I was not aware that any city was dumping raw sewage into the Great Lakes as
a part of normal operations. Disgusting if true. I thought that we had a
Great Lakes agreement that made that sort of thing illegal.
Many sewage treatment plants cannot withstand the increased flow during
heavy rain storms, but that is not considered "normal" even though they are
engineered to allow for these events.

"jlrogers" wrote in message
. ..
At least 8.9 billion gallons of untreated sewage flows yearly into Lake
Erie
... - the same as if 2.5 billion toilets flushed simultaneously into the
lake, ....
The largest single source is an estimated 5.5 billion gallons from the
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, serving Cleveland and parts of 59
surrounding communities...

"It's disgusting if you think about it," he said. "Shouldn't you know
where
raw sewage is being dumped in the water?"

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