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A day or so ago it looks as though the bridge is now set properly onto its foundations and they have started to bring the road bed of the new Cherry Street up to meet it.
Ah. I didn't know that project went this far west. Thanks!The tunnel launch shaft is for the Coxwell combined sewer bypass project - an unrelated but still very important project to eliminate sewage spills into the lake.
Yeah, there's quite a lot involved to prevent whatever you flushed away in the morning isn't waving at you when want to take an afternoon dip in the lake... /eww
Lake Ontario probably doesn’t have the best public perception when it comes to water quality but in reality the beaches in the city are mostly blue flag beaches. The water being tested every day in the summer.To be fair, I would not take a swim in the lake if my life depended on it. At least not along the GTA Shoreline with 2 nuke plants, industrial and everything else I would expect to glow green suffering from Ebola when I leave.
The only place I would swim near here is Simcoe, Erie or Superior.
Yet many do. So I am glad they are taking many steps to making our water cleaner and safer. This project and others are demonstrative of this.To be fair, I would not take a swim in the lake if my life depended on it. At least not along the GTA Shoreline with 2 nuke plants, industrial and everything else I would expect to glow green suffering from Ebola when I leave.
The only place I would swim near here is Simcoe, Erie or Superior.
See also: http://blog.waterfrontoronto.ca/nbe.../Toronto-is-getting-the-treatment-it-deservesFun flyover/flythrough of the new GH3 stormwater treatment facility. Maybe don't watch it full-screen on a 27" monitor like I just did. I'm gonna go lie down.
Fun flyover/flythrough of the new GH3 stormwater treatment facility. Maybe don't watch it full-screen on a 27" monitor like I just did. I'm gonna go lie down.
The water quality in most of Lake Ontario is great. The only real problem areas are near the mouths of the Don and Humber. Especially after a heavy rainfall. But go out to somewhere like Sandbanks or Presquile and there is no concern about water quality at all.
^I believe the Pickering power plant discharge is not a hazard. My friend works there as an engineer and he's got no concerns about it. It's treated well. Ecoli is the greater concern.