Husky to cover N.B. cost for additional water testing

The additional costs for testing water out of the new filtration system will come to almost $10,000 per year, but the city isn’t on the hook for it.

Due to the Husky oil spill in the North Saskatchewan River last summer, North Battleford had to install an additional water filtration system to the F.E. Holiday water treatment plant. Along with a new filtration system, more testing to the water has to be done.

The additional testing is for hydrocarbons. Council was informed of the cost of the testing at last night’s meeting. There will be two separate tests done: one for PAH levels, which will cost $208 per test; and another for F1 to F4 hydrocarbons, which will cost $168 per test.

These tests only have to be done once a month while there is ice on the river, but will increase to bi-weekly once the ice melts. Stewart Schafer, the city’s director of operations, estimates the total cost to be $9,650.