Northern Community Water Woes Continue Across Ontario – Net Newsledger
December 3, 2015
THUNDER BAY – Solving the issue of safe drinking water has been a promise that the federal Liberal Government has promised. There are thirty-seven communities across Northern Ontario who are faced with Boil Water Orders. Neskantaga First Nation has been under a Boil Water Advisory since 1995. Marten Falls or Ogoki Post has been under a Boil Water Advisory since 2005.
Reality is that in some communities, what is a simple reality for most Canadians, turning on the tap and having a drink of water has never been something people in these communities have ever been able to do. In Neskantaga, it has been twenty years, in Marten Falls it has been ten years.
Over the ensuing time period, changes in technology have allowed for new solutions for water filtration. The solution across Northern Canada however appears to have been left to flying in bottled water, or having boil water advisories.
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December 3, 2015
THUNDER BAY – Solving the issue of safe drinking water has been a promise that the federal Liberal Government has promised. There are thirty-seven communities across Northern Ontario who are faced with Boil Water Orders. Neskantaga First Nation has been under a Boil Water Advisory since 1995. Marten Falls or Ogoki Post has been under a Boil Water Advisory since 2005.
Reality is that in some communities, what is a simple reality for most Canadians, turning on the tap and having a drink of water has never been something people in these communities have ever been able to do. In Neskantaga, it has been twenty years, in Marten Falls it has been ten years.
Over the ensuing time period, changes in technology have allowed for new solutions for water filtration. The solution across Northern Canada however appears to have been left to flying in bottled water, or having boil water advisories.
