Town of Battleford to extend city’s water contract
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.”