This eliminates discharge from the blast furnace scrubber by recycling water back to the gas cleaning plant. The process reduces ammonia and cyanide levels in the bar and strip lagoon effluent. ASI has also replaced its phenol removal system with a biological treatment plant that eliminates both phenols and cyanide from coke oven waste. In addition, the company conducted extensive sampling and analysis of sediments from its boat slip and has dredged 20000 cubic metres of contaminated sediments from the slip. In 1995, shoreline protection was completed to prevent further erosion.
Remedial activities are now underway.
In 1997 the City of Sault Ste Marie,ON began a five year project to improve sewage collection and decrease sewer overflows to the river from the East End Plant collection system. The City of Sault Ste. Clean Up Fund Environment Canada Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Ontario Ministry of the Environment Cities of Sault Ste. St. Marys River Stage 1 RAP - Environmental Conditions and Problem Definitions. Algoma Steel Corp. March 1992.