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. Have you contemplated the making of sedimentation beds or other means of purification of the sewage?

Mr. Tate. No, sir.

Mr. Powell. You have never made any calculations in regard to that?

Mr. Tate. Our system is a combined one. We take in the sewage and all surface flows.

Mr. Powell. Does the insane asylum down here connect with your sewerage system?

Mr. Tate. No, sir.

Mr. Powell. Is their sewage thrown into the river in a raw state?

Mr. Tate. Yes, sir.

Prof. Phelps. Could you intercept all the sewage without pumping, Mr. Tate?

Mr. Tate. I hardly think we could. I think very likely we would have to pump.