Keeping Our Water Safe with Shirley Anne Smyth

Shirley Anne is an engineer and head of the Wastewater Science Unit of Environment and Climate Change Canada. Shirley Anne’s primary job is to measure levels of trace contaminants such as pharmaceuticals and flame retardants at wastewater treatment plants across Canada. Shirley Anne LOVES sewage and how it is treated to protect our health and environment. Today she will be talking about how the treatment process works, and what we can do to help protect our water quality.