By Eve Cable, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A maintenance operation at Kahnawake’s sewage treatment plant this week saw more sewage than expected discharged into the St. Lawrence River – though the Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) maintains that the environmental impact of the discharge remains “low.” “Any amount is never something that we want to do,” said Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo. “But we took all the precautions possible, and this is what happens with aging facilities.” Initially, MCK had told the community that the operation could potentially require the dumping of up to 200 cubic metres of untreated sewage into the St. Lawrence River, an operation that needed to take place due to clogging in the town system that had slowed the sewage treatment process…
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