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 Energy海角吃瓜网檚 pipeline into the river near Maidstone. Yet, no reason for the spill has been discovered, as the pipeline was subject to monthly inspections.
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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: 海角吃瓜网淚海角吃瓜网檓 being told that these efforts are going to ensure the safety of the water supply and the citizens海角吃瓜网� security.海角吃瓜网�
Similarly, the Environment Ministry海角吃瓜网檚 Ralph Bock explained: Right now, we海角吃瓜网檙e focusing on let海角吃瓜网檚 just the minimise the footprint of this and we海角吃瓜网檒l do our damage assessments once we海角吃瓜网檙e sure we海角吃瓜网檙e not going to be causing any more damage.海角吃瓜网�
Wes Kotyk, also from the Environment Ministry, said: 海角吃瓜网淭his is a rare event. We don海角吃瓜网檛 have incidents of this magnitude very often,海角吃瓜网� as it has been years since there has been an oil spill in the river/water.
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