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There's never a good time to discharge black sewer gunk into Niagara Falls. But doing it on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at the height of tourist season may be the worst timing ever.
Niagara Falls State Park was packed with visitors around 4 p.m. Saturday when the foul-smelling, black discharge came billowing out into the Niagara River within sight of the base of the American Falls, alarming city businesses and tourists as it engulfed the shoreline from the Rainbow Bridge to the Maid of the Mist boat dock.
It turns out the discharge came from the Niagara Falls Waste Water Treatment Plant. The plant had the proper sewer discharge paperwork to release the volume of sewage and sediment that spewed into the river Saturday, according to the Niagara Falls Water Board.
But that didn't keep city leaders and business owners from being upset and frustrated over the Water Board's timing.
"We were shocked," said Nick Melson, Niagara Falls city administrator. "We were caught off guard. We had to do some digging ourselves to find out what was going on. And we are very upset that we weren't notified."
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
Maybe an omen of things to come? It happened at American Falls, the only one of the three waterfalls that is located in America.
originally posted by: Sheye
Why on earth is sewage water dumped into rivers ?
Don't they have technology now that can compact it , dry it and turn it into energy producing fuel when burned ?
We are wasting waste ... there has to be a better use for human waste.
originally posted by: Byrd
a reply to: xuenchen
Remember those regulations that Trump loosened so businesses wouldn't be hurt?
Yeah. Those.
Why do you think we raised such a fuss about it?
originally posted by: Antipathy17
a reply to: xuenchen
Okay so is there being an investigation as to why this time?
originally posted by: xuenchen
originally posted by: Byrd
a reply to: xuenchen
Remember those regulations that Trump loosened so businesses wouldn't be hurt?
Yeah. Those.
Why do you think we raised such a fuss about it?
LOL
What?
This was a government boondoggle.
But just for fun, what "loosened regulations" would have stopped this debacle?
originally posted by: Byrd
a reply to: xuenchen
Remember those regulations that Trump loosened so businesses wouldn't be hurt?
Yeah. Those.
Why do you think we raised such a fuss about it?
originally posted by: xuenchen
a reply to: Byrd
But But
This incident came from a government water treatment plant right?