Is our water really safe?
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 03/05/2016 (3578 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
I am sure many citizens concerned about tax loads in the city must have wondered about the logic of Mr. Patrick Pulak’s statement, “It’s not to say our treatment process and our drinking water supply isn’t safe — it is.” (“City Awaits Word On Infrastructure Cash,” April 27)
Why spend the enormous amount of $60 million if that is the case? The best argument the city can make with respect to these limited federal dollars is that the evidence from quarterly testing for trihalomethanes indicates that Brandon cannot meet the outdated federal standards set back in 1992 and Health Canada and the World Health Organization report that ongoing research strongly links the potentially 600 byproducts of chlorination to a variety of human cancers and effects on the developing foetus and stillbirths.
It should also be pointed out that the raw water supply in the Assiniboine River for most of the year would not be permitted for drinking water use in much of the world.
Recent evidence on toxic lead in homes in the city indicates that problem cannot be addressed at the treatment plant because of environmental regulations in the use of phosphates and high salt, organic matter and chlorine/chloride in the drinking water supply.
It should be noted that Brandon will be competing with Winnipeg and many other communities for the meagre $95.3 million available to the province.
Dr. Bill Paton
Brandon