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> how does covid transmit It seems likely that they were drinking sewage-contaminated water. Ingestion of contaminated water is the source of a staggering vari

> how does covid transmit It seems likely that they were drinking sewage-contaminated water. Ingestion of contaminated water is the source of a staggering variety of illnesses for both humans and animals. Souce: I work in environmental monitoring.

MichaelZuo 5y ago
Which towns in Canada are dumping untreated sewage into the water? As far as I'm aware every province has an environmental ministry that doesn't grant exemptions from sewage treatment. So if it's still ongoing...
- eloff 5y ago
  I don't think that's perfectly done. I was hiking on the North Shore in Vancouver and there's a sign over a stream warning about untreated sewage. If it's a problem in the one of the biggest and wealthiest cities, I can easily see it being an issue in smaller towns. In very rural areas, especially on reservations, I believe water and sewage treatment is an ongoing issue.
- steve_adams_86 5y ago
  In my city we JUST started treating our sewage: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/victoria-sewage-plant-1.5867582 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/victoria-sew...
  - MichaelZuo 5y ago
    Thanks for the info, that is genuinely surprising. And Victoria is not some poor town either. I guess there wasn't much incentive to improve given the consequences of inaction were dumped literally on someone else's doorstep.
- voxic11 5y ago
  https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/many-cities-still-dump-raw-sewage/ https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/many-cities-still-dump-r... That's from 2009 but it seems unlikely to have been completely resolved since then given the scale of the issue (200 billion litres a year).
- alex_c 5y ago
  Most towns do, occasionally - overflows happen. Article is from 2018 but I assume nothing has radically changed since then. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-enviro-report-1.4903327 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-enviro-report-1.4...
- shkkmo 5y ago
  AFAIK, most of the cities on the west coast of Canada dump untreated sewage into the ocean.
- MathMonkeyMan 5y ago
  This might be specific to very old cities, but New York City has a combined sewage and storm water system. Sewage ("black water") and rainwater from the streets goes through the same output processing. When it rains a lot, the system can't cope, and the water (sewage and all) is discharged into the Atlantic.

MichaelZuo 5y ago

Which towns in Canada are dumping untreated sewage into the water? As far as I'm aware every province has an environmental ministry that doesn't grant exemptions from sewage treatment. So if it's still ongoing...

eloff 5y ago
I don't think that's perfectly done. I was hiking on the North Shore in Vancouver and there's a sign over a stream warning about untreated sewage. If it's a problem in the one of the biggest and wealthiest cities, I can easily see it being an issue in smaller towns. In very rural areas, especially on reservations, I believe water and sewage treatment is an ongoing issue.
steve_adams_86 5y ago
In my city we JUST started treating our sewage: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/victoria-sewage-plant-1.5867582 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/victoria-sew...
- MichaelZuo 5y ago
  Thanks for the info, that is genuinely surprising. And Victoria is not some poor town either. I guess there wasn't much incentive to improve given the consequences of inaction were dumped literally on someone else's doorstep.
voxic11 5y ago
https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/many-cities-still-dump-raw-sewage/ https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/many-cities-still-dump-r... That's from 2009 but it seems unlikely to have been completely resolved since then given the scale of the issue (200 billion litres a year).
alex_c 5y ago
Most towns do, occasionally - overflows happen. Article is from 2018 but I assume nothing has radically changed since then. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-enviro-report-1.4903327 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-enviro-report-1.4...
shkkmo 5y ago
AFAIK, most of the cities on the west coast of Canada dump untreated sewage into the ocean.
MathMonkeyMan 5y ago
This might be specific to very old cities, but New York City has a combined sewage and storm water system. Sewage ("black water") and rainwater from the streets goes through the same output processing. When it rains a lot, the system can't cope, and the water (sewage and all) is discharged into the Atlantic.