The Ministry of the Environment has been called in after a city sewer overflowed Sunday morning along the Royal Recreation Trail.
On Sunday morning at 9:43 the city was called after someone noticed a sewer system had overflowed through a manhole on the Royal Recreation Trail between Bell Avenue and Armstrong Avenue, just east of Lyon Park.
Daryush Esmaili, the city's manager, design and construction, said the city was alerted at 9:43 a.m. and the sewage overflow was stopped by 10:22 a.m.
The city did not immediately respond to a question asking if any of the wastewater made its way to the nearby Eramosa River.
"As soon as the City was alerted to the spill we immediately: visited the site to assess the issue; stopped the spill; and contacted the Province’s Spills Action Centre to report the issue," said Esmaili in an email response to an inquiry from GuelphToday.
"The city is conducting an intensive internal investigation of the spill. The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks is also currently investigating the spill which is the standard response when a spill is reported."
Esmaili said that section of the Royal Recreation Trail has been closed between Boult Avenue and Victoria Street since last fall for the replacement of the York trunk sanitary sewer.
"The spill happened in the closed area so there are no additional pedestrian impacts," he said.
"Due to the ongoing investigation by the ministry, the city is not able to share any further information about the spill at this time."
