Winnipeg.ca (UD) : Water and Waste : Sewage : 2004 Sewer Service Interruptions

Untreated wastewater discharges from the wastewater collection system to the river system:

(Reporting started in November, 2004)

Date	Location	Estimated discharge	Estimated duration	Cause	Incident details and response
December 22	Assiniboine River - Olive land drainage sewer	Volume unknown. Estimate that small amount of sewage was released into the river.	Duration unknown. Estimate that sewer overflowed for several days.	Partial blockage of wastewater sewer at Olive and Ness	Maintenance inspections revealed discharge occurring from sewer outfall. Crews discovered blockage and removed debris that was causing an overflow to the Olive land drainage sewer via a high level overflow. Sewer levels in the area normalized and discharge ended. Incident reported to Manitoba Water Stewardship and Environment Canada.
December 10	Red River - Cockburn sewage pumping station	2000 litres	10 minutes	Manitoba Hydro power outage	Alarm received at 5:20 p.m. Small discharge occurred around 6:00 p.m. while staff were closing the gate. Power restored around 8:10 p.m. Incident reported to Manitoba Water Stewardship and Environment Canada.
November 27	Assiniboine River - Ferry Road lift station	54,000 litres	15 minutes	Power disruption	Power disruption occurred at 9:45 a.m. Alarm indicators and pump controls reactivated when power restored around 10 a.m. Incident reported to Manitoba Water Stewardship and Environment Canada.

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