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PROPOSED RESOLUTION TO U.B.C.M. ate

Re; Discharge of Chiorinated Water into Watercourses,

WHEREAS it is a norma] practice of many municipalities, with .
chlorinated water supplies, to Carry out hydraulic flushing of |
watermains .to remove accumulated foreign substances and
stagnant water;

AND WHEREAS the lethal limit, in terms of chlorine residual.
present In the water, for some varieties of flsh Is as low as
(02002 mg/t which ts in the order of one-hundredth the amount to.
which domestic water js normally chlorinated; | a

AND WHEREAS Section 33 of the Canada Fisheries Act forbids the
discharge of a deleterlous substance Into fish rearing
watercourses; .

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the U.B.C.M. advise member
municipalities, with chlorinated water Supplies, to rafratn
from discharging any water flushed from watermains directly
into fish rearing watercourses, a | |

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