Saint-Jacques sector hydraulic study: data collection to continue from April 15 to 19

Apr 11, 2024

If you live in the Saint-Jacques sector, you may notice that people are touring your properties during the week of April 15. They are Roy Consultants employees who, in view of the melting snow, are continuing their data-gathering work on the hydraulic study.

Following the heavy damages caused by the violent storm of June 29, 2023, the City of Edmundston requested the support of Roy Consultants for this study.

From April 15 to 19, a Roy Consultants team will check the roof drains of each residence, to see if they are connected to the municipal sewer system. Roof drains that discharge or have the potential to discharge into underground municipal infrastructure can cause serious problems during heavy rainfall.

In fact, a municipal by-law adopted in 2013 regulates this type of practice. According to section 6.1) ii. c) of Appendix B of municipal by-law # 24R2013 on water and sewer supply and distribution services, "no person shall discharge or allow the discharge of roof drainage water into underground municipal infrastructures."

“Once again, we would like to thank the people who are working with Roy Consultants and municipal employees to make progress on this priority issue. This audit will provide us with a complete inventory of the situation regarding roof drain connections," explains Richard Daigle, Director of Operations for the City of Edmundston.

In closing, some citizens who have already indicated that they have roof drains connected to the municipal sewer system will receive a notice in the next few days indicating that they must remedy the situation by June 30 at the latest.

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CONTACT: Richard Daigle, Director of Operations, 506.739.6970, richard.daigle@edmundston.ca