Hearings of the International Joint Commission in re remedies for the pollution of boundary waters between the United States and Canada

by International Joint Commission

Mr. Powell. Could you avoid a pumping system in disposing of your sewage?

Mr. Bryson. No; we have to pump. The location of a plant would be very difficult from the present point of discharge.

Mr. Powell. Have you any idea from what elevation you would have to pump the sewage in order to dispose of it?

Mr. Bryson. I think to get land we would have to go outside of the town limits entirely.

Mr. Powell. But how high would you have to go?

Mr. Bryson. About 90 feet.

Mr. Powell. That would be quite expensive?

Mr. Bryson. Yes. There is no available land in sight.

Mr. Magrath. You have no general statement that you wish to make regarding this situation, have you?

Mr. Bryson. Dr. Macauley was asked about the pollution in the river. Last year I went out all over the lake taking samples and sent them to the provincial board of health. Every one showed contamination. We crossed the main channel and right over to the American side. We went up the river to Big Island.