Mr. Powell. Is there an area there of some acres of shallow water?
Mr. Bryson. Yes.
Mr. Powell. Could you not dike it off? Or would that be too expensive?
Mr. Bryson. Yes; it would be too expensive.
Mr. Gardner. Is there anyone else from Brockville who wishes to be heard?
Mr. Wright. Possibly we might hear from the chairman of the water commission, if the question of filtration is of any interest to this commission.
Mr. Gardner. This commission is not so much concerned about the purification of your water supply as about the purification of your sewage.
Mr. Wright. I understand that. The point we wish to establish is that so far as our experience goes we have not been able to find pure water in the river irrespective of any pollution that comes from the town of Brockville. While no doubt there is pollution from the sewage in the town of Brockville, at the same time in all our experience with the river we have been unable to find pure water in the neighborhood of the town, either above or below the sewage outlet. Therefore, we have come to the conclusion that the river is polluted irrespective of our sewage.
Mr. Magrath. Do you know of any community treating the sewage above you?
Mr. Wright. No, sir.