Ontario issues order for Hamilton to improve sewage monitoring after spills into Lake Ontario | CBC News

The province's ministry of environment has issued the city with an order after two recently discovered sewage spills.

"It is my opinion that the City of Hamilton does not have adequate programs to inspect, monitor and identify unauthorized connections causing spills from the City of Hamilton's sewage works infrastructure," reads the order. "Based on my experience ... our programs either meet or exceed, in some areas, what you would expect to see across the municipal landscape for some of these programs," Winters said.Nick Winters is the director of Hamilton Water."It is something that, unfortunately, is industry-wide. The older your sewer system, whether in Ontario or the United States ... the more of these types of issues are going to exist," he said.

Winters said the current order could help deal with issues like the discharges near the Red Hill, since it'll prompt the team to take a closer look at everything.The order states by Feb. 26, the city must retain a qualified contractor. The city also has to review additional physical and analytical inspection programs to identify spills and must have procedures to update the city's mapping of the system when staff find discrepancies.

City spokesperson Emily Trotta said Hamilton Water staff have been meeting with MECP staff and are hoping to ensure the "feasibility" of its next steps.

Yet ignores the negative impact of paving over the greenbelt. So far the Minister is batting 500 eh! BS.

CBC sucks. Get a gawd dammmned real job. :

neverforgetneverforgive

... So everyone down the St-Lawrence is going to have a 'taste' of it...

Really? Or what? Horwath

🤢🤢🤢. Do better.

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