Workshop: Reducing Toxics in Urban Sewage

IJC Public Forum on Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Water Quality

Friday morning, October 19, 2001.


AGENDA:

Moderator: Bruce Walker, STOP, Montreal, Quebec

08:45 - 09:15 Reducing Toxics at the source: mercury case study
Annick Le Floch, Montréal Urban Community, Environment Department
   
09:15 - 09:45 Toronto's New Sewer By-law:
(to be announced), City of Toronto Works Department
   
09:45 - 10:15 Perspective of an Environmental Advocacy Group:
Shelley Petrie, Toronto Environmental Alliance
   
10:15 - 10:30 Break
   
10:30 - 11:00 Industry Perspective
Martin Dorais, Director, Environment, Aéroports de Montréal
(representing the Centre patronal d l’environnement du Québec)
   
11:00 - 11:30 Toxic Potential Assessment of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent in Québec
Robert Tétreault, Ministry of Environment, Québec
(report at http://slv2000.qc.ec.gc.ca/index_a.htm )
   
11:30 - 12:00 Analysis of Municipal Sewer By-Laws in the Montréal Metropolitan Region Claire Vanier, Comité ZIP Jacques-Cartier, Montréal