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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBlack water bubbles up at Niagara Falls
An inky blob that grew for hours over the weekend, and caught business owners and tourists off guard, is legal discharge from a local wastewater treatment plant, officials said.
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Black water bubbles up at Niagara Falls (Original Post)
Jimbo101
Jul 2017
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riversedge
(69,537 posts)1. umm. so it is legal! Hope the ick stuff is tested.
riversedge
(69,537 posts)2. described in video as smelly black
procon
(15,805 posts)3. Sewage sludge? nt
ProfessorGAC
(64,184 posts)4. Could Be BioMass
That's the actual bacterial cultures that biodegrade the waste. I've seen it. It's really nasty, but less nasty than what it just removed from the water being treated.
There's both aerobic and anaerobic biomass, and the anaerobic really smells bad.
Mendocino
(7,417 posts)5. Return To The Love Canal ?
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