Issues
Biosolids
As Nova Scotia tries to solve one problem, namely the pollution of Halifax
harbour, it is creating another problem: biosolids management. Biosolids
are the solid, semisolid, or liquid residues produced during treatment
of domestic sewage.
Stop toxic sludge on our land!
NSEN members raise concern about Halifax Harbour sewage sludge applied to
agricultural lands in Nova Scotia.
| Read our biosolids background information: |
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| Read the Toronto Star Sludge Series published July 2008: |
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Biosolids
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosolids
Canadian Water and Wastewater Association: Biosolids
http://www.cwwa.ca/Biosolids_Legislation_e.asp
Harbour Solutions
http://www.halifax.ca/harboursol/biosolids.html
Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Labour: Waste Water
http://www.gov.ns.ca/enla/water/wastewater.asp
Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Labour: Biosolids
www.gov.ns.ca/nse/water/docs/BiosolidsQA.pdf
Sierra Club: Information about sewage dumped on Crowdis Mountain,
Cape Breton
http://www.sierraclub.ca/atlantic/
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