Heavy rain causes spill of 21M litres of diluted sewage into Red River
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This article was published 21/05/2024 (502 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Recent storms dumped 21 million litres of diluted sewage into the Red River.
On Tuesday, Winnipeg water and waste confirmed heavy rainfall overwhelmed the wastewater outfall at 3100 Abinojii Mikanah (formerly Bishop Grandin Boulevard) between Thursday and Saturday nights.
An online update noted the estimated volume of the spill had grown from 5.5 million reported Friday. The discharge ended at about 9 p.m. Saturday, according to the report.
Sewage was diverted to prevent it from backing up into basements.
A massive sewage spill took place at the same site in February, when a pipe failure dumped more than 228 million litres of raw sewage into the river. An emergency bypass system created to end that spill continues to operate properly, but recent rainfall exceeded its capacity, according to the city’s website.
