Quebec has lifted the veil of secrecy around the province’s biggest water users, revealing that billions of litres of water are used in a year by the mining and metal industry, along with pulp and paper manufacturing.
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This summer several Montreal beaches were closed due to bacteria contamination. Jean-Doré beach at Parc Jean-Drapeau was the latest. Experts say there’s a direct connection between heavy rainfall and the contamination. Sarah Dorner joins us now to tell us more. She is a professor at the Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering at Polytechnique Montreal. Her research is focused on contaminants in surface waters.
While Jean-Doré Beach is closed for another day due to contamination, climate changes promises more of the high-intensity storms and extreme heat that breed hazardous bacteria, experts warn.