Hamilton Water

• Hamilton company to pay $175K for 2018 Lake Ontario dumping incident

  A Hamilton company will pay $175,000 to a federal environmental damages fund in connection with dumping water harmful to fish into Lake Ontario.

  Environment

  Feb 1
  
• Ontario orders Hamilton sampling program, with deadlines, in response to recent sewer problems

  A notice from the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) on Wednesday gives the City of Hamilton deadlines to complete eight parts of a sewer inspection program.

  Environment

  Jan 18
  
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• City estimates 59M litres of wastewater from Rutherford Ave. sewer went into Hamilton harbour

  City staff calculated the amount of the most recently discovered wastewater leak by way of water meter usage data for 11 properties that were connected to the combined sewer.

  Environment

  Jan 13
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• City completes repair on misconnected sewer dumping wastewater into Hamilton Harbour

  City crews have successfully completed a 'realignment of sewers' on Rutherford and Myrtle Avenues, stopping the flow of combined sewage into Hamilton harbour.

  Environment

  Jan 11
• ‘Complex fix’ anticipated for central Hamilton sewer misconnection discovered through inspection

  An improper sewer connection near Rutherford and Myrtle avenues, discovered Monday, has been leaking combined stormwater and sewage into Hamilton Harbour over 26 years.

  Environment

  Jan 10
• Public works finds another misconnection dumping stormwater, wastewater into Hamilton harbour

  Hamilton's director of water says a 100-year-old combined sewer pipe was connected into a newly constructed storm sewer during a construction project in 1996.

  Environment

  Jan 9
• City reveals 337 million litres of wastewater went into Hamilton harbour from hole in sewage line

  City of Hamilton staff say they calculated the amount of the leakage via water meter usage data for all of the properties connected to the combined sewer.

  Environment

  Nov 28, 2022
• Ontario’s environment ministry requiring Hamilton to undertake audit of sewage infrastructure

  Environment minister David Piccini told legislators on Thursday he was 'angry' about the discovery of sewage being dumped from 38 homes into Hamilton harbour over 26 years.

  Environment

  Nov 24, 2022
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• Hamilton’s director of water hopes hole that dumped wastewater into harbour was an ‘anomaly’

  In a follow-up to news of a 'wrong connection' in a storm drain near Burlington and Wentworth streets, the city's top water man says the problem was fixed on Wednesday.

  Environment

  Nov 23, 2022
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• Hamilton says hole ‘made purposefully’ 26 years ago in sewer drained wastewater into harbour

  Hamilton city staff say the sewage leak 'shouldn't have happened' but is expected to be 'significantly less' than the wastewater that went into Chedoke Creek between 2014 and 2018.

  Environment

  Nov 22, 2022