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Agitator in the Iroquois Retention Basin
Agitator in the Iroquois Retention Basin

Date: October 30th, 1972
Creator: Studio Laporte
Source: CDEM Fraser Companies Limited Collection
Collaborator(s): Mr. William Brebner

Description: Agitators were placed in the third cell of the retention basin in Iroquois to provide mixing and aeration of the liguid waste by increasing the oxygen level in the liquid. This system was part of a new anti-pollution process at the Edmundston Fraser pulp mill.

Subject: New Brunswick,Forests, Logging, Pulp mills, Edmundston