Iqaluit confirmed that it had identified high concentrations of hydrocarbons, consistent with diesel fuel or kerosene, in samples from the local water treatment plant
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Ms. Elgersma said the contaminated tank has been isolated from the water system, and that the city is encouraged by the fact that the latest Dr. Patterson said the city should be able to go back to normal water use once the water system has been fully flushed, but he could not say for certain when that would be.
“These are not compounds you would find sitting on the ground. It could be an old spill liberated with melting permafrost, could be damaged infrastructure, but it’s not natural,” he said.Residents had been reporting a fuel smell coming from the city’s tap water since Oct. 2, but tests hadn’t detected anything out of the ordinary until this week.
Rachel Shoapik, Leetia Kootoo, Emily Shoapik, and Cory Shoapik fill containers with water from the Sylvia Grinnell River in Iqaluit on Oct. 14., after authorities ordered residents not to drink the city's water due to suspected fuel contamination.Last Friday afternoon, Andrea Salluviniq stood in line for water at a depot. She was carrying her six-month-old daughter, Alena, in the hood of her amauti, a traditional Inuit parka. Ms.
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