![]() ![]() If the province and federal government agree to help it can be completed in 2030, keeping billions of untreated waste out of Lake Ontario. City water department officials say it will take until 2038 to finish if Toronto has to fund it all alone. Last fall Toronto started a $3-billion wastewater system project intended to stop raw sewage from leaking when it rains. It would cost even more to fix city sewer systems so they aren't constantly leaking raw wastewater when it rains. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities estimates the cost just to meet those standards is close to $18 billion. ![]() In 2012 the Conservatives set tough new standards for treating wastewater, which take effect between 20 for different types of systems. Often, that happens in communities with older systems that carry household waste and stormwater in the same pipes when rain or a lot of melting snow overwhelms such systems, they're usually designed to vent the diluted sewage into the nearest waterway. The actual amount is higher because although Environment Canada requires municipalities to monitor and report how much untreated waste goes into waterways, many still don't. ![]() ![]() The department says 2018 data isn't ready for release. Environment Canada says between 20, more than one trillion litres of untreated wastewater are known to have leaked or been purposely dumped. ![]()
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