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Halifax s new sewage treatment plant was turned on in
February 2008, and it seemed to fulfill its promised intentions
immediately. All you had to know was that parts of the harbour were
swimmable again, and the most expensive infrastructure project in
Halifax history seemed worth it. By last January, the plant had been
operating almost a year, facing every weather condition without a
hitch. There was no reason to think the heavy rain forecast for
Wednesday, January 14 would prove to be the plant s undoing.
Until recently, we had no clear idea what exactly went wrong -mayor
Peter Kelly has hidden information on the plant failure behind a wall