There is a misconception that the effluent from the proposed Erin WWTP will "help the West Credit River" by cooling it in the summer. This misconception is based on observations ...
The Acton WWTP discharges into Black Creek, a coldwater creek similar to the West Credit River. Data collected by the Coalition show that the Acton WWTP makes Black Creek warmer ...
Ontario's Water Quality objective for effluent temperature is out of date and ineffective. Other jurisdictions protect Brook Trout with specific temperature limits. Why can't Ontario do the same?
Effluent temperatures is influenced by air temperatures. As the air temperature increases effluent temperature increases. The hottest effluent temperatures occur after consecutive hot days.
Effluent temperatures from 5 southern Ontario wastewater treatment plants in the summer of 2021 were above the 19 °C effluent discharge temperature assumed in the Erin Wastewater Treatment Plant Environmental ...
