A recent CBC interview with an Environmental Lawyer has uncovered some very concerning info.  The lawyer states that info obtained from the Freedom of Information Act between Northern Pulp and the NS Government reveals the proposed Effluent will not be better than the current effluent in Boat Harbour!

The proposed effluent process will be processing the waste within 24 hours and dumping it into the Strait with the proposed chemical  composition of the effluent unknown.  Therefore it will not have the 300 acre lagoon to provide further aeration, settling, cooling, volatilization and breakdown of materials that takes place during that time like it has from the current Boat Harbour waste process. That is one of the main reason why the proposed system is not better since it doesn’t have the time like the old process to settle, cool down, become further diluted etc.

Click the link to listen to this short interview.

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/information-morning-ns/segment/15672343