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

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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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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 report0843-6193
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Paper
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.
Publishing information Ottawa - Ontario : Environment Canada. 2001.
Binding Softcover
Description xii, 67p. : graphs, illus., references, tables ; 28 cm.
ISBN 0-662-29972-8
ISSN 0843-6193
Catalogue number
  • En1-11/96E
Subject terms Waste management
Water quality
Environment
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