What's in your sewers?

What's In Your Sewers?

H2infO - The Water Information Network is pleased to announce the
publication of a new report ... What's In Your Sewers?

The report is available for free download from the H2infO web site at
www.H2infO.org (click on "Campaigns").

Under Ontario’s Municipal Act, municipalities have the power to pass
local sewer use by-laws through which they can regulate what
is discharged into their sewer systems. Although adoption of a sewer use
by-law is optional, most urban centres in the province have
done so. Sewer use by-laws, therefore, are one of the most important
regulatory tools for stopping the pollution of our lakes and
rivers.

The What's In Your Sewers? is guide is intended as an introduction to
sewer use by-laws in Ontario for citizens who are working to
improve water quality in their communities. It (i) compares the sewer
use by-laws and associated pollution prevention
programs of a representative sample of Ontario municipalities within the
Great Lakes Basin; (ii) describes the
elements of a model sewer use by-law; and (iii) provides citizens with
the tools they need to understand their
municipality’s by-law and to advocate for stricter rules to protect
water quality.

H2infO would like to thank the Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and
Fund for their support of this project.