Neskantaga First Nation has lived under a boil-water advisory for nearly three decades. The community has hired an outside consultant to find out once and for all what's wrong with its water system.
Neskantaga First Nation, roughly 450 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, Ont., is marking a grim milestone this month — 28 years under a boil water advisory, longer than any other First Nation.
Chief Wayne Moonias told CBC News the community has hired S. Burnett and Associates Limited, a consulting firm based in Orangeville, Ont., to assess the state of Neskantaga's water treatment plant and distribution system starting next week. Moonias said the 400-plus members of his community continue to suffer. He said he believes the lack of clean water is contributing to the community's other challenges, such as its high suicide rate."We're being treated as second-class citizens in a country that's so rich, and we live in Third World conditions."
A capacity test is set for next week to see if the water system can handle Neskantaga's growing population.
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