Since the failure of the Halifax sewer plant in January, we’ve been
dumping 100 million litres of raw sewage into the harbour every
day.
The crap flows through eight outfall pipes—four of which (arrows
on map, above) empty right below the boardwalk, where the tall ships
are moored this weekend.
Festival organizers say there may be some last-minute shuffling
around, but at this writing it appears that the ships listed above will
be the closest to the outfall pipes. The Europa and the Peter Von
Danzig will especially bear the brunt of our hospitality, as those
ships will dock atop the Cornwallis Street outfall, the most
foul-smelling of the bunch.
Welcome to town, mateys!
The good news is that the stink won’t be as bad as it could have
been—weather forecasts through Saturday show our usual intermittent
rain and high temperatures only in the low 20s, both of which will
serve to keep the stench down a bit. But come Sunday, the sun will
break through, the temp will rise a tad and a gentle on-shore breeze
will prevail.
Our advice: go see the tall ships Saturday. Be sure to ask about the
poop deck. Tim Bousquet
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This article appears in Jul 16-22, 2009.
100 million Liters? Where does that number come from? Are you telling me each of halifax’s estimated 360,000 residents produces 277.7 liters of raw sewage per day? WOW! thats alot of S$%T.