I’ll comment again if I find the other one. I’m sure I have it saved somewhere 😅
TL;DR: Ottawa would have sooner built an aqueduct from 31-Mile Lake than build a sewage plant. They didn’t get one until the 1960s. Toronto built it’s first (and poorly working) municipal plant in 1912 (I think?). The chief bacteriologist in Ottawa was just like, throw some chlorine at the water, you will be fine. 😬
I’m having trouble finding the one I’m thinking about (it was written for some industry org, maybe OWWA or OPWA?
Anyways, here is a comprehensive history, but it’s 181 pages: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2273818
I’ll comment again if I find the other one. I’m sure I have it saved somewhere 😅
TL;DR: Ottawa would have sooner built an aqueduct from 31-Mile Lake than build a sewage plant. They didn’t get one until the 1960s. Toronto built it’s first (and poorly working) municipal plant in 1912 (I think?). The chief bacteriologist in Ottawa was just like, throw some chlorine at the water, you will be fine. 😬