Fresh water flown to Iqaluit after city's supply deemed undrinkable
CBC
The first shipment of potable water for Iqaluit residents arrived by plane Thursday after tap water in the Nunavut capital was deemed undrinkable and potentially tainted with petroleum.
The city has ordered 80,000 litres of water, and four-litre jugs were being handed out in the community of about 8,000 people.
The city said in a release that residents will be given a maximum of four jugs per household and is urging people to keep them for future use.
The city on Tuesday told residents not to drink the tap water, after a fuel smell was detected at the treatment plant, and later declared a local state of emergency.
Agnico Eagle, which operates several mines in the territory, says it is sending 15,000 litres of water to Iqaluit on a cargo flight that is to land tomorrow.
Meanwhile, residents have continued to collect water at Iqaluit's Sylvia Grinnell River, including volunteers who are getting water for neighbours, elders and those without vehicles.
Water samples have been sent to a lab in Southern Canada for testing and are expected back in the coming days.
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