The sewage saga at River Ridge may soon come to an end… if property owners neighbouring the northside condo complex can agree on joint-use of the utility.
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Water and sewage bills set to rise, city council warned
The next Calgary water and sewage rate increases will have to pay for rising operations costs and some massive system upgrades the city has planned, councillors heard Wednesday.
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Sewage crunch hits the fan forcing city to freeze developments in northwest
The city has frozen any new developments in much of northwest Calgary until 2017, thanks to a sewer main that officials recently realized can’t handle many additional flushes.
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City sewage system can’t keep up with biosolids surge from population boom
CALGARY — The city’s booming population growth is filling more than the suburbs: Calgary’s sewage lagoons are also close to overflowing.
The city pumps its biosolids from wastewater treatment facilities into the southeast Shepard sludge lagoons. Even through the city has a sophisticated system for turning sludge into fertilizer for farmer’s fields, the treatment program cannot keep up with the increasing volume of biosolids, the utilities committee heard Wednesday.
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Cash crunch hits sewage line
Completion of an Olds-to-Red Deer regional sewage line may be delayed because of the province’s tight finances.
“At the moment, it’s no surprise that the province is in some challenging times with the funding for everything. And we’re not immune to that,” said Dave Hoar, Red Deer County’s representative on the South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission.
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Management of sewage important consideration for producers
Landowners can expect to face growing pressures when it comes to rural septic systems.
Alberta farmers and ranchers that have completed Environmental Farm Plans (EFP) have consistently identified farm waste management among the top five environmental challenges, according to an AgriNews release.
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Leaky sewage line goes unnoticed for 40 years
Raw sewage has been entering the South Saskatchewan River in Medicine Hat because a sewage line from an apartment building was incorrectly hooked up to a storm sewer pipe about 40 years ago, says the city.
“Thursday Municipal Works were doing work on the storm out-fall, that discharges water into the river, noticed some sanitary products and toilet paper and that should not happen,” said manager of field operations Brian Graham, Environmental Utilities department for the city.
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Water quality returns to the levels not seen for 100 years
EDMONTON – The amount of fecal coliform entering the North Saskatchewan River from Edmonton has now dropped to levels last seen in 1910, according to monitoring and data modelling from the city’s drainage department.
No one continuously monitors water quality in the river for recreational use, but local experts agree tests on nearly any dry day in August or September will meet Health Canada guidelines.
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