1000's of fish die in Hamilton

[pikehunter]

Thousands of fish have died off in Spencer Creek due to the chemical runoff from a fire in Dundas. Report was on CH news at noon, a small report in the Hamilton Spectator and in this Guelph Mercury link.

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Edited July 27, 2007 by pikehunter

[Guest mistyriver1]

That's a shame

[valerie]

From 200 to 1000's of dead fish they were off by a bit . But the drinking water is ok

[ccmtcanada]

Oh man...that's terrible!!!

[Roy]

Thousands of fish die from run off of rat poison but it doesn't affect the drinking water....yeah, I believe that....

[Dutch]

All drinking water is treated and goes through rigorus screening and filtering for various types of contaminants. The drinking water that is untreated (wells, natural springs) usually comes from underground aquafirs that are not impacted by surface run-off.

 

Now anyone drinking directly from that stream - that is a different story.

[LesCulpJr]

Oh boy, what a mess!

[Squid]

"We can't say for sure what caused their death. We'll have to wait for the results."

[tonyb]

"We can't say for sure what caused their death. We'll have to wait for the results."

[Roy]

That's priceless, Pete. Seriously though, I hope it cleans itself out quickly.

[fishboy]

It is a shame because Spencer is a reasonably healthy creek for an urban setting.