SURREY, B.C.—An ice-making company in Surrey, B.C., has been fined $350,000 after an ammonia solution purged from its equipment ended up in the city’s storm sewer system that flows into a creek where fish were killed. Environment and Climate Change Canada says it received a report in April 2014 about dead fish in a creek near the Golden Ears Bridge and two enforcement officers with the department conducted an investigation. (File Photo) Arctic Glacier, an ice-making company in Surrey, B.C., was fined $350,000 after ammonia solution from its facilities leaked into a creek near the Golden Ears Bridge, killing fish. ( Chattrakarn / Dreamstime.com )It says water samples taken near the Arctic Glacier Canada Inc. facility and the sewer system were found to be harmful to fish. Article Continued BelowThe company will also have to upgrade its ammonia-based refrigeration system and related exhaust systems.

Source: thestar November 10, 2018 15:30 UTC