Quebec to dump 46 million pounds of raw, untreated sewage into St. Lawrence River

Sorry, it should be litres not pounds.

Mon Dieu! That is beaucoup stinky French POO-POOOOOOO!

I hope Justin Trudeau (nee Castro) will be there in costume for another photo-op.

Most likely because there are indigenous tribes still living there. They've done horrible things to them.

Montreal is even worse than Quebec City; they dump billions of litres of sewage into various bodies of water.

The dumping has finished.

It floats out to sea right? So other than a few Newfies who will be affected?

This is at least the second time this has happened.

Mike, go ahead with that bombing of Canada we talked about. OH and look how fat Rosie looks in this photo on TMZ.

Don't they have sewage treatment in Canada?

1,624,474 cubic feet

1.1 cubic miles of sewage

Way to go Philippe Couillard

I thought you bleeding heart Canadian care for environment

Damn, that’s a lot of shit.

Do you all remember in the late 1990s that barge with garbage from NYC that couldn't find an offshore site that it could use to dump its cargo? It travelled down the Carolinas and then back to the NY area?

The same year, syringes were turning up on beaches all over the northeast. Whether from the barge or not. It felt like the world was ending. Like in Soilent Green, when they casually mentioned that the Indian Ocean was a dead zone. That’s what it felt like.

In the 1990s, I worked on the Boston Harbor Cleanup project.

Today, the Charles river is clean enough to swim in, without requiring a tetanus shot, most days; however, you’re told not to disturb the mud on the river bottom, because the mud is still too polluted. I wonder how long it will take before the mud is clean? Sometimes you’ll see dolphins or seals in the river. Not often, but at least they can live in that water.

Basically our sewage disposal system hasn't advanced like AI or space travel or GPS and driverless cars.

Poor wildlife.

Boston water is now among the best in the nation. We have great fresh water. They recently replaced or built a second tunnel for most of the length from the reservoirs out in Western MA, to the Boston-area customers. If one tunnel needs maintenance, the other can be used to meet consumer needs. I just got my quartely report card and the drinking water tests to be far, far better for pollutants than is allowed by law.

The sewage system is 1990s state of the art. A few times a year, heavy rains will cause some sewage to be released into the river or harbor, but that gets diluted quickly. Otherwise, the treatment plant works well, and secondary waste water is released 10 miles off shore through a pipeline. That is heavily cleaned sewage water. It’s only one level short of sewage water that is clean enough to drink. I think they truck solids away to people who buy that crap for fill or for fertilizer.

Our water rates are high as a result, but you get used to it. It’s just that it costs whatever it costs, and I don’t know differently so no matter.

The point about how no one should worry because "no solids" will get through is hilarious and disgusting.

I have read recently that waste water is high in levels of pharmaceuticals, now. There’s little research on the effect of antidepressants; testosterone (steroids and low-T treatment); or estrogen (from the pill), etc., on aquatic life and in people who eat seafood that was exposed to these chemicals. This is a new problem for the future.

[quote] There’s little research on the effect of antidepressants; testosterone (steroids and low-T treatment); or estrogen (from the pill), etc., on aquatic life and in people who eat seafood

Don't forget oxycodone

They didn't need to make an announcement.

Trust. This was aimed at the American fisher boats poaching in Canadian waters. Quebec is so tired of sending police boats out to catch and prosecute Americans violating the international UNCLOS agreement. They release this sewage in places that will eventually end up near the border. Filthy Americans attempt to take advantage of Canadian livelihoods by constantly sneaking into clean Canadian waters. Been going on for years. Now just wait for a government to have to subsidize our fishers. Last time this happened on a grand scale our American government produced a fake study, propoganda all over news channels claiming that fish oil cut your chances of cancer and all other benefits. It was fake but drove up the prices of fisheries so the government wouldn't have to apply big $ to subsidies. Remember the year of fish oil? How about shark cartilage? All fake. Best one was the year of green leafy vegetables cutting your chances to cancer. All fake. Farmers had a failed crop for a year or two so the government released this fake study. Drove the prices up so the gullible consumer took the burden off of the subsidies for the US government. When the studies were replicated the following years we heard that the original government study wasn't accurate in its findings. What were we to believe? Didn't matter as the government achieved their goals at the time of the crisis. Propaganda. Just wait for some sort of sea related cure to be pushed in the news by government studies within the next year. Watch for it. Predict it. What will it be this time? Something common in the NE Atlantic our fisher boats lose access to and can no longer poach off of the Canadians. This dump is retaliatory to Trump's latest tantrum. The Canadians do not play. Perfect timing. Ouch!

Trump stop! Do not piss off these people who insist on keeping their culture for close to 500 years despite being surrounded by English Anglo culture on all sides. Holy fuck! They are NOT the ones.

R7, no. We're the targets. It will flow to the NE of the US. Someone get this orange clown out. Parts of the St.Lawrence are sea water, brine and fresh water. They're dumping it so it will flow down to the US and our fishing industry. This is a spiteful retaliation to that Jackstain in office. OMG!

What can Canada expect after electing weak man like Miss Justin Treadeu

R4 you idiot! It has nothing to do with indigenous tribe as the white population is a percentage of that indigenous tribe. It's dumped where it will be coming to us in retaliation to Trump being a big dick at Charlevoix. Our waters will suffer. OMG!

Some should give Xanax to R26 to calm her tits

Yeah well, you've never lived there. I have. Best people ever but when crossed they will rain holy hell down on you. How do you think they exist like they do in North America in 2018 surrounded by English speakers? Roll that around in your noggin for a bit. Not like it's Mexico with Spanish speaking neighbors abounding, is it? Just got a horror movie chill.

This has nothing to do with any Canada/U.S.A disagreement. This is the third occurrence, in less than 2 1/2 years, of the province of Quebec dumping raw sewage into the St. Lawrence River. The first incident was in Montreal in November 2015. The second time was in Quebec City, in November 2016. The third and last time, so far, was in Quebec City, in February 2018. The last two times were because Quebec City was doing maintenance work on the pumping stations. After the first occurrence, Canada's federal environment minister said that this would never happen again.

Fuck you, R29!

I cannot believe their are people actually blaming us for this.

Responsibility? Take it.

Quebec has an outdated and inadequate sewage treatment system.

The St Lawrence flow into the sea. It doesn't flow south to Lake Ontario.

R31 there not their

Oh well, I wasn’t using my natural resources anyway.

Quebec has been doing this for years. It doesn't have anything to do with Turd Trump.

Fun fact: the Chicago River’s flow was reversed. Now it flows into the Mississippi, but it used to flow into Lake Michigan.

I blame Russian hackers.

You should stop eating any fish caught in the North Atlantic waters for a while unless you like the test of Canadian shit.

But it's untreated sewage.