ARTICLE · 02 JULY 2015

Fisheries Act Convictions For Discharging Drinking Water

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Two Alberta construction companies have been convicted under the Fisheries Act for rupturing municipal water mains, discharging chlorinated drinking water into storm sewers and fish habitat.

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Two Alberta construction companies have been convicted under the Fisheries Act for rupturing municipal water mains, discharging chlorinated drinking water into storm sewers and fish habitat.

Treated municipal drinking water is harmful to fish, which is why it cannot be used as is in aquariums. So is it a breach of the Fisheries Act to discharge municipal drinking water into storm sewers? And does it matter how much?

Norellco Contractors Ltd. was ordered to pay $185,000 after pleading guilty to one count of an offence under the Fisheries Act, for releasing chlorinated municipal drinking water into the Sturgeon River.

Norellco twice broke a high pressure water main by using a backhoe within one metre of the pipe. As a result, approximately 18,000 litres of chlorinated drinking water was discharged into local sewer drains leading to the Sturgeon River.

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Fisheries Act Convictions For Discharging Drinking Water

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