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I tweeted about sewage. This is what happened next.
How Waterkeeper’s investigation into Toronto’s sewage bypass problem started. Mark Mattson tells the story behind our Request for Review application on the anniversary of the 2013 flood.
Toronto residents need alerts when City dumps sewage into Lake Ontario, argues Waterkeeper in new legal application (Press Release)
For Immediate Release - The City of Toronto has a sewage problem that could affect public health says Lake Ontario Waterkeeper. The organization’s co-founders filed a legal application with the Province of Ontario today asking the city to issue alerts when it bypasses sewage into public waterways.
Toronto has a sewage bypass problem - the argument for a sewage alert protocol in Toronto
On July 7, 2014, Mark Mattson and Krystyn Tully of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper filed a request to the province of Ontario to bring sewage bypass alerts to Toronto. If successful, Torontonians would be alerted every time the city dumps sewage into public waters (about three times a month). Here's our case.
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Is Toronto weakening its rules against industrial pollution?
Changes to city by-law would make it easier for Toronto industry to flush arsenic, mercury, lead, PCBs and other nasty pollutants down the drain. When the city’s system overflows - like it did on Wednesday night - these pollutants end up in Lake Ontario.
Waterkeeper supporters help us beat our fundraising goal for Toronto sewage project
We set a fundraising goal of $10,000. To date, you have helped us raise $17,547. Thank you so much for your support. Your contribution will help Lake Ontario Waterkeeper’s efforts to make it mandatory for the City of Toronto to alert the public when there is a sewage spill.
Confirmed: Toronto dumped 1-billion litres of sewage after July storm
It will take years to fix Toronto’s infrastructure problems. We know that. We also know that public health should be protected in the meantime. One of the first steps is better public reporting. We think it’s outrageous that you aren’t informed about sewage spills so that you can take steps to protect your health. Cities like Kingston have started alerting the public. Toronto, the biggest city in the country, should be able to do the same.
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