Morinville, Alta. business seeks compensation following non-essential water use ban
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A car wash company in Morinville is calling on utility company EPCOR for compensation following the ban on non-essential water use.
A car wash company in Morinville is calling on utility company EPCOR for compensation following the ban on non-essential water use.
The co-owners of Big City Auto and Truck Wash say their sector was unnecessarily targetted for a problem that was out of their control.
“I feel like EPCOR dropped the ball really badly,” co-owner Terrina Van Woerkom explained.
The ban was put in place following a pump equipment failure at the E.L. Smith Water Treatment Plant in southwest Edmonton. The facility provides water to about 90 communities surrounding Edmonton, including Sherwood Park, St. Albert, Stony Plain, Spruce Grove, Leduc, Beaumont, Fort Saskatchewan and Morinville.
EPCOR said a small amount of water entered the vault containing high-voltage electrical cables at the plant. The cables feed two 4,000-horsepower pumps that supply water into the distribution system.
In a press conference Friday, EPCOR thanked car washes and laundromats specifically for their tentative closure.
“I would especially like to thank the owners and the workers of car washes and laundromats who have been hit the hardest, senior vice-president of EPCOR water services Frank Mannarino said.
“We appreciate the sacrifices that you made this week to help us keep essential water supplies flowing through the whole region.”
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