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Water from the Don Ontario 230 million gal-
Water from the Don Ontario 230 million gal-

Water from the Don Ontario 230 million gal-

Date4/21/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Water from the Don Ontario 230 million gal-
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0010999F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
A Sample of water is taken from the west-branch of Don River yesterday by Mayor William Dennison, to be sent to a laboratory for a pollution test. May(...)
A Sample of water is taken from the west-branch of Don River yesterday by Mayor William Dennison, to be sent to a laboratory for a pollution test. May(...)
5/14/1971
Letter from the City of Toronto Water Company to the Mayor, Alderman and Council of the city of Toronto in reference to the present position of the wa(...)
Letter from the City of Toronto Water Company to the Mayor, Alderman and Council of the city of Toronto in reference to the present position of the wa(...)
1872
Lab technicians Keith Austen (foreground) and Harry Alkema test Lake Ontario water samples for nutrients aboard the motor vessel Martin Karlsen, a floating pollution research laboratory
Lab technicians Keith Austen (foreground) and Harry Alkema test Lake Ontario water samples for nutrients aboard the motor vessel Martin Karlsen, a floating pollution research laboratory
4/5/1971
Members of pollution probe who issued scathing report on provincial bungling in preserving Ontario's water resources, from left, Ruth Kelly, Peter Mid(...)
Members of pollution probe who issued scathing report on provincial bungling in preserving Ontario's water resources, from left, Ruth Kelly, Peter Mid(...)
10/29/1970
It's a clear water wagon, This truck-mounted portable water treatment plant, built by Union Carbide, was too big to get into the Pollution Control Sho(...)
It's a clear water wagon, This truck-mounted portable water treatment plant, built by Union Carbide, was too big to get into the Pollution Control Sho(...)
6/15/1972
Wednesday's Water In The Town Of Aurora, Sediment in tap water, right, settles to bottom, as at left
Wednesday's Water In The Town Of Aurora, Sediment in tap water, right, settles to bottom, as at left
12/12/1969
Water Worries: Logan Ave. residents say rust has made their water undrinkable. Clockwise from left, they're Anastasios Georgiou, Stavroula Theodorakid(...)
Water Worries: Logan Ave. residents say rust has made their water undrinkable. Clockwise from left, they're Anastasios Georgiou, Stavroula Theodorakid(...)
5/11/1989
Using a jet of hot water, a worker tries to scrub crude oil from the rocky shore of Green island, 112 kilometres (70 miles) southeast of Valdez, Alask(...)
Using a jet of hot water, a worker tries to scrub crude oil from the rocky shore of Green island, 112 kilometres (70 miles) southeast of Valdez, Alask(...)
5/29/1989
Observers were recruited to don hip waders and place booms across Sixteen Mile Creek during demonstration
Observers were recruited to don hip waders and place booms across Sixteen Mile Creek during demonstration
11/16/1978
John Gerochristodoulu picks up a dead fish, one of hundreds killed last summer when a blocked sewer allowed liquid from a Scarborough dye firm to spill into Massey Creek, a Don tributary
John Gerochristodoulu picks up a dead fish, one of hundreds killed last summer when a blocked sewer allowed liquid from a Scarborough dye firm to spill into Massey Creek, a Don tributary
7/21/1988
Sign of the times: The warnings against using Metro's beaches may be up indefinitely, as officials fear sewer improvements, costing $250 million, may not be enough to clean up pollution
Sign of the times: The warnings against using Metro's beaches may be up indefinitely, as officials fear sewer improvements, costing $250 million, may not be enough to clean up pollution
7/26/1987
The war, the wind and a $10 million filter
The war, the wind and a $10 million filter
9/27/1967