First Nations chief hires European company to help tackle unsafe water – CTV

September 13, 2017

A First Nations chief in Cape Breton has taken matters into his own hands when it comes to his community’s bad drinking water and hired a foreign company to help solve the crisis.

Chief Wilbert Marshall of Polotek First Nation has brought in Brewal Ireland Ltd. to help find a solution to the high levels of manganese and iron in the community’s water that has made it unsafe to drink, bathe and even wash clothes in.

“We’re trying to come up with a temporary solution for now, but long-term something’s got to be done,” Marshall told CTV Atlantic.

“I don’t know what to do any more. We’re trying our best.”