{"id":58677,"date":"2015-08-11T14:47:38","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T06:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=58677"},"modified":"2025-01-13T10:58:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T15:58:37","slug":"15-million-litres-of-partially-treated-sewage-water-released-into-creek-regina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/11\/15-million-litres-of-partially-treated-sewage-water-released-into-creek-regina\/","title":{"rendered":"15 million litres of partially treated sewage water released into creek: Regina"},"content":{"rendered":"
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REGINA — The city of Regina made a miscalculation into how much partially treated sewage water was actually released into Wascana Creek two weeks ago after heavy rain.<\/p>\n

An initial figure of one million litres was given, but on Monday, Pat Wilson, the city’s director of water works, explained that the amount is is closer to 15 million litres.<\/p>\n

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Wilson explained the earlier figure was based on retention volumes of the wet well at the McCarthy Boulevard pumping station.<\/p>\n

She says the new calculation was done using pump rates and the amount the bypass valve was open.<\/p>\n

Wilson said while most of Regina received roughly 78 millimetres of rain in a 24-hour period on July 27, the northwest got pelted with anywhere between 90 and 107 millimetres.<\/p>\n

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To save infrastructure from getting damaged and to prevent homes from getting sewer backup, a decision was made to bypass most of the usual wastewater treatment process and instead, release screened sewage mixed with rain water directly into the creek.<\/p>\n

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“A bypass is never a desirable event,” she said.<\/p>\n

Within a few days of the release, Wilson said the creek returned to its condition before the release.<\/p>\n

“The diversion did not have a lasting impact on the creek water quality.”<\/p>\n

The city says investments and improvements are being made to the pumping station to ensure capacity is increased so that the system can handle significant future rainfall events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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