After my visit to the waste water treatment plant, the state of our fresh water distribution and waste water collection infrastructure is weighing on my mind. Our water system is quite literally out of sight and easy to put out of mind, while repairing the system means digging up roads and creating all kinds of public nuisance. Its hardly surprising that the whole system has decayed to its pitiful present day state.
This busted sewer on rue Dorion below Ste-Catherine had the block closed to traffic, yet it didn’t seem to be high on anybody’s list of priorities (admittedly it was a Saturday).