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CBC reported that on September 2, Environment Canada announced several millions more for Ottawa’s sewage system.  The government will put $3 million toward a $9-million upgrade to several sewage gates this fall.  The federal government will also commit a total of $33 million to a future $100-million project that would prevent raw sewage from being released into the Ottawa River. The upgrades would separate sanitary and storm sewers, which are currently joined and cause the system to often overload during heavy rains.  To prevent sewage from backing up into people’s homes, the system is designed to allow it to flow into the river via valves that open during storms and close again after.  Valves that were stuck open were blamed for a number of raw sewage spills.
(Source: CBC, 2 September 2008)
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