(Updated 8 a.m., Aug. 5)
City reopens Petrie Island beaches
By Fred Sherwin
Orléans Online

Green flags are once again flying over Petrie Island today after the City of Ottawa lifted its no swimming advisory for the island's three beaches.

The beaches were closed last Friday after an estimated eight million litres of raw sewage was dumped into the Ottawa River when a regulator was jammed open on Thursday. The problem was caused by a steel plate that had somehow broken loose from a work being down on the same sewer line.

Health officials had ordered people to avoid body contact with the water until further tests were completed. On Tuesday, the health department said tests results showed that the bacteria levels in the water had returned to normal.

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