Water tests from Iqaluit show 'exceedingly high concentrations' of fuel
CBC
The results of water quality testing showed "exceedingly high concentrations of various fuel components," Iqaluit's chief administrative officer said Friday.
The city of Iqaluit held a news conference at 5 p.m. ET Friday to announce the results from testing of the city's water supply, which was declared unsafe to drink on Tuesday.
Water treatment plant operators discovered a concentrated odour in one of its tanks this week, after residents reported smelling fuel in the tap water. The city told residents not to drink the tap water on Tuesday, and later declared a local state of emergency.
The first shipment of 80,000 litres of bottled water, ordered by the city, arrived on Thursday while city trucks and residents collected water from the Sylvia Grinnell River.
The Nunavut government also declared the city to be in a state of emergency on Thursday, which allows it to have more authority over assigning its departments and public agencies under the Emergency Measures Act.
The city has two water tanks in the ground, called the south tank and the north tank.
Elgersma said as of Thursday night, the north tank — the one with the suspected contamination — had been isolated.
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