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Snow Causes Sewage Overflows

Josh Pringle, CFRA - Tuesday, December 15, 2009

The first winter snowfall of the year sent 50 million litres of untreated water and raw sewage into the Ottawa River.

In a memo to Councillors, Environmental Services General Manager Dixon Weir says the spill happened last Thursday.

The Ministry of Environment, the Public Health Branch and downstream water system operators have been informed of the spill.

Ottawa received 22 cm of snow last Wednesday.

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