{"id":8772,"date":"2016-03-18T10:09:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T14:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/?p=8772"},"modified":"2023-01-16T13:22:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T18:22:18","slug":"assainissement-de-la-riviere-du-nord-les-debordements-deaux-usees-ternissent-le-bilan-environnemental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/assainissement-de-la-riviere-du-nord-les-debordements-deaux-usees-ternissent-le-bilan-environnemental\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanitation of the Rivi\u00e8re du Nord: wastewater overflows tarnish the environmental record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>PRESS RELEASE<br \/>\n<\/strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p><strong>Montreal, March 16, 2016<\/strong> \u2013 Overflows of untreated wastewater continue briskly in the <a href=\"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/projects\/adoptez-une-riviere-fleuve-saint-laurent\/\">river<\/a> and rivers, particularly in the <a href=\"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/projects\/adoptez-une-riviere-du-nord\/\">North River<\/a>, according to a report produced by Fondation Rivi\u00e8res and sent to each of its 13 tributary municipalities. This report evaluates the performance of the 18 wastewater treatment plants and presents the number of untreated water overflows for the period from 2008 to 2015.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first portrait of the performance of sanitation systems since the discharge of Montreal&#039;s wastewater into the river, still fresh in our memory. A first report produced in 2012 had already highlighted the problems in the towns of Saint-J\u00e9r\u00f4me, Mirabel and Lachute. These results remain as negative as no perceptible improvement has been observed over the last four years. In addition to being foul-smelling and a serious threat to health, wastewater affects fish habitat, prevents swimming, harms water activities and fishing, and long-term changes to ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>The data used for this assessment of the Rivi\u00e8re du Nord comes from the Monitoring of Municipal Water Sanitation Works (SOMAE) system of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Land Occupancy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">- 30 -<\/p>\n<p><strong>For informations :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alain Saladzius<br \/>\nPresident<br \/>\n514 924-2013<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:presidence@fondationrivieres.org\">presidence@fondationrivieres.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/281b6ce163ca19d3652a0d429\/files\/Fondation_Rivie_res_Bilan_SOMAE_2008_2015_de_la_rivie_re_du_Nord_surverses_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Overflow report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/281b6ce163ca19d3652a0d429\/files\/Fondation_Rivie_res_Bilan_SOMAE_2008_2015_de_la_rivie_re_du_Nord_Performances_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Performance review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jdc.quebec\/2016\/03\/16\/environnement-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Article published in the Journal des Citoyens<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Photo: Antonio Magri\/Unsplash<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release - Untreated wastewater overflows continue unabated in the St. Lawrence and rivers, particularly the Rivi\u00e8re du Nord, according to a report produced by Fondation Rivi\u00e8res and sent to each of its 13 tributary municipalities. The report assesses the performance of the 18 wastewater treatment plants and presents the number of untreated wastewater overflows for the period 2008 to 2015.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[14,37,40,79,89],"class_list":["post-8772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communiques","category-etudes-rapports","tag-adoptez-une-riviere","tag-deversements","tag-eaux-usees","tag-pollution","tag-riviere-du-nord"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8772","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=8772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}