Oil spill in North Battleford, Saskatchewan
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North Battleford in Saskatchewan had to shut down its water intake plant on 22 July due to a pipeline oil spill. The pipeline
Approximately 200 000 - 250 000 l of crude oil have leaked from Husky EnergydzԹs pipeline into the river near Maidstone. Yet, no reason for the spill has been discovered, as the pipeline was subject to monthly inspections.
Stewart Schafer, North BattleforddzԹs Director of Operations, stated: dzԹ[On 22 July] they saw the sheen downstream from us. Husky reported to water security that they dzԹ saw a sheen and so everything gets shut right down. How much, how big, I couldndzԹt tell you.dzԹ
Husky and the government are using booms across the river in attempt to remove the spilled oil from the water.
Whilst cleanup operations are continuing, Husky Energy have declared it will cover all costs of remediation.
Mayor Ian Hamilton stated: dzԹIdzԹm being told that these efforts are going to ensure the safety of the water supply and the citizensdzԹ security.dzԹ
Similarly, the Environment MinistrydzԹs Ralph Bock explained: Right now, wedzԹre focusing on letdzԹs just the minimise the footprint of this and wedzԹll do our damage assessments once wedzԹre sure wedzԹre not going to be causing any more damage.dzԹ
Wes Kotyk, also from the Environment Ministry, said: dzԹThis is a rare event. We dondzԹt have incidents of this magnitude very often,dzԹ as it has been years since there has been an oil spill in the river/water.
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