The Regional District of North Okanagan is out with their latest report on the water contamination last January in Coldstream and Lavington. The report says Antwerp Springs was contaminated by a discharge of foreign material into the water operating system, resulting in a temporary contamination of the water system. It says in the five months since this incident the RDNO, along with the Ministry of the Environment and Interior Health Authority, have taken roles in the investigation and response to this occurrence, adding they're aware of no ill effects to health as a result.The unanswered question is the specifics of the contamination. The RDNO has received the advice of MOE that it is in the process of preparing a report as to the source of the contamination, but that such report has not yet been completed.
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| Antwerp Springs Well No. 1 Investigation into Possible Contamination Pathways (8.09MB PDF) |
| Antwerp Springs Well FinalWell Closure Report (5.86MB PDF) |
3 comments:
Typical save your ass memo. Nothing of substance and how much money was wasted doing these reports?
On the other hand, wouldn't it be interesting if the MOE report comes out with a far different conclusion. This would leave the local water officials out hanging in the breeze.
In any event, there appears to be B-S involved.
What garbage-the local rag already stated where the problem arose! Moreover,is there not a requirement since what took place in Ontario (Walkerton) that wells like Antwerp must be protected from surface contamination? Where are the politicians to ask these questions? Where are the media to ask these questions? How much did this cost?
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