Cochrane contains sewage leaking into Bow River, works to replenish reservoirs

The Town of Cochrane says it has stopped a sewage leak that had been seeping into the Bow River since Saturday evening. A contractor was working for the town on Saturday when the sewage and treated water lines were ruptured, officials say. "There was both a sewer and water line break. So the effluent that was flowing into the river was a mix of sewage as well as treated water," said town CAO Mike Derricott. Though just how much sewage flowed down the banks and into the river has not yet been cal