illuminance
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Things are about to get really shitty in the St. Lawrence River with Montreal planning to dump eight billion litres of raw sewage into the water over the course of a week.
The untreated crap—about 16 billion beer pints' worth of it—sourced from residences, businesses, and hospitals, will make its way to the river's southern shore beginning Oct. 18.
When questioned on the rationale behind the malodorous plan, city spokesman Philippe Sabourin told reporters, "There is no other choice."
Construction on part of the Bonaventure Expressway required a major sewage destination to temporarily shut down. The river, apparently, is the next best thing.
Sabourin said the St. Lawrence has a "significant dilution capacity," which means the literal shit storm won't do any long term damage. But he's still worried about water sports enthusiasts, such as kayakers and surfers. He said information will be posted in the impacted areas. (Hopefully with the instructions: GTFO.)
The Montreal Environmental Project is questioning the wisdom of polluting the water with billions of litres of straight up fecal matter, and have asked the city to consider other, less-disgusting alternatives.
"Would it have been possible to use a portable technology wastewater treatment?" asked spokesman Sylvain Ouellet.
Longtime Montrealers aren't likely to be offended by the arrangement; the city regularly dumped sewage into the river until 1980
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