Urban spills A LOOK AT SOME RECENT SPILLS IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY:

VANCOUVER AREA EDMONTON SASKATOON

Dec. 20, 2009
For unknown reasons,
116 million litres of
sewage is spilled in
Richmond, B.C.
July 5, 2009
An equipment failure
at the Lions Gate
wastewater treatment
plant in the Vancouver
area causes a 64-million
litre sewage spill. Metro
Vancouver officials say
treated wastewater, not
sewage, was spilled.
April 18, 2007
An equipment failure at
the Goldbar wastewater
treatment plant results
in a spill of 160 million
litres of sewage.
May 4, 2007
A "storm, flood" is
blamed for an overflow
of 7.2 million litres of
sewage from a
municipal sewer.
July 19, 2008
An equipment failure at a QUEBEC CITY
municipal sewer causes a Oct. 4, 2007
50-million litre sewage spill. A "material failure"
Sept. 15, 2006 MONTREAL AREA causes an overflow of
A "storm, flood" causes an March 17, 2005 126,000 litres of jet fuel.
overflow of 10 million litres Close to 76,000 litres of
of sewage. hydrochloric acid leaked FREDERICTON
from a train in Salaberry- June 4, 2005
OTTAWA de-Valleyfield, Que. Equipment failure at
Jan. 1, 1998 a municipal sewage
City sewer leaks 190 million treatment plant
litres of sewage over a 10-year discharges 2 million
period. The spill is only reported litres of sewage.
Sept. 10, 2008. City officials say
their data doesn't match up
with the federal government's.

CALGARY
June 17, 2005
A "storm, flood" causes an overflow of WINDSOR, ONT. SAINT JOHN, N.B.
300 million litres of sewage at the May 18, 2009 Nov. 1, 2005
Bonnybrook wastewater treatment plant. A power failure at a municipal A fire and explosion on a marine
The city says the wastewater was already sewage treatment plant causes a tanker causes a spill of 1.43 million
treated when it spilled into the Bow River. spill of 1 million litres of sewage. litres of acrylonitrile.

SOURCE: Environment Canada's National Enforcement Management Information System and Intelligence System database THE CANADIAN PRESS

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