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highest number of volume municipal wastewater that had not been treated – revealed a reduced amount of faecal bacteria counts between 95 and 99 percent from the year before. Although as of 2014 bacteria levels remained on average higher than the 200 counts/100 100 ml (3.5 imp fl oz; 3.4 US fl oz) guidelines for federal recreational water safety for every site that was tested, and improved water quality.
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Saint John had in the past discharged 16,000,000 L (3,500,000 imp gal; 4,200,000 US gal) of raw sewage into the Saint John Harbour and its streams on a daily basis. The practice had been ongoing in Saint John since the mid-1800s. Although Saint John was not the sole Canadian
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per 100 ml (3.5 imp fl oz; 3.4 US fl oz) sample cannot be touched by humans (including fishing, swimming, pet swimming and wading). Post-cleanup sampling done throughout 2014 along the creek's lowest 400 m (1,300 ft) – which in the past had received the
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study had also discovered the raw sewage contaminated fish in the waterways, causing handling to become a human health risk. Personal hygiene products such as condoms, tampons and toilet paper were sometimes seen on beaches and hanging from along the shoreline's vegetation. Those outfalls were
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east in the city, and redirecting of the existing outfalls to lift and pumping stations. The initiative received full funding from the municipal, provincial and federal governments in 2008 and the project was completed in 2014.
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Previously, in several places, Harbour Passage walking trail in Saint John came close to outfalls that had contaminated the harbour with waste that humans could not touch. A
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municipality to dispose wastewater that was untreated into the environment, it had been unique in that its outfalls once flowed into local
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into Saint John's waterways. The $ 99 million initiative involved the finishing of a third
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Guidelines suggested for Canada indicate waters with counts of higher than 200 fecal
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www.acapsj.com: Atlantic Coastal Action Program, Saint John
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The harbour is home to several small islands including:
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The harbour includes the following geographic areas:
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Saint John Harbour (electoral district)
natural harbour
Atlantic
New Brunswick
Canada
Saint John, New Brunswick
Anthonys Cove
Hazen Creek
Courtenay Bay
Round Reef
Saint John River
Partridge Island
Navy Island

buoy
Saint John Harbour Bridge
Reversing Falls Bridge
Port of Saint John
infrastructure
raw sewage
wastewater treatment plant
streams
coliform bacteria
University of New Brunswick
www.cbc.ca Harbour Cleanup completion
www.saintjohn.ca News release
www.saintjohn.ca
www.saintjohn.ca Project summary

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