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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc
Jesus that sounds unimaginably disgusting. Calgary is the only major city in North America (as of 2015 at least) that doesn't release any wastewater into the environment that hasn't been triple treated. Can't believe how reckless coastal cities are, while (most of them) piously claiming to be so environmentally conscious. The worst joke in modern history. Great to hear that at least St. John's is starting to turn a corner.
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Attitudes toward effluent are different when you discharge into a small river rather than into the ocean. Kitchener, where the effluent goes into the Grand River (Cambridge and Brantford downstream) has tertiary treatment, although I don't know whether that's 100%.