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Author: Peter Ferguson

  • CSO’s: Combined Sewer Overflows – A Bad Combination

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    [note: CSO’s are alternatively called Combined Sewer Overflows/Outlets/Outfalls] It might be obvious by now that the titles of this blog series are following alphabetical order. I picked that strategy as a writing exercise for no other reason that finding a topic on sewage to fit all letters of the alphabet (Q, X, Y, Z, for…

  • Beaches and Bleaches

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    About 20 years ago my girlfriend and I were enjoying a walk along scenic Point Pleasant Park, which overlooks part of Halifax Harbour.  The beach ranges from sand in some areas, to fist-size rocks, to car-sized boulders in other areas.  We were jumping from one such boulder to another when my girlfriend happened to look…

  • Sewage Ain’t Sexy

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    Sewage Ain’t Sexy   . . . a monthly TREA blog about the essential conversations we need to have about sewage treatment in London. Of course talk is cheap if not followed up by action  . . .   1. “A’s” for Alberta. Ah, Alberta. Mention the province around environmentalists and you are sure to…