The state of municipal wastewater effluents in Canada / Issued by the Indicators and Assessment Office. : En1-11/96E-PDF

Comprehensive in scope, this report... outlines the sources and the nature of contaminants entering municipal sewer systems, the degree of municipal wastewater treatment across Canada, the wide variety of impacts that municipal wastewater effluents can have on water quality and on plant and animal life, and the implications of these impacts for human health and beneficial water uses, such as shellfish harvesting and recreation.--Executive summary

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Environmental Conservation Service.
Title The state of municipal wastewater effluents in Canada / Issued by the Indicators and Assessment Office.
Series title State of the environment report
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) "Comprehensive in scope, this report... outlines the sources and the nature of contaminants entering municipal sewer systems, the degree of municipal wastewater treatment across Canada, the wide variety of impacts that municipal wastewater effluents can have on water quality and on plant and animal life, and the implications of these impacts for human health and beneficial water uses, such as shellfish harvesting and recreation."--Executive summary.
Catalogue number and ISBN for the print edition appears in this electronic version.
Publishing information Ottawa - Ontario : Environment Canada. 2001.
Description 74p.graphs, illus., references, tables
Catalogue number
  • En1-11/96E-PDF
Subject terms Waste management
Water quality
Environment
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