Over five years, the sewer system beneath one of the oldest streets in North America has been rebuilt. But the story of the Water Street project goes back much further, to the days when raw sewage flushed straight into St. John’s harbour. Learn the history and see how water works now.
Safe to swim in Charlottetown Harbour on Wednesday after sewage washed out to sea, city says
Swimming and other water activities are expected to resume in Charlottetown Harbour on Wednesday, three days after 6,000 cubic metres of untreated sewage was discharged into the water. The leak began Sunday when construction crews on Water Street hit a sewer pipe by mistake, sending enough sewage to fill 2½ Olympic sized swimming pools into the harbour.