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Iqaluit awards $800,000 contract to company to clean up contaminated water tanks
Contamination led to months-long water crisis
July 28, 2022 By Ground Water Canada
Iqaluit, Nunavut – The task of cleaning three contaminated underground water tanks at the city’s water treatment plant has been awarded to Tower Arctic Ltd. at a cost of $800,000. The tanks were contaminated by fuel, leading to a water crisis in the community that spanned the fall and winter months. It is believed the contamination originated from an old fuel tank with fuel entering the water treatment plant. Nunatsiaq News report | READ MORE
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