Bill Metcalfe at Nelson Star reports between 2017 and 2020, Nelson’s sewage treatment plant, on 15 separate occasions, accidentally released a combined total of more than 3,000 cubic metres of partially treated sewage into the Kootenay River, according to provincial government documents.The sewage had received primary treatment (filtering and settling out of solids) but not…
Sewage from Nelson treatment plant runs into Kootenay River during storms, fails secondary treatment using bacteria and UV light: environment ministry
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