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Scooter wrote:The Trail Shop might have some copies. I remember seeing a couple of copies within the past year, somewhere....
Scooter wrote:I also heard rumour that Herring Cove is somewhat contaminated. Rumour is a climber tested the air/ soil samples out there for work and found disconcerting amounts of fecal matter. Wouldn't want to open up a flapper and continue climbing if that truely is the case! So I stay away.
Rich wrote:Wouldn't Chebucto Head have similar bacteria levels? I wouldn't worry about this issue at all. People even commonly fish from the rocks at Herring Cove. I don't know anything about the study but am skeptical that this could be a real health risk.
jeremy benjamin wrote:Someone call Peter Kelly to see if he would climb there now that the harbour is de-pooped-ified.
keir wrote:Fecal coliform counts at Herring Cove haven't changed much even with the new poop scooping.
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smilingrock wrote:keir wrote:Fecal coliform counts at Herring Cove haven't changed much even with the new poop scooping.
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Hi Keir. With the new poop scooping measures, is the poop "cleaner" than it use to be?
keir wrote:smilingrock wrote:keir wrote:Fecal coliform counts at Herring Cove haven't changed much even with the new poop scooping.
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Hi Keir. With the new poop scooping measures, is the poop "cleaner" than it use to be?
Imagine going to the bathroom in the morning, not flushing, going to work, and coming home for supper. After supper scoop out anything still floating in the toilet. Is the water clean? Hardly! That's our harbor solution. The only location that significantly improved was the Northwest Arm and that is because they diverted the outfall. That said the Halifax harbour is significantly cleaner than the St.John's harbour of my youth where coliform counts are often in the 10,000-100,000 range. Yum!
Personally I have no great objection to primary treatment. It's the harbor - I don't want to swim in it in the first place. I think there are more pressing environmental issues that could use a $100 million.
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