Husky says river cleanup complete
It has been over a year since the Husky Energy oil spill in the North Saskatchewan River and the company promises the cleanup efforts are complete.
Husky Energy representatives made the announcement at last night’s council meeting in North Battleford. Chris Meloche, with Husky, approached the podium and told council the good news regarding the cleanup efforts for the spill, which occurred in July of 2016.
“At this point in time we are done all our cleanup work and have met regulatory closure for all aspects of the cleanup,” Meloche said. “There is one area about 19 kilometres downstream from where the spill occurred and we are waiting on the approval from the ministry of environment to carry out that work.”
In total 5,440 water samples have been taken, none of which have exceeded regulatory criteria since October of 2016. Meloche added Husky will continue to monitor the surface water for the remainder of 2017.