid monitoring of the water quality of the river, using both traditional analyzes of<em>E.coli<\/em> in the laboratory and a new rapid analysis technology, the ColiMinder. The device can detect in 15 minutes the presence of<em>E.coli<\/em> in water by enzymatic analysis and to automate monitoring by allowing sampling at a high frequency and access to the results via an online platform. This hybrid monitoring methodology, coupled with intensive field work, made it possible to draw up a portrait of the bacteriological quality of the water over 55 km of the river. Water quality monitoring was carried out for twelve weeks between July and September 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Fondation Rivi\u00e8res<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For 20 years, Fondation Rivi\u00e8res has worked to preserve, restore and enhance the natural character of rivers and contributes to ensuring water quality and access to water for the Quebec population, taking into account social and environmental dimensions. and economic. She carries out studies on bacteriological quality for different municipalities, including L&#039;Assomption, Saint-J\u00e9r\u00f4me and Montreal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About SCABRIC<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ch\u00e2teauguay Zone Watershed Conservation and Development Society (SCABRIC) is a non-profit organization incorporated in 1993 which is dedicated to improving the quality of water and soil in the Ch\u00e2teauguay Zone basins. . Its mandate is to ensure the implementation of integrated water management by watershed (GIEBV) in the territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> - 30 - <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Documents to consult<\/strong> :<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1sFZRcJ29KsnklN3T_O79kpkRoninfdok\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Full study report<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For informations<\/strong> :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christian G\u00e9n\u00e9reux<br>Responsible for communications, development and mobilization<br>514 272-2666, ext. 302<br><a href=\"mailto:communications@fondationrivieres.org\">communications@fondationrivieres.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Christophe Gravel<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><br><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release - Fondation Rivi\u00e8res and the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de conservation et d'am\u00e9nagement des bassins versants de la zone Ch\u00e2teauguay (SCABRIC) have released the results of a groundbreaking study into the bathing potential of the Ch\u00e2teauguay River. The study reveals that, contrary to popular belief, the water of the Ch\u00e2teauguay River is perfectly suitable for swimming.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30202,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[12,14,19,30,72,83,87,93],"class_list":["post-30447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communiques","category-etudes-rapports","tag-acces-a-leau","tag-adoptez-une-riviere","tag-baignade","tag-coliminder","tag-obv","tag-qualite-de-leau","tag-riviere-chateauguay","tag-scabric"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}