By Angela Brown

Town of Battleford to extend city’s water contract

Aug 15, 2017 | 5:00 PM

The Town of Battleford has agreed to extend a one-year contract to continue to pipe water from the town of Battleford to the city of North Battleford until the end of September.

The city had been supplementing its water supply system with piped water from the town of Battleford since the Husky Energy oil spill last year impacted the North Saskatchewan River. 

A total of 225,000 litres of oil spilled from a crack in a section of pipe carrying oil near Maidstone on July 21, 2016.

“The town of Battleford – the council – is willing to support the city and extend the water line (service) and the water we are supplying to the city to help them through this,” Mayor Ames Leslie said on Monday. “This may be the last extension we can supply them, without the water freezing up. I’m just glad the town is able to continue to lend support to the city.”

Leslie said there is no cost to the town since water costs are reimbursed by Husky Energy. The monthly service carries a $230,000 price tag.

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He added there is also no affect to the town’s water quality or water pressure for residents’ use.

North Battleford’s Mayor Ryan Bater said the city requested to have the contract extended simply as a precautionary measure.

He said there will be a meeting at the end of August to review the testing results and review the Water Security Agency’s recommendations. 

“In the event that things don’t go as scheduled, then we thought maybe going into September would be wise,” Bater said.    

Bater added all of the testing the city conducted at the intake site – both with raw water and treated water –  have shown no signs of hydrocarbons.     

 angela.brown@jpbg.ca

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